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• United Gets a Gold Star for Removing Last Minute Mileage Plus Fees

  This week is looking like a good week for frequent fliers. I’ve got some big news from another program tomorrow, but today, United shocked the world by actually removing a fee. Now last minute booking fees from Mileage Plus awards are gone, and... Posted Jul 27 2009, 03:22 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Frequent Flier Programs, Gold Star, United

• LAWA Gets a Gold Star for Ditching Palmdale

  There’s some great news of out Los Angeles these days now that LA World Airports (LAWA) has finally decided to give up on bringing service to Palmdale Airport. Of course, some are unhappy about this, but it’s absolutely the right thing to... Posted Nov 10 2008, 11:44 AM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Gold Star, PMD - Palmdale

• Air Canada Gets a Gold Star for Rolling Back Fees

  Those of you who live in Canada got a nice dose of gold star-worthy airline goodness yesterday when Air Canada announced it was rolling back some fees and other airlines followed with reductions of their own. Fuel prices are down, so it’s always... Posted Sep 19 2008, 03:56 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Air Canada, Fares, Gold Star, Westjet