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When Statistics Attack: Union Report on Lufthansa Complaint “Spike” is Simply Misleading

One thing that’s certain is that you can make statistics say pretty much whatever you want to get your point across. That’s exactly what the UNITE HERE union is doing with what appears to be a smear campaign against Lufthansa. After talking...

Published Thu, Jun 9 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa, Labor Relations
Southwest’s Long DFW Goodbye and International Plans in Baltimore

There were a couple of completely unrelated pieces of news from Southwest that came out last week, but I decided to throw them both into a single post. First, Southwest announced that it will have a long, drawn out departure from DFW. Second, CEO Gary...

Published Tue, Jun 7 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest
Delta Increases Reliance on Partners, Cuts Transatlantic Flights

Delta’s recent pulldown of Transatlantic flights was fairly breathtaking in its scope, but it also showed just how joint ventures can influence decisions. Delta is increasing reliance on partners, and that’s not something it might have considered...

Published Mon, Jun 6 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Delta
Cranky on the Web (May 30 – June 3)

How to deal with airport strandings – CNN Out of the Office Last week’s volcano and severe weather reminded me that it’s time to brush up on techniques for avoiding strandings. In the Trenches: New Pricing Goes Into Effect – Intuit...

Published Sat, Jun 4 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Delays/Cancellations, Weather
Topic of the Week: United Keeps First Class, At Least on Some Airplanes

It sounds like the new United is keeping First Class, but maybe only on the airplanes that already have it. Bloomberg reports that United has decided to keep First Class on some of its fleet but not all. So, is this a good move? Do they just want to avoid...

Published Fri, Jun 3 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Seats
Google Search Flight Schedule Implementation is Underwhelming at Best

We’ve all been waiting to see what cool stuff Google would do once it closed its recent purchase of ITA Software, and now we’ve seen our first change. How awesome is it? It’s not. At all. Now, when you do a search for something like...

Published Thu, Jun 2 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Fares
Cranky Concierge Rolls Out New One Way Pricing

I thought I’d take this normally post-less Wednesday to let you know that we’ve rolled out new pricing on Cranky Concierge. Now, instead of pricing per trip, we have pricing per direction. If you’re traveling one way, this will save...

Published Wed, Jun 1 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Admin

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