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What You’re Owed If Your Flight Is Rescheduled This Summer – Condé Nast TravelerTravel is […]
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Cranky on the Web: Memorial Day Travel Booms
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Memorial Day travel by Southern Californians will increase 64%, most going by car – San […]
Cranky on the Web: United’s Latest Sustainable Effort
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United Airlines, fourth largest at HIA, “to lead industry switch to sustainable aviation fuels” – […]
Cranky on the Web: Rise of Revenge Travel, Ticket Validity
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Could ‘Revenge Travel’ Help Airlines Recover From Pandemic? – The Show on KJZZ Phoenix public […]
Cranky on the Web: An Air Travel Rebound, Airlines We Lost
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Experts say vaccine rollout, cheap fares may lead to more rapid air travel rebound – ABC NewsIt seems like a lot of people think once the vaccines roll out in greater numbers, fares will rise. I just have trouble seeing that. I expect we’…
Cranky on the Web: LCCs Invade Big Airports
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Chasing pandemic revenue, low-cost airlines expand in major cities – Travel WeeklyHere’s a look at how airlines have made their moves during the pandemic. As I mention in here, I do think Southwest’s roll into Houston/Interncontinent…
Cranky on the Web: The 737 MAX Flies Domestically Again
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Boeing 737 Max Jet Returns to Skies With First Commercial Flight on American Airlines – CheddarCheddar had me on to talk about the MAX on the day it first flew again for American Airlines after the two year grounding.
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Read MoreCranky on the Web: JetBlue in Miami
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‘Major Landmark In Airport’s History’: JetBlue Expands Service To Include Miami and Key West – CBS MiamiI went on to talk about JetBlue’s entry into Miami. It’s an interesting move by the airline, considering it is encroaching on its…
Cranky on the Web: When Fare Sales Happen, Hawai’i Flights
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Uncovering the mystery of when airlines offer fare sales – TPGWhen I was asked about when airlines filed fare sales, I had to reach back to my ancient pricing memory at America West. I gave the caveat that things probably had changed somewhat si…
Cranky on the Web: Back on CNN, Airplane Geeks Too
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What you need to know before you fly on a Boeing 737 MAX – CNN.comIt’s been a long time since I last wrote for CNN, but I recently reconnected with the team over there, and they asked me to write a piece about what customers can expect as t…
Cranky on the Web: A 2021 Travel Outlook Livestream
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2021 Travel Outlook with Brett Snyder & Seth MillerI joined Seth Miller on the Every Passport Stamp livestream series looking at 2021 travel outlook. This was more of a loose hour-long conversation than a specific look at 2021 travel, but grab a d…
Cranky on the Web: Election Impact, In the Lounge
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How the US election might determine the future of travel – CNNIt’s nearly impossible to know what politician will keep their promises after an election, but this was fun to think about which president would be better for travel. As you can …
Cranky on the Web: Airline Musical Chairs
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Airlines experiment with new routes in ‘game of musical chairs’ to stem billions in pandemic losses – CNBCNearly all US airlines are getting creative with their networks plans, and Leslie Josephs over at CNBC put together a good write-up on the p…
Cranky on the Web: Burning Cash, Changing Schedules
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Airlines are burning a lot of cash — so what does that mean? – MarketplaceI was back on Marketplace this week to talk about how cash burn is measured. It’s earnings season, so we’re going to get a fresh round of numbers, but how do w…
Cranky on the Web: Airline Armageddon, American Cuts
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I somehow failed to publish this post last weekend, so I went and held it for this week.
This week may be “Armageddon” for the airline industry – MarketplaceI spoke with Marketplace about The Cliff that hit the industry a couple Thursdays ago….
Read MoreCranky on the Web: Travel Brain Trust
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This week, one of our long-time partners at Cranky Concierge started a new livestream series called Travel Brain Trust. She and another luxury travel advisor are putting out what they call “expert insights and insider knowledge about authentic, …
Cranky on the Web: Podcasts a Plenty
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DLD 309: Let’s get Cranky! – Dots, Lines & DestinationsThe DLD crew had me on initially to talk about how travel agencies are faring these days, but that ended up being a very small fraction of our conversation. I stuck around for the whole …
Cranky on the Web: Ch-ch-ch-change fees Go Away
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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 MoreCranky on the Web: American to Cut Cities, Ontario Sees Growth
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American considering cutting flights to many smaller cities – Associated PressAmerican was smart to telegraph that it will likely cut cities if government funding doesn’t get extended. It’s true, but the placing of this story, origin…
Cranky on the Web: Making Travel Safer
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Flying in 2020 and 2021: How Airlines Are Adapting and How Passengers Can Stay Safe – WendyPerrin.comWendy had Gary Leff and me on a Zoom call with her readers to talk about the current state of air travel. Here’s an abridged version of our…