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Retroactive Refund: How Airlines Should Handle Weather Waivers

Last week just downright sucked. I was supposed to be traveling with my family on US Airways to a wedding outside of Cancun. Yes, the same Cancun that was hit by a hurricane/tropical storm/big weather thing. We watched the storm draw closer to Cancun...

Published Tue, Nov 1 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Delays/Cancellations, Weather
Allegiant and Spirit, Head to Head (Trip Report)

With Allegiant deciding to flee Long Beach at the end of this month, I sensed there was a unique experience that I would regret missing out on if I didn’t jump on it. I had the chance to fly Allegiant to Vegas and then Spirit back to LAX. This head...

Published Thu, Nov 3 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Trip Reports, Allegiant, Spirit
Topic of the Week: Scoot

Singapore Airlines announced this week that its new low cost carriers will be called . . . Scoot. The airline will start flying 777s to Australia and Asia at first and expand beyond there. Does it have a shot at success? Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 4 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Singapore Airlines
Cranky on the Web (October 31 – November 4)

I’m happy to announce that I will now be contributing to the new Conde Nast Traveler site on a weekly basis. Go to cntraveler.com to see some great contributions from around the travel world. My first two are below. Nerve-racking ‘go-arounds’...

Published Sat, Nov 5 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Baggage, Weather
United Becomes the First US Airline to Announce Wifi Over the Water

United fliers, rejoice. Your airline has now, finally, announced its comprehensive wifi plan. The result is . . . a little surprising, actually. I like it, to some extent, but it’s also going to create a divided onboard product. We still need more...

Published Mon, Nov 7 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Inflight Entertainment
British Airways Wins the Right to Buy bmi: Winners and Losers

Last week, it was announced that British Airways parent IAG had won the lottery, so to speak. The group has now reached an “agreement in principle” with Lufthansa to buy its bmi subsidiary. This is all about one thing: slots at Heathrow. We...

Published Tue, Nov 8 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: LHR - London/Heathrow
Flying Up Front on Emirates to Dubai (Trip Report)

A couple months ago, Emirates asked if I’d like to fly out to Dubai to spend 24 hours in the airport so that we could experience all that it had to offer. Though the idea of impersonating Tom Hanks in The Terminal sounded fun, I couldn’t take...

Published Wed, Nov 9 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Trip Reports, Emirates
Alaska’s Deal with American Makes Its Frequent Flier Program Even More Valuable

Alaska and American have inked a deal that will give reciprocal elite benefits to each other’s elite members. This might not sound like much, but it could make Alaska’s frequent flier program even more interesting for a lot of people, some...

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

Filed under: Frequent Flier Programs, American, Delta, Alaska Airlines
Topic of the Week: Porn on a Plane

Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary is at it again. This time he’s suggesting that he’ll start offering a hotel-style pay per view system on airplanes, porn and all. Will he do it or is this just more of the same old posturing to get some...

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

Filed under: Ryanair
Cranky on the Web (November 7 – 11)

Airline Wi-Fi Check: Which Have It? – Conde Nast Daily Traveler In light of United’s announcement that it was putting wifi on its whole mainline fleet, it seemed like a good time to do a wifi roundup to see who has it and where. United and...

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

Filed under: United, Continental, Inflight Entertainment
AAdvantage Chief Maya Leibman Talks (Across the Aisle)

When I saw Maya Leibman, President of American’s AAdvantage loyalty program, put out a video talking about new benefits for elite members, I knew I wanted to put together an Across the Aisle interview. For those who haven’t seen it, here’s...

Published Mon, Nov 14 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frequent Flier Programs, American
Southwest Announces New International Service, Buries Route and City Cuts

It looks like Southwest has decided to take a queue from the old school PR handbook by making a big splash over new city and route announcements while quietly slipping in cuts to other cities and routes. There are a lot of changes with the schedule for...

Published Tue, Nov 15 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, AirTran
Wandering Dubai Airport (Trip Report)

Nate is back with part two of his trip report. This time, we look in depth at Dubai Airport. If you missed his flight out, see Flying Up Front on Emirates to Dubai. — After spending a very long and exhausting day in Dubai, I wasn’t looking forward...

Published Wed, Nov 16 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Trip Reports, Emirates
How Airline Stories Become Tall Tales

I’ve pulled a controversial story out from the archives today. It’s one that was supposed to run on BNET at the beginning of the year, but after heated back and forth discussion, it was shelved by the higher-ups. (They didn’t like me...

Published Thu, Nov 17 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, BNET
Topic of the Week: Hawaiian Says Aloha to New York City

For years, Hawaiian had been primarily an airline offering interisland flights and service to the West Coast of the US. There were minor incursions into other parts of the Pacific but the last couple of years have been different. First, Hawaiian has made...

Published Fri, Nov 18 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Hawaiian

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