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Notes from US Airways Media Day

I’m still here in Phoenix after finishing up the first day of the Phoenix Aviation Symposium, so I thought this would be a good time to dump all the remaining bits and pieces of interest from the US Airways Media Day. Let’s get going. If you...

Published Fri, Apr 30 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways
US Airways Gives a Unique Perspective on the Three Hour Delay Rule

Yesterday was US Airways media day, and I made my way to Phoenix to attend. As usual, it was a good day but there wasn’t any big news to announce. (I think they were hoping to announce a merger, but, well, that ain’t happening. You can read...

Published Thu, Apr 29 2010 11:45 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways
Frontier to Put Internet on Embraer 170 and 190 Aircraft

Ok, so Frontier and Midwest are uniting under the Frontier name, and now they’re trying to standardize the brand and offerings. So what do they do? They go out and decide to purposefully create a split brand offering by adding internet to the Embraer...

Published Wed, Apr 28 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Inflight Entertainment
Tales From the Volcano

Now that European airports are open and (as far as I know), no planes have fallen out of the sky, it’s time to look back on the aftermath of the Icelandic volcano. We worked on some pretty crazy itineraries at Cranky Concierge, so I thought I’d...

Published Tue, Apr 27 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Cranky Concierge, Weather
JFK’s Virtual Slots Help Reduce Lengthy Ground Delays

One of the biggest complaints that I see when we start talking about long ground delays here on the blog is that nobody seems to have a good solution. We can all jump on bad solutions like the DOT rule we have now, but there are rarely better suggestions...

Published Mon, Apr 26 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Delays/Cancellations, JFK - New York/JFK
Cranky on the Web (April 19 – 23)

Ash Wednesday: Icelandic Volcano Impact on Airlines Worse Than 9/11 – BNET You all know how ugly it’s been in Europe with the volcano, and now they’re saying the initial impact is worse than 9/11. Fortunately, the recovery won’t...

Published Sat, Apr 24 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Delta, BNET, Cranky Concierge
Alaska Switches Up Bag Fees, Some Good and Some Bad News

Whenever I see discussion of an airline simplifying fees, it usually means that they’re jacking them up. Alaska, well, ok, so they are jacking up the first bag fee, but they really are simplifying as well. They had a slew of announcements yesterday...

Published Fri, Apr 23 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Baggage, Alaska Airlines
Travel Tools I Love: KVS Tool

I’ve decided that it’s time to start a new series here on the blog called Travel Tools I Love. Hopefully these tools are something that readers can benefit from using. With the volcano making finding any seats a very difficult prospect for...

Published Thu, Apr 22 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Travel Tools I Love
Why Toronto is a Bad Idea (for Virgin America)

It’s apparently Canada week here on the blog since this is my second post about that frozen country up north. This time, it’s about Virgin America’s entry into Toronto. They announced they wanted to go into Toronto back in March, and...

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Virgin America
European Airlines Enter Third Stage of Grief In Trying to Cope with Volcano

Poor European airline execs. They’ve suffered a great (revenue) loss and now they’re trying to cope with the pain. It looks like they’ve made it to the third stage out of five when it comes to coping with grief, but that means the toughest...

Published Tue, Apr 20 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Weather
Southwest Walks Away From WestJet, Now What?

In a move that surprised nobody, Southwest told WestJet to take a hike last week after their relationship fell on hard times. It looks like Volaris will now be Southwest’s first modern codeshare partner while they look for other options on how to...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, Westjet
Carry-On Guide for Misinformed Senators

Wondering why I’m posting on a Sunday? Well, it’s to welcome Washington Post readers to the site. See, today I had an opinion piece in the Post entitled Don’t let bag fees make you nostalgic. Airlines’ golden age wasn’t so...

Published Sun, Apr 18 2010 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Baggage, Spirit
Cranky on the Web (April 12 – 16)

WiFi When You Fly: A Battle of the Business Models – BNET Is there a difference for the customer between GoGo and Row 44 inflight internet? Yep. There is. Southwest seeks space at Reagan – GW Hatchet The newspaper at my alma mater asked for...

Published Sat, Apr 17 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, Inflight Entertainment, BNET, DCA - Washington/National
Volcano Decides to Halt European Flights Since Nobody is Striking This Week

It’s a rare week when there isn’t a strike at a European airline, but this appears to be one of them. Unhappy with this news, a big, mean volcano in Iceland called Eyjafjallajokull (strangely enough, pronounced simply as “Billy”...

Published Fri, Apr 16 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Weather
Be Wary of United.com Promo Codes

A distraught reader sent me a note yesterday about a bonus mile offer he received from United, and I thought it was worth sharing with everyone. Take note – always do a search on United.com with and without the code to make sure you’re getting...

Published Thu, Apr 15 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Fares

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