Recent Articles
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The Best Kind of Delay (Trip Report)
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A couple months ago, I was emailing with some friends and we jokingly talked about doing a guys’ weekend in Cabo. We had done it…
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United Walks Away From Dallas Love Field Airport, Makes Southwest Happy and Delta Angry
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To say things took a strange turn at Dallas Love Field Airport on Friday is quite the understatement. After doing everything it could to keep…
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Cranky on the Web – SkyMall Goes Down, Monstrous Blizzards, Cleveland, and Snail Mail
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It was a busy week on the web… SkyMall Lands in Bankruptcy as Air Travelers Shun Catalog – Bloomberg SkyMall is bankrupt and Bloomberg asked…
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Topic of the Week: Your Comments on the Blog
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This week’s topic is more administrative than usual, because I want to get a better understand of how you’re commenting here on the blog. Comments…
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British Airways Realigns Its Program to Make Big Spenders With Large Point Balances Happier (And the Rest, Not So Happy)
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On Monday, British Airways reached out to me seeing if I’d like to get a briefing on something big coming up. I was secretly hoping…
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Will Airline Pricing Decline With Fuel Prices? (Ask Cranky)
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I’ve been asked this question a lot lately, so I figured it was time to address it. With oil prices plummeting, I wonder what will…
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Alitalia’s Turnaround Plan Looks Very Familiar
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On January 1st of this year, Alitalia officially became a “new” Alitalia with partial ownership by Etihad. Does this mean Alitalia is no longer the…
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Cranky on the Web – 1099s Aren’t Fun
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In the Trenches: Making Sense of 1099s – Small Business Center It’s tax time and that means it’s 1099 time. I hate dealing with 1099s.
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Topic of the Week: Frontier Lays Off Its Ground Handlers and Reservations Agents
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Frontier has announced it will lay off the only remaining ground handlers employed by the airline, those in Denver, and outsource the jobs. At the…
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American’s Remote Terminal at LAX and the Southwest I Love (Trip Report)
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I had to do a last minute day trip up to the Bay Area, and I had a ton of options. After considering everything, I…
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Why American’s Pilots are Getting Riled Up About the Affordable Care Act
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I can’t say I ever expected to be writing a post about healthcare here on the blog, but sure enough, here we are. I continue…
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Let’s See How Well You Know Your US Airports
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We’ve had some heavy stuff on the blog lately, and there’s more coming tomorrow, so let’s take a little break from serious content today. A…
