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    US Airways Choice Seats Not as Bad as You Think

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    Another day, another dollar . . . of ancillary revenue that US Airways is hoping to get out of you. While you’re likely to hear the usual chorus of “boo’s” from the peanut gallery, this…

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    MAXjet Returns . . . Sort Of

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    Yes, it’s true. A reader alerted me to the fact that, as the website says, “MAX is back.” Don’t get too excited though. The airline is coming back as a charter carrier focused on NCAA…

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    Delta and Northwest Announce Merger: It’s About F*@king Time

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    Apr 15, 2008

    It’s on like Donkey Kong. Yesterday, Northwest and Delta finally announced that they would merge. This of course follows speculation that began back in 1932 when C.E. Woolman and Lewis Brittin first discussed such a…

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    Screw It – Let’s Lighten Things Up with the Playmobil Security Checkpoint

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  • American, MD80, Safety/Security

    Don’t Blame the MD-80 For This Mess

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    Apr 10, 2008

    There’s no question that American has done an absolutely terrible job of managing the latest round of MD-80 maintenance issues from a PR perspective. It’s been so bad, that I’ve seen articles start to question…

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    Random Bits of Info: Fighting, Grounding, Delaying, and Dying Edition

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    JetBlue Won’t Let You Use Credits Online

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    Apr 8, 2008

    My fiancee and I were supposed to fly JetBlue in February, but our trip plans changed. I had them move the fare amount into a credit, minus the change fee, knowing I’d use it some…

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    Heathrow Terminal 5 After The Dust Settles

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    Apr 7, 2008

    A friend of mine who frequently flies out of London/Heathrow wrote to me recently and wondered why my coverage had been so light on the new Terminal 5. I guess I was just waiting to…

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