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  • At Least Three Trends and a Lot of Noise in Frontier’s Massive New Route Announcement
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    At Least Three Trends and a Lot of Noise in Frontier’s Massive New Route Announcement

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    Jul 20, 2017

    It looks like we have a new winner in the “most insane number of new cities/routes announced in a day” category. On Tuesday, Frontier rolled out 85 new routes and 21 new cities in what…

  • Just A Miserable Day of Travel (Trip Report)
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    Just A Miserable Day of Travel (Trip Report)

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    Jul 18, 2017

    There’s an annual trip I do with my cousin and brother’s family up to Sonoma to honor my late cousin Danny, but this year was different. Nobody else could make it. Still wanting to represent…

  • Sun Country’s New CEO Could Remake the Airline, If Things Go Well
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    Sun Country’s New CEO Could Remake the Airline, If Things Go Well

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    Jul 17, 2017

    Unless you live in Minneapolis, there’s a good chance you don’t even know the name Sun Country. But sure enough, after more than 30 years and several ownership changes, the airline continues to fly. It’s…

  • Cranky on the Web: Buying Seats So They Can Be Resold
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    Cranky on the Web: Buying Seats So They Can Be Resold

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    Jul 15, 2017

    United considers a new system to resell your seat for a higher price – CNN.com There seems to be a lot of interest in this new United test I wrote about on Thursday. As this…

  • 3 Links I Love: Banning Filming On Airplanes, GLO Shuts Down, Israel and Saudi Arabia Warm Up
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    3 Links I Love: Banning Filming On Airplanes, GLO Shuts Down, Israel and Saudi Arabia Warm Up

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    Jul 14, 2017

    This week’s featured link: Fliers’ right to video gets push from recent airline incidents – Atlanta Journal-Constitution There’s a very interesting case brewing around the idea of whether or not people have the right to…

  • Why United Might Like to Pay You in Advance to Take a Different Flight
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    Why United Might Like to Pay You in Advance to Take a Different Flight

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    Jul 13, 2017

    Bloomberg published an article yesterday about a little test United is said to be running that will pay people to give up a seat on a flight several days in advance. If you just read…

  • All Eyes on Argentina (Hopefully to See Something Good)
    Aerolineas Argentinas

    All Eyes on Argentina (Hopefully to See Something Good)

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    Jul 11, 2017

    It’s not often that a highly-protectionist regime disappears leaving vast opportunities for air travel growth, but that’s what we’re seeing in Argentina right now. That’s good news is many ways, but it’s also going to…

  • American and Alaska Start Behaving More Like Competitors as Partner Ties Loosen
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    American and Alaska Start Behaving More Like Competitors as Partner Ties Loosen

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    Jul 10, 2017

    Remember how concerned the Department of Justice (DOJ) was about the American partnership reducing competition if Alaska and Virgin America were allowed to merge? Well, that was wrong. The merger has only helped to stoke…

  • 3 Links I Love: United’s Forced Lap Child, You Aren’t an Expert, and Airport Code Origin Stories
    Links I Love, United

    3 Links I Love: United’s Forced Lap Child, You Aren’t an Expert, and Airport Code Origin Stories

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    Jul 7, 2017

    This week’s featured link: United Airlines takes seat away from child on Houston flight, forces him to sit on his mother’s lap – Houston Chronicle I mean… I just…. If your child is one day…

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