Written by CF @ Cranky Flier
There’s been a lot of talk about the American and JetBlue Northeast Alliance, but until […]
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3 Links I Love: The Transat Scramble, Qatar Keeps Flying, Better Boarding
Written by CF @ Cranky Flier
This Week’s Featured Link Flyer beware: Canada closed to competition – WestJet BlogI haven’t talked […]
DOT Allows American and JetBlue to Coordinate Schedules in a Landmark Deal
Written by CF @ Cranky Flier
Note: I’m moving my Thursday post up to Wednesday this week, just because I really want to talk about this and don’t feel like waiting.
The press release simply says that American and JetBlue are “advancing” their strategic a…
Read MoreWhat’s The Best U.S.-Based Airline? (2021 Update)
Written by joeheg @ Your Mileage May Vary
When booking an airline ticket, you’ll have to choose between several airlines. How do you decide? Maybe you always fly with one airline because you have status with them, or…
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Read MoreThe Time to Manage for Cash is Over
Written by CF @ Cranky Flier
Since the pandemic began, the focus in the airline industry has been on who has the most cash. What’s the cash burn rate? How do they stem that? When will they be back to NOT burning cash? Those questions were all important, but that’s …
Mesa Survives Again With a New, Smaller Deal with American
Written by CF @ Cranky Flier
I can’t be the only one to be constantly surprised at how many lives regional carrier Mesa Air Group has burned through. At one point or another, every major US airline that has worked with Mesa has been angry with the airline. Yet every time i…
American, Delta, United Cutting Vast Number Of Flights In December
Written by SharonKurheg @ Your Mileage May Vary
In an attempt “to match low demand,” American has cut over 100,000 flights on its December 2020 schedule. That’s leaving them with about 10,000 more flights than they had in…
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Read MoreAirfare of the Day [Club World] BRITISH AIRWAYS Los Angeles to Delhi from $2,779
Written by Freddo Zabaleta @ LoyaltyLobby
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to British Airways and their business class advanced purchase round trip fares between Los Angeles (LAX), USA and Delhi (DEL), India. Credit it to American Airlines AAdvantage for 38,600 EQMs and 4,825 EQDs. Remember you can always email or send us a message via Facebook or Twitter with your airfare-related findings or questions. Fare Details: […]
3 Links I Love: Southwest’s 2021 Plan, Wizz Goes For the Kill, United Jumps on a Bandwagon
Written by CF @ Cranky Flier
This week’s featured link
Gary Kelly Outlines Plans to Avoid Layoffs and Furloughs Through 2021 – Southwest MediaI thought this 10 minute video from Southwest CEO Gary Kelly was really well done. Sure, it’s good news that they are…
Read MoreSign of the Apocalyse: American’s Cheap, Refundable Long-Haul Fares
Written by CF @ Cranky Flier
It was a big enough shock to see airline change fees start melting away, but now there’s something even stranger happening. American is experimenting with affordable, refundable fares on long-haul flights. I suppose we’re at the point whe…
JetBlue Confirms Their “No Change Fee” Policy Won’t Be For A Fake Forever
Written by SharonKurheg @ Your Mileage May Vary
When Delta, United, American, Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines each recently announced that they were doing away with change fees, the world ate it up like candy. Sure, Southwest never had…
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Read MoreAmerican Airlines Business Extra New Airline Partner: Japan Airlines (JAL)
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
American Airlines has a Business Extra program that rewards companies whose employees fly on select airlines. Previously only flights with American Airlines, British Airways, and Iberia have been eligible for Business Extra points, but now Japan Airlines with affiliates have joined it. You can access AA’s page for Business Extra here. The email that AA […]
Cranky on the Web: Ch-ch-ch-change fees Go Away
Written by CF @ Cranky Flier
For those in the Bay Area, I’ll be on KTVU this morning at 840a talking about change fees.
American Airlines axes change fees on all but the cheapest tickets, following United and Delta – The Dallas Morning NewsThis is certainly the hot …
Read MoreA Closer Look at the 15 Cities American Chose to Drop
Written by CF @ Cranky Flier
A couple of weeks ago, American put out its list of cities that it was going to drop in October if the CARES Act wasn’t extended. This cliff was created by the CARES Act itself, which restricted an airline’s ability to actually drop cities…
With Change Fees Gone, American Repositions Basic Economy
Written by CF @ Cranky Flier
It did not take long for the Big Three US airlines to fall in line with this whole “change fee go bye bye” thing. But while Delta appears to have put out a hastily written statement matching United’s policy, American appears to have …
American Races Toward the Sun, Skirmishes Break Out Elsewhere
Written by CF @ Cranky Flier
How about a bonus post today? Things are happening quickly in this industry this week, and if I don’t post this now, I’ll never post it.
The Eagle has set its October schedule, and there are a lot of cuts, but that is less interesting …
Read MoreA Look At Changing Regional Alliances: American (Part 1)
Written by CF @ Cranky Flier
I’m going on vacation starting today. And by that, I don’t just mean I’m sitting at home and not working. Nay, I’m packing the family up into a rented RV and we’re going to visit some California state and national parks …
More Schedule Cuts, American Plays With Fire, and Southwest Corrects Its Course
Written by CF @ Cranky Flier
I fear my relationship with Diio by Cirium is becoming unhealthy. Every Friday night, I run to Diio to learn about that week’s airline schedule changes, but Diio remains emotionless. Maybe I’m asking too much, but that won’t quell m…
Alaska Airlines Officially Joining Oneworld Alliance
Written by From the Newsroom @ Mighty Travels
Alaska Airlines and American Airlines announced a West Coast-alliance back in February that would make Alaska Airlines a part of the oneworld alliance by the summer of 2021. Earlier this month CEO of Alaska Airlines said that the process was going ahead faster than originally planned. Oneworld Alliance today announced the news was official! Alaska […]
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Read MoreAn Unexpected Refund from AA
Written by Craig at Middle Age Miles @ Middle Age Miles
Introduction This is a short post about an unexpected refund that we received from American Airlines. It comes with a lesson – don’t be bashful about submitting your canceled AA tickets through the AA Refunds site and seeing what happens.…
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