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Cranky on the Web (May 20 – 24)
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Note: There will be no post on Monday, Memorial Day. I will return to the regular posting schedule on Tuesday. The Dreamliner returns: 5 things to know – CNN.com One of the many stories talking…
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Topic of the Week: The Birds and Rats Have Won
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Delta travelers at JFK are waking up to a brand new airport experience today as Delta thankfully leaves Terminal 3 for good in favor of the new extension of Terminal 4 along with the existing…
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This is Not Your Father’s Frontier Airlines
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Frontier is in the middle of making huge changes to its business model, and that is not easy to do. Anytime you make a big shift, you anger those who liked the way things were…
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Battle: Los Angeles
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I’m feeling pretty lucky to be living in Southern California these days. Oh sure, it’s the beautiful sunshine and all that, but it’s also about to become a nice little hub of cheap flights. I…
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JetBlue Demonstrates the Right Way to Increase Your Change Fee
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Just last month, United increased its change fee on domestic flights from $150 to $200 and I bashed the move. That, of course, didn’t prevent US Airways, Delta, and then American from following like sheep.…
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Cranky on the Web (May 13 – 17)
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In the Trenches: Setting Priorities – Intuit Small Business Blog There are a lot of projects I’d like to complete here at Cranky Concierge. But instead of trying to do them all, I need to…
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Topic of the Week: United’s Channel 9
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United announced it would pull inflight entertainment off its A319s and A320s when it puts new seats on the airplanes. That means that Channel 9, the channel that lets you listen to cockpit communications, will…
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Who the F*&@ is Lion Air?
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You may have heard the name Lion Air before, but chances are you’ve never flown the airline, a low cost carrier based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Lion has been known for a few things over its…
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Virgin America Loses More Money, Puts All Efforts on Going Public
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After 6 years of big losses, it looks like the time is finally coming for Virgin America to start making money or just go away. The airline decided to announce both fourth quarter 2012 and…
