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Southwest Goes Old School, Heads to Milwaukee
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You would think that adding service to Minneapolis/St Paul, Boston, and New York/La Guardia would be enough for Southwest this year, but you’d be wrong. At the airline’s annual meeting yesterday, CEO Gary Kelly announced…
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My United Credit is Expiring, Anyone in LA Want It?
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United spent so much money sending me my $32.40 voucher in the mail that I’d hate for it to go to waste. Unfortunately, what I didn’t realize is that it expires this Saturday, May 23…
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LiveTV Explains Why There Was Such Poor Signal Reception On My JetBlue Flight
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Shortly after I published my trip report including the non-functioning televisions on JetBlue, I received an email from LiveTV’s CEO Nate Quigley about my flight. He offered to walk me through what happened and try…
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Tom Cruise, Other Aliens Targeted by American’s New Roswell – LA Flights
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Did anyone else catch the press release yesterday announcing that American was starting nonstop service from LAX to Roswell, New Mexico? Yeah, I didn’t think so. This seems like a route that is guaranteed to…
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Will the Hub-and-Spoke System Disappear? (Ask Cranky)
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It’s been awhile since I ran an Ask Cranky post, but that doesn’t mean the questions have stopped coming in. This question came in earlier this month, and I thought it was a good one.…
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This Week on BNET (May 11 – 15)
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ExpressJet To Fly 10 Planes for United This Summer Looks like ExpressJet is flying for United this summer, and it seems like a win-win for everyone considering the circumstances. Delta Pulls Out of Boston –…
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JetBlue to SFO (Trip Report)
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I was home for less than a week before it was time to hit the road again. This time it was for my 5 year business school reunion. Fortunately, that meant just a quick hop…
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US Airways Ditches Scientific Boarding for the Cattle Call
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In last week’s internal company newsletter, US Airways noted that it was switching up its boarding process. They’ve gone back to basics. Instead of trying to figure out the best way to board from a…
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Talking to Emirates About Onboard Mobile Phone Use (Across the Aisle Interview)
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Last week, I had the chance to chat with Patrick Brannelly, Emirates VP Passenger Communications and Visual Services. The topic? Onboard mobile phone use. This should spark some pretty interesting debate. Patrick was very encouraged…
