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What Happens After You Check Your Bag

Yesterday, I attended the official launch of a new inline baggage screening system in Delta’s Terminal 5 at LAX. After taking the tour, it dawned on me that a lot of people probably don’t know what happens to their bags after they kiss them...

Published Thu, Mar 31 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Baggage, Delta
Iberia Launches LAX Flight, But Can We Really Thank American and British Airways?

Last night, I attended the launch of Iberia’s new flight from LA to Madrid. This has been hailed as a product of the joint venture between British Airways/Iberia (now under the same ownership) and American Airlines. Is that really true? Yes and...

Published Tue, Mar 29 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: British Airways, American
Alaska Had a Bad Weekend But Shows How to Communicate When Things Get Ugly

If you were flying on Alaska Airlines this weekend, you had a rough go of it. The airline’s computer systems crashed and that meant plenty of delays and cancellations. Unlike Southwest in its meltdown earlier this month, however, Alaska handled...

Published Mon, Mar 28 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Delays/Cancellations, Alaska Airlines, Horizon
Cranky on the Web (March 21-25)

Fuel hedging no guarantee for airlines – CNN Out of the Office Following up on last week, this week I wrote about fuel hedging and why airlines don’t actually have fuel prices locked in, for the most part. How Not to Design a Website, Courtesy...

Published Sat, Mar 26 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Fuel
Topic of the Week: Vision’s Ongoing Sales

Once again, Vision Airlines has extended its fare sale for its new routes from the Florida Panhandle “due to overwhelming response.” I think we all know what that means. At the same time, some routes have been cut before they even began, like...

Published Fri, Mar 25 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Vision Airlines
United Announces Onboard Wifi, But It’s Hardly a Ringing Endorsement

Earlier this week, United announced that it will finally put wifi onboard about 200 of its airplanes. You would think that this would finally resolve the wifi question at the new world’s largest airline, but it doesn’t. I imagine this was...

Published Thu, Mar 24 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Continental, Inflight Entertainment
Is United Slowing Down Flights to Save Fuel? (Ask Cranky)

I’ve got a follow-up for an old Ask Cranky post today. In January, I wrote about why Delta might change flight times by a few minutes here and there. I received a similar question from someone about a United flight recently, but with United, I can...

Published Tue, Mar 22 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Ask Cranky
Feeling the History at Washington National Airport

Last month when I flew in and out of Washington National Airport, it brought back a lot of memories. The airport has changed a great deal since I first arrived for college in 1995, but the beauty of the airport is that it doesn’t cover up its history...

Published Mon, Mar 21 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: DCA - Washington/National
Cranky on the Web (March 14 – 18)

Fuel ‘surcharge’ a fare increase with a fancy name – CNN.com Out of the Office This week, it’s time to talk about fuel prices. They’re going higher and so are fares, but the two aren’t completely related. In the Trenches...

Published Sat, Mar 19 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Fuel, ORD - Chicago/O'Hare
Topic of the Week: The (Temporarily) Shrinking Japanese Market

In light of the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown 1-2-3 punch, traffic to Japan is plunging. Delta has suspended its Haneda flights for a few months, Singapore has indefinitely postponed its A380 service there, and other airlines around the world are...

Published Fri, Mar 18 2011 2:57 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Miscellaneous
Lufthansa Goes Back in Time, Gives First Class Travelers a Seat and a Bed

Airlines have spent a lot of time and effort trying to figure out a way to squeeze a seat and a bed into a very small space on an airplane, and they’ve done an admirable job. But any time you try to create multiple uses in one place, it’s...

Published Thu, Mar 17 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa
Delta Comes out Swinging at Frontier Over Minneapolis Move

Anyone who thinks that the days of airline schedule retaliation are over clearly hasn’t been watching Delta. The airline is royally pissed that Frontier had the gall to enter the Minneapolis to Kansas City market and now it’s unleashing its...

Published Tue, Mar 15 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Delta
American, BA, Iberia Need to Eliminate Differences or Do a Better Job of Highlighting Them

Last week, American and its joint venture partners British Airways and Iberia were here in Southern California to pitch the benefits of the joint venture to the region. The airlines are launching a lot of new service here in the next month, and they say...

Published Mon, Mar 14 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: British Airways, American, Iberia
Cranky on the Web (March 5 – 11)

Weather, tarmac rule irk airlines – Arizona Republic Another article talking about long tarmac delays, and I was asked to comment. The scoop on business class seats – CNN Out of the Office This week, I looked at the different types of business...

Published Sat, Mar 12 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: JAL, BNET
Spirit Goes Into One of the Most Competitive Markets In the US, But Why?

It’s Spirit week here at Cranky, and not in the “ra ra, go team” kind of way. I’m talking about Spirit Airlines. I actually hadn’t planned on talking about them twice this week, but soon after the Cardinal’s guest post...

Published Thu, Mar 10 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Spirit

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