Archive for December, 2008
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Over at pda.continental.com, the flight status tool offers an extremely useful link: "Where is this aircraft coming from?". It allows you to check on the inbound flight which generally is a better indicator of when your flight will actually depart. I'm not sure how long it has been around but ...
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Friday, December 26th, 2008
I'm all for airlines actually trying to make money. The nickel-and-diming doesn't really bother me from a strategy perspective. But, poorly executing the strategy is troublesome.
Last week I purchased and flew a segment on United. In both the purchase and check-in stages the experience was less than satisfactory. When I ...
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
The WSJ has a good recap of the Continental Crash which occurred over the weekend. You'll likely be reading copious amounts of speculation regarding the root cause of this crash. However, with most commercial jet crashes there is a better chance that this accident was caused by the unanticipated ...
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Last day to purchase E+ on United at 30% off. If you are flying long-haul the extra five inches might be worth the $70-100. For short flights I still don't see the value. Especially, when you can just not pick a seat and chances are they'll have to put you ...
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Awhile back when Midwest Airlines announced they were cutting nearly 50% of their routes and dumping the MD-80, I always assumed they would be keeping their charter MD-80s. I assumed this because chartering can be quite profitable as you have more leeway to control you revenue stream. My assumption was ...
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
Late last week, AirTran made news as the first airplane to sign up for flights to Branson, Missouri.
Exciting? Maybe for those flying from Atlanta looking for some good midwestern, riverboat cruises.
For the rest of us, this airport is far more intriguing as it is the only privately financed ...
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
I'm helping some friends with a trip to South Africa and the itineary was too much for the Delta site. I found a flight for March 5 (PIT-ATL-DAK-JNB) returning March 14 (CPT-DAK-JFK-PIT) that returns as "Refundable" for only $1400. You could probably get away with booking this and they'll likely ...
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Missed this from last week but BA announced that passengers no its new service from London City Airport to JFK would be able to clear customs on the ground in Ireland as the plane refuels.
The competitive advantage of this route is efficiency and saving the customer time from commuting ...
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
It's official: United is now a night club. Make sure there are at least two females in your group if you want to get in after midnight.
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Monday, December 8th, 2008
Ted Reed over at the Street has a nice piece on Southwest's evolution from a LCC to a mainstream player. And, he makes many good points, so check it out.
Most importantly, Reed examines on Southwest's "no fee" strategy:
Despite all the changes, Southwest is today locked into a defiant effort to ...
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