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Tales From an Airline Reservations Agent (Guest Post)
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Cranky is on a much-needed vacation and won’t be responding to emails this week. Fortunately, before I started drinking too heavily, I put some posts live. Today, we have a former reservation agent telling about…
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Cranky on the Web (August 30-September 3)
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Remember, I’m on vacation starting now. Be back with you again next week. —- Why Continental and United Chose Southwest to Curry Favor with the Feds – BNET Headwinds The big news is Southwest grabbing…
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Delta Maintenance is Actually Growing and Profitable
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Many of you know that I’ll be going on vacation next week, but I thought I would squeeze in one more Delta post today. Next Tuesday through Friday, I’ll have guests posts ready for you…
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Delta Brings Me to Visit the Mother Ship (Trip Report)
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As mentioned yesterday, I had the chance to go visit Delta this week for a visit. While I’m putting together posts from my time there, I figured it would be easiest to just start with…
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Visiting Delta
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Late last week I was sitting at home taking care of three dogs, helping concierge clients, and realizing that my wife wouldn’t be back home for a week. I looked at my calendar to see…
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Continental, DCA – Washington/National, Delta, LGA – New York/La Guardia, Mergers/Finance, United, US Airways
Feds Inflict Far Less Pain on Continental and United Than Attempted with the US Airways/Delta Slot Swap
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In the immortal words of Dennis Hopper (rest in peace, you crazy bastard) . . . pop quiz, hotshot. Let’s say that you’ve been presented three deals impacting the most dominant airline at a highly-congested…
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Southwest To Fly to Newark Thanks to United/Continental Merger
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On Friday afternoon, Southwest announced it came to an agreement with Continental to lease 36 slots at Newark. Holy crap. Has hell frozen over? Nah. Just two hours later, Continental and United announced that the…
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Alaska Airlines, American, BNET, Continental, Horizon, Mergers/Finance, Safety/Security, United, US Airways
Cranky on the Web (August 21-27)
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Some feel blue as United, Continental wedding mixes old, new – Chicago Tribune The Trib looks at the United/Continental branding efforts, and I chime in with why I’m not a fan of what I’ve seen…
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Travel Tools I (Might) Love: Hipmunk
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If you haven’t heard of Hipmunk, it’s no surprise. The site only launched in the last couple of weeks, but it’s off to a good start. If you book flights, it’s a site you’re going…
