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Random Bits of Info: Fighting, Grounding, Delaying, and Dying Edition

We’ve got a lot going on today, so without further adieu, let’s get started. Southwest and the FAA Fighting - If you haven’t heard, there’s been a steel cage match in Washington lately. In one corner, we have Rep Oberstar breathing...

Published Wed, Apr 9 2008 4:51 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Safety/Security, Government Regulation, Southwest
JetBlue Won’t Let You Use Credits Online

My fiancee and I were supposed to fly JetBlue in February, but our trip plans changed. I had them move the fare amount into a credit, minus the change fee, knowing I’d use it some other day. That day came this week, and guess what? Using your credit...

Published Tue, Apr 8 2008 3:06 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Technology, JetBlue
Heathrow Terminal 5 After The Dust Settles

A friend of mine who frequently flies out of London/Heathrow wrote to me recently and wondered why my coverage had been so light on the new Terminal 5. I guess I was just waiting to see when things calmed down. I mean, everyone has been talking about...

Published Mon, Apr 7 2008 3:44 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Baggage, British Airways, LHR - London/Heathrow, Delays/Cancellations
$25 to Check a Second Bag, United Tightens the Rules

So, it now looks like most legacy carriers have adopted the $25 fee for checking a second bag. Though United originally carved out some high fare customers from paying the second fee, most other airlines did not. Of course, seeing an opportunity for a...

Published Sun, Apr 6 2008 6:55 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Baggage
Skybus Shutdown Completes This Week’s Hat Trick

Seriously, this is getting ridiculous. Monday it’s Aloha, Thursday it’s ATA, and now Saturday it’s Skybus. The airline flew its final flight last night, and now all the shiny new Airbii (um, let’s just pretend like that’s...

Published Sat, Apr 5 2008 2:51 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: ATA, Aloha, Skybus
An ATA Obituary

It’s kind of strange writing an obituary for ATA right now. I mean, it’s like it happened in slow motion even though it actually happened very quickly. I guess technically it started a couple years ago, but things really sped up month when...

Published Fri, Apr 4 2008 3:59 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: ATA, L1011, DC-10
Air Canada Offering Protection From Weather Delays (For a Fee)

It’s been awhile since I broke out the gold star award. I thought about it yesterday with Delta’s new seat, but that’s still a couple years off from being anything tangible. But when I saw Air Canada’s new On My Way service, I...

Published Thu, Apr 3 2008 3:11 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Customer Service, Delays/Cancellations, Air Canada, Air Canada Introduces On My Way Service
ATA Shuts Down Immediately

The rumors started swirling yesterday, and it was confirmed overnight. ATA is shutting down effective this morning. They lost their military contract, and so they’re done. I’ll have more on this tomorrow (my regular post here today will be...

Published Thu, Apr 3 2008 2:51 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, ATA, Delays/Cancellations
Delta To Install the Cozy Suite in Coach on International Fleet

I saw a discussion about Delta installing a radically different type of seat in coach and I immediately assumed it was an April Fool’s joke. But after rooting around a bit and seeing confirmation of the news from FlightGlobal, I think it’s...

Published Wed, Apr 2 2008 3:05 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Seats, Delta
V Australia Coming to the US

You may have heard of Australia’s second largest airline, Virgin Blue, but you probably haven’t heard of V Australia. That’s because until yesterday, it didn’t really exist. V Australia is Virgin Blue’s new long haul arm...

Published Tue, Apr 1 2008 3:05 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: LAX - Los Angeles, Virgin Blue, V Australia
Aloha ‘Oe, Aloha Airlines

You may remember that I said last week that I probably wouldn’t book a flight on Aloha for travel more than a couple weeks out. It looks like the airline won’t even make it that long. Aloha has announced that, not surprisingly, there just...

Published Mon, Mar 31 2008 3:50 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Aloha, Hawaiian, Go!
InsideTrip.com Brings Flight Amenities Back

When I heard about InsideTrip.com’s launch, I got excited. See, when I was running PriceGrabber’s now-deceased travel site, we tried to incorporate more than just price and schedule into the shopping experience. We added on-time information...

Published Fri, Mar 28 2008 3:04 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Technology
Quick Thought on London/Heathrow T5

BA moved in to the brand-spanking new Terminal 5 at Heathrow today, and it didn’t take long for the baggage system to fail. Looks like they stopped accepting checked bags and won’t start again until Friday morning. I guess they didn’t...

Published Thu, Mar 27 2008 11:23 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: British Airways, LHR - London/Heathrow
Contrary to Press Reports, Not Every Airplane is Unsafe

Recent media reports might make it seem like the sky is falling; as if every airplane you encounter may be unsafe. Just over the last few days, we’ve seen a rash of very public maintenance issues: Southwest rechecks 737s after maintenance record...

Published Thu, Mar 27 2008 2:47 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, MD80, American, Delta, Boeing
The EMD Safety Bracelet

Here’s an invention you can file under “really bad idea that should never see the light of day.” Yes, it’s the EMD Safety Bracelet. What does EMD stand for? Electro-Muscular Disruption. Oh yeah. This nasty little device will give...

Published Wed, Mar 26 2008 2:39 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Safety/Security

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