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3 Links I Love: Southwest Sues, Delta Fights Comfort Animal Fraud, Yet Another 747 Tribute
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This week’s featured link: Southwest’s Bullshit Lawsuit Over A Site That Made $45 Helping People Book Cheaper Flights – TechDirt This guy is not happy with Southwest. It’s not that he had a bad flight.…
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Delta Finally Brings Back the Part of an Interline Agreement with American That Matters Most
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It has been more than two years since Delta effectively killed its interline agreement with American. Now, after several painful operational messes, Delta has finally agreed to bring the most important pieces of that deal…
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Questioning the Volaris-Frontier Codeshare
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I really don’t like codeshares, but I can understand the rationale for putting them together. It’s all about increasing traffic by putting two networks together, though the codeshare itself is just a way to trick…
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Biometric Boarding is Coming Whether You Like It Or Not (and You Should Like It)
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I headed out to gate 152 in the Bradley Terminal at LAX last Thursday to watch British Airways board a 787 bound for London. This may sound incredibly boring, but it was actually rather fascinating.…
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Cranky on the Web: Where Flight Numbers Come From, Translating Airline-Speak, How To Fly First Class
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Whoops, I forgot to post this yesterday, so a Sunday post it is… Those four-digit flight designations? Their days may be numbered – Los Angeles Times Catharine Hamm looked into how airline flight numbers are…
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3 Links I Love: Privatizing JFK, Heathrow Plan Cuts, Clearing the Runways of Snow
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This week’s featured link: The time has come to privatize JFK Airport – New York Post It’s a rare day that I find myself wanting to link to the New York Post, but just like…
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How Long Do I Have to Use My Airline Ticket? (Ask Cranky)
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I realize the title of this sounds odd since, you know, you usually just use your ticket when you take the flights you booked. But tickets themselves have independent value, and if your plans change,…
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United Improves While JetBlue, Alaska, and Southwest Don’t in 2017 On-Time Derby
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It’s time for some fun with numbers. The year is over, and my technical issue with masFlight was fixed. That means I was able to cuddle up with my computer over the weekend and start…
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Icelandair Tries New Market Types to Protect Its Model in a MAX/neo World
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On a cold winter back in 1999, my college friends and I decided to spend our last spring break in the exact opposite way of pretty much everyone else. I had received an email from…
