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• If You Want to Try Wifi Onboard, You’ll Have Plenty of Free Chances

  It’s no surprise that when you make something completely free, people use it a lot more often than if you make them pay. Duh. And that’s why it’s not surprising to see airlines scrambling to find a way to offer wireless internet for... Posted Nov 03 2009, 02:31 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Virgin America, Inflight Entertainment, American, AirTran

• American and United Add $10 Surcharge For Peak Holiday Travel

  It looks like United and American have decided that you don’t pay enough to travel on the peak holiday travel days, so they’ve added a $10 surcharge. Is this a new fee? Nah, I think it’s just the lazy man’s fare increase. You’re... Posted Sep 25 2009, 04:31 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, Fares, American

• Cranky on the Web (September 14 – 18)

  Why Comair’s On-Time Performance is More Concerning Than Atlantic Southeast’s – BNET Comair and ASA both sat at the bottom of the July on-time performance derby, but the airlines appear to have two different problems. Meaningless Mishandled... Posted Sep 19 2009, 03:42 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Baggage, American, Delta, Midwest Airlines, BNET, JFK - New York/JFK, LGA - New York/La Guardia, Comair, Atlantic Southeast, PHL - Philadelphia

• American Kills St Louis, Strengthens Other Hubs

  Yesterday, American announced a massive change to its route strategy that will result in the death of the St Louis hub. At the same time, the rest of the hubs will be strengthened. I feel like the sleeping giant finally woke up from a long nap. So far... Posted Sep 18 2009, 03:41 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: American

• American and Delta Fight Strategic Battle Over Japan Air Lines

  Japan Air Lines (JAL) is an airline in trouble. It’s losing money faster than a rookie NFL player who just got his first payday, and it needs help. Now, Delta and American apparently have decided to battle over the airline because of its strategic... Posted Sep 14 2009, 03:40 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: American, Delta, JAL

• Cranky on the Web (September 8 – 11)

  American Turns to HP Over SABRE For Next Reservation System – BNET Even though SABRE was American’s greatest invention, the airline has decided to go elsewhere. This has been coming for awhile. August 2009 Traffic Numbers – BNET August... Posted Sep 12 2009, 03:04 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, Frontier, American, BNET, IND - Indianapolis

• Are Coach Seats That Slide Forward a Good Thing?

  The big thing at NBTA seems to be showing off seats. Dozens of airlines seemed to have brought their seats with them to make the travel managers drool. While most simply showed off the best seats onboard, others brought everything from coach all the way... Posted Aug 28 2009, 03:34 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Seats, American

• An Onboard Wifi Update

  I’m at the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) conference this week, and I spent awhile chatting with the folks at AirCell (provider of wifi fun) yesterday. That made me think it was a good time for a wifi update, especially since there... Posted Aug 25 2009, 04:05 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, US Airways, Technology, Virgin America, JetBlue, Southwest, Continental, American, Delta, Alaska Airlines, AirTran

• Cranky on the Web (August 10 – 14)

  Why is Allegiant’s Load Factor Dropping While Others Increase? – BNET Allegiant’s load factor dropped more than anyone else last month, but I’m not too concerned. Southwest’s Bid for Frontier Raised to $170 Million –... Posted Aug 15 2009, 03:51 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: US Airways, Frontier, JetBlue, Southwest, Fares, American, Delta, Allegiant, BNET, LGA - New York/La Guardia, DCA - Washington/National

• Random Thoughts About Booking My Holiday Flights

  Christmas is one of those times where I don’t like to play games with strategizing about the best time to book my flights. I think it’s generally safe to assume that fares will keep going up as it gets closer, at least on the prime days we... Posted Jul 30 2009, 03:02 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Miscellaneous, American, Midwest Airlines

• This Week on BNET (July 13 - 17)

  DOT Approves Continental/United/Lufthansa/Air Canada Antitrust Immunity with Limited Carveouts The alliance has been approved. I’ve got details on why, but what will happen with American and BA? Republic Gets Court Approval to Buy Frontier, But... Posted Jul 18 2009, 03:31 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, Lufthansa, Frontier, Continental, Mergers/Finance, American, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, BNET, Republic

• This Week on BNET (June 15 - 19)

  Virgin America Unit Revenues Fall More Than 20 Percent Virgin America’s revenue for the first quarter fell dramatically. Virgin America Makes Progress on Costs Revenues don’t look great, but costs are definitely looking up. American Ends Austin... Posted Jun 20 2009, 03:50 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, Virgin America, Schedule Changes, Continental, American, BNET

• This Week on BNET (June 1 - 5)

  United Shakes Up Marketing and Distribution Groups Dennis Cary is out, Graham Atkinson is back in, and marketing and distribution areas and getting makeovers. Continental’s May Numbers Prove April’s Improvement Wasn’t a Trend May numbers... Posted Jun 06 2009, 03:42 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, US Airways, Environment, Continental, Mergers/Finance, Air New Zealand, American, Distribution, BNET, Fuel, IND - Indianapolis

• This Week on BNET (May 18 - 22)

  The New Delta Sees More Complaints in March March complaints are out, and Delta and its partners saw increases while most others did not. Uh oh. JetBlue and Others See Higher Complaints in March I said above that “most” other airlines didn’t... Posted May 23 2009, 03:11 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Frequent Flier Programs, JetBlue, Continental, American, Delta, Hawaiian, Northwest, ExpressJet, Alaska Airlines, BNET, AirTran, MKE - Milwaukee, 737

• Tom Cruise, Other Aliens Targeted by American’s New Roswell - LA Flights

  Did anyone else catch the press release yesterday announcing that American was starting nonstop service from LAX to Roswell, New Mexico? Yeah, I didn’t think so. This seems like a route that is guaranteed to fail, right? Not so fast. There’s... Posted May 19 2009, 04:25 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Schedule Changes, American