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A Look at the Focus Cities JetBlue Wants to Grow From the Spirit Deal
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I recently wrote about potential overlap between the new JetBlue/Spirit combo and the Big Four airlines, but that is a messy comparison since routes are…
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Cranky on the Web: The Summer of Suck and What to Do About It, A Spirited Obituary
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AP is here to help you navigate the summer’s travel chaos – TwitterI did my first Twitter Spaces appearance — which is basically just a…
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3 Links I Love: When Double Miles Don’t Matter, FAA Trouble, Piedmont Grows, Vin Flies Continental
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This Week’s Featured Link Hawaiian Airlines to Mahalo Members with Double Hawaiian Miles on Every Neighbor Island Flight through the End of the Year –…
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Better Gate Management Could Have Helped on This Southwest Flight (Trip Report)
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I had to go up to Oakland for a quick overnight business trip, so the airline I’d take wasn’t in question. Being able to fly…
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Putting Numbers to JetBlue’s Claims of Increased Competition With Spirit Acquisition
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JetBlue has twisted itself in knots over the last couple months explaining why the Spirit acquisition makes sense for the airline, saying it will greatly…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Southwest Credits No Longer Expire With Southwest Chief Marketing Officer Ryan Green!
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Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. We didn’t plan on having another guest this week, but when the opportunity arises… who…
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Cranky on the Web: JetBlue, Spirit, and Nothing Else
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This was a local news kind of week, and that is always fun. With Frontier out, JetBlue likely to buy Spirit; higher airfares possible at…
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3 Links I Love: SpirBlue is Happening, Small Airports with Big Problems, Big Props in Molokai
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This Week’s Featured Link JetBlue and Spirit to Create a National Low-Fare Challenger to the Dominant Big Four Airlines – JetBlue NewsroomThe hostile bid has…
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The Frontier/Spirit Merger is Dead… And Spirit’s Board Only Has One Good Option
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Everyone has been waiting for the results of the Spirit vote on the Frontier merger for weeks now. After multiple delays, this is done. Spirit…
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The Curious and Frightening Case of American Flight 300’s Near Accident
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I find incident/accident investigations fascinating in general, but I rarely if ever cover them here. That being said, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) just…
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Air Canada and United Tighten Up Partnership with Transborder Joint Venture
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It’s always been a weird dance between Air Canada and United. For two decades,the airlines have had a joint venture, but it has only covered…
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Cranky on the Web: My Most Hated Myth
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The Myth of Best Day to Buy Cheap Flights | Expert Interview with Brett Snyder – VerifyThere is no myth that I dislike more than…
