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Cranky on the Web (November 24 – 28) – Best Airports in the US, More
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The Best and Worst Airports in America: Readers’ Choice Awards 2014 – Conde Nast Traveler I was only responsible for writing up the best airports in the US according to the reader survey. These were…
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The True Meaning of Thanksgiving 2014
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Ah, Thanksgiving. It’s my favorite holiday of the year. This time, a quick road trip brought me to Phoenix, so no airplanes needed. For everyone else, hopefully you’ve had easy travels despite the snow in…
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Delta’s Choice of the A330neo and A350 For Its Widebody Fleet May Seem a Little Peculiar
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We’ve been waiting a long time for Delta to decide what widebodies it would order to replace its 747s and 767s, and now we finally know. The A330-900neo and the A350-900 have both been chosen.…
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JetBlue is Making Changes That You Think You Won’t Like, But You Might Be Wrong
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Remember when we talked about what Wall Street wanted JetBlue to do in order to improve financial performance? Well, JetBlue agrees. The airline has announced that it’s going to add more seats to its airplanes…
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Cranky on the Web (November 17 – 21) – Ethiopian Madness, Rebanking in Miami, More
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Ethiopian Airlines: The Flexible Airline (or, why you shouldn’t combine multiple tickets on one itinerary) – Travel Babbo One of our clients wrote about his saga dealing with Ethiopian. Not only did they re-route his…
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Topic of the Week: Frontier in Denver
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I already wrote about Spirit and Allegiant this week, so we can’t leave Frontier out of the mix can we? Frontier announced it would start cutting back Denver with reduced flights and jobs. Is this…
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Allegiant Tweaks Its Model to Run Toward Competition
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Allegiant has a habit of announcing a bunch of new routes all at one time, and last week was no exception. The airline rolled out 15 new routes and 5 new cities with another one…
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Spirit Goes International From Houston, Steals Southwest’s Thunder
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The ramp-up to Southwest flying internationally from Houston has been a long one with political drama and major construction. But as Southwest gets closer, Spirit has decided to get a head start. It’s launching a…
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Why Revenue-Based Loyalty Programs Aren’t the Right Answer
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One of the big topics we tackled at the Travelport Ignite conference was loyalty programs. There were some very interesting ideas floated, including one that airlines should give their loyal top tier elites benefits when…
