Recent Articles
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Southwest Says Mechanical Issues Are Beyond Its Control, But It’s Not as Bad as You Might Think
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Many of you have already heard that in its contract of carriage, Southwest has now decided that mechanical issues are outside the airline’s control. How…
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PETA Offers Hawaiian Publicity if They Help Stop Fishing, I Give Publicity to Encourage It
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Those wacky People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) people are up to their usual tricks, and now they’re dragging airlines into it. This…
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Awesome Drama Over easyJet’s Unreliable Operation
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If you’re outside of Europe, you likely haven’t been paying close attention to the awesome drama unfolding over easyJet. The airline’s operations appear to be…
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Cranky on the Web (July 19-23)
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Airport Effort to Charge More During Peak Times Could Hurt Passengers – BNET Airports are one step closer to being able to charge more to…
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Announcing the Five Winners of a Free Copy of “Where the Hell Am I Going?”
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It’s been a fun week of reading emails and comments on why you should get a free copy of my book. Some were funny while…
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Sacramento’s Big Build Will Create a Monstrously Expensive New Terminal
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Flying through Sacramento last week, I couldn’t help but notice the stark contrast between the old terminal buildings and the new one that’s slowly taking…
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Good News, Bad News for British Airways as Antitrust Immunity Approved and Flight Attendants Reject Offer
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The management team at British Airways must be doing their best impression of a manic depressive this week as they swing from great news to…
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Southwest Restricts Unused Tickets, I’d Rather See a Change Fee
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It looks like the good folks at Southwest have slipped in a little change to your ability to use ticketless travel funds. As with any…
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Jetting to Smurf (Trip Report)
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I love trips like this. Just as our cold June and early July gave way to sizzling 90 degree heat, it was time for me…
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Allegiant, American, BNET, British Airways, Fares, Government Regulation, Iberia, JetBlue, Mergers/Finance, US Airways
Cranky on the Web (July 12-16)
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Strong June Traffic Means It’s Time For Airlines to Raise Airfares — Cautiously – BNET Continued strong traffic numbers mean airfares are going to continue…
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Checking in on Alitalia, Because It’s Been Too Long
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I never thought things could get any worse for Alitalia, but they have. No, no. It’s not that they’re performing worse. It’s that they’re no…
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Today is the Official Launch of My Book and You Can Win a Copy
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Today is the official launch of my book, “Where the Hell Am I Going?” (What makes it official? ’cause I said so.) It’s now up…
