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3 Links I Love: An Oscar Profile, Herb Looks Back, Alaska Reunion
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This week’s featured link: How United’s Oscar Munoz Bounced Back After a Heart Transplant – Fortune Hers a good, long look at what Oscar has been through, and what he’s done at United. It’s well…
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Cranky Flier Podcast #4: Grab a Seat with GLO CEO Trey Fayard
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Another Tuesday, so it’s time for another podcast. This, actually, will be the last Tuesday podcast. My finger has healed to the point where I can now type (with breaks), so the regular posting schedule…
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DOT Gets Strangely Feisty in the Administration’s Dying Days, Denies Qantas and American’s Joint Venture
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With less than two month’s left until a new administration takes over here in the US, it looks like the Department of Transportation (DOT) has decided to get aggressive on its way out the door.…
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3 Links I Love: Buffet Invests, Norwegian Can’t Take the Heat, The Greatest Anthem Belongs to the FAA
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This week’s featured link: Warren Buffett Is Betting the Airline Oligopoly Is Here to Stay – Harvard Business Review The man who for years publicly cursed the airline industry as not worth investing in has…
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United Ditches Its 737-700 Order, And It’s Unclear What Will Replace It
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United released news about its Basic Economy offering at its investor day on Tuesday, but there was a whole lot more than just that. I’m going to get really wonky next week when I tackle…
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Thanksgiving Travel Trends with liligo.com (Sponsored Post)
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As you know, the good folks at liligo.com are sponsoring the blog this month, and they’ve put together a post on Thanksgiving travel for me to share with you. Read below, and please do visit…
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See a Replay of Today’s Live Chat About United’s New Basic Economy
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Thanks for tuning in to today’s Busker live chat where I talked about United’s new Basic Economy product. The replay of the 19 minute talk is now available for viewing any time at this link.…
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Join Me in a Live Chat About United’s New Basic Economy Product at 11am PT Today
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United is finally announcing its new, long-awaited Basic Economy offering today, and that’s why this post is late. See, it was embargoed until 5am PT, so if I posted earlier, this would have been incredibly…
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Why Did Delta Move My Departure Time Earlier at the Last Minute? (Ask Cranky)
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Let’s get this week started with an Ask Cranky question, shall we? At first read, I thought this was kind of a basic question, but I quickly realized I was wrong. Delta is doing something…
