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A Primer on US Aviation Taxes That Apply on International Flights

On Tuesday, I talked about the taxes and fees that applied to domestic travel, but now I’m turning toward international travel, a more complicated beast. Let’s stick with the example I started to use on Monday during the fuel surcharge post...

Published Thu, Mar 22 2012 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Government Regulation
Topic of the Week: United’s Long Phone Holds

It’s been almost 3 weeks since United combined with Continental into a new reservation system and as I said right after, the transition has gone well. But there is one side effect that’s not sitting too well with many . . . long phone holds...

Published Fri, Mar 23 2012 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United
Cranky on the Web (March 19 – 23)

Why it Took So Long for Virgin to Link All its Frequent-Flier Programs – Conde Nast Daily Traveler You can now earn and redeem across Virgin airlines. What took so long? In the Trenches: Learning From My Team – Intuit Small Business Blog It’s...

Published Sat, Mar 24 2012 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Australia
A Boring US Airways Media Day

From the title, you might think that last week’s media day that US Airways held in Phoenix was a total bust, but that’s not true. It WAS boring, but that’s because US Airways is running a good airline these days. There were a couple...

Published Mon, Mar 26 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways
Could Airline Alliances Be in Trouble?

As always, this year’s Phoenix Aviation Symposium was packed with great, thought-provoking discussion. A few of us were constantly posting updates on Twitter under the #PHX2012 hashtag. I’d suggest taking a look if you’re interested...

Published Tue, Mar 27 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Alliances
Getting Back on the Horse (Trip Report)

It has been a long four months since I last stepped on an airplane. Crazy, I know. But I locked it down before my son was born and then obviously for a little while after as well. This was my first opportunity to get back in the air, and it came courtesy...

Published Wed, Mar 28 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Trip Reports, PHX - Phoenix
Delta, Hawaiian, and Southwest Talk Fleet Strategy

One of the more interesting panels in Phoenix last week was the one that focused on fleet strategy. There’s always a ton of discussion about buying airplanes, and each airline has a different philosophy. On the panel, there were representatives...

Published Thu, Mar 29 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, Delta, Hawaiian
Topic of the Week: JetBlue 191

We all know now about JetBlue 191 with the captain who broke down and was restrained on his flight. To me, it seems like the first officer handled this perfectly by getting the captain out of the cockpit and then locking the door. But does this concern...

Published Fri, Mar 30 2012 3:35 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: JetBlue
Cranky on the Web (March 26 – 30)

Inside Alaska Airlines’ New Terminal at LAX – Conde Nast Daily Traveler I had the chance to take a tour of the new Alaska Airlines terminal 6 at LAX, and it’s a beauty. I’ll actually be covering this further here on Cranky next...

Published Sat, Mar 31 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: LAX - Los Angeles, Alaska Airlines

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