Some days, I like to sit around and dream up the kind of data I can pull from Cirium. I’m only slightly ashamed to admit that this past weekend I had one of those days. A reader asked the que… | Continue reading
This Week’s Featured Link American Airlines Announces Senior Leadership Team – American NewsroomHere it is, the official leadership team under new American CEO Robert Isom… and it… | Continue reading
By all accounts, next summer should be a barnburner of a travel season over the Atlantic. Airlines are making plans to ramp up and some, like United, are putting forward some pretty unique leisure-… | Continue reading
American Airlines chooses leadership continuity despite underperformance – Travel WeeklyI was probably a little too cautious in my comments on this one. Yes, American could benefit from some … | Continue reading
It wasn’t long after I started as a pricing analyst at America West Airlines that I first met now-American Airlines CEO Doug Parker. At the time, pricing and revenue management fell under the… | Continue reading
A mental shift appears to be taking place in American’s revenue management department, and it should be good news for travelers. I spoke with American’s VP of Revenue Management, Scott … | Continue reading
This Week’s Featured Link United CEO Vows to Beat Margin-Leader Delta on Quality not Quantity – SkiftThe Skift Live conference was this week, and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed watc… | Continue reading
I was back in the air again last week, this time to Vegas for my first conference since the pandemic began. All attendees were vaccinated, but there was still a mask requirement when not eating or … | Continue reading
A conversation with author Mayukh Sen and writer Reem Kassis. | Continue reading
If you’re on Twitter, you might remember seeing me post this a little while back: I took the advice of the Twitterverse, and I didn’t book Spirit. Instead, I booked Southwest. For trave… | Continue reading
This Week’s Featured Link World Routes 2021: exclusive interview with Northern Pacific Airways CEO, Rob McKinney – AviacionlineThis is an interesting interview with the head of the new … | Continue reading
Beginning with elite qualifying for 2023, American will scrap the current elite qualifying system and now create something called Loyalty Points which can be earned by flying, spending on co-brande… | Continue reading
This Week’s Featured Link 2021 Distinguished Achievement Award – The Wings ClubThis isn’t an article, but it’s worth noting. Tonight is the annual gala for the Wings Club an… | Continue reading
With the DOJ lawsuit to stop the American/JetBlue Northeast Alliance (NEA) coming down last week, I started playing with all sorts of numbers. You’ve seen my basic thoughts, but there are ple… | Continue reading
The long-rumored court action is finally here. Months ago, The Wall Street Journal broke the news that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) was considering challenging the American and JetBlue so-cal… | Continue reading
American is at it again. Soon after putting money into Chile-based Jetsmart, the airline is now doing the same thing with Brazil’s Gol. This feels a lot more like a Delta strategy than an Ame… | Continue reading
This Week’s Featured Link How to Lead through a Merger: US Airways and American Airlines – Cold Call podcastThis Harvard Business Review podcast talks to a consultant who worked on the … | Continue reading
There was some minor uproar over the weekend when it was revealed that American had adjusted its domestic contract of carriage — or conditions of carriage, as the airline calls it — to … | Continue reading
Raymond James held its 2021 Diversified Industrials Conference last week, and as is always the case, American’s Chief Revenue Officer Vasu Raja had plenty of substantive, interesting things t… | Continue reading
A look inside the cookbook author's Jewish-Italian-American pantry. | Continue reading
Sorry for the delayed post this morning, but, well, there was an embargo in place, so I had to wait until now. American today is announcing a partnership with JetSMART. Your first question is proba… | Continue reading
This Week’s Featured Link JetBlue and American Airlines Partnership Makes it Easier Than Ever for Customers to Return to Travel with Largest Schedule, More Benefits and a Seamless Travel Expe… | Continue reading
It’s a time-honored tradition for American to spar with its former internal reservation system, Sabre. The Sabre global distribution system (GDS) was spun off years ago, and there has been fr… | Continue reading
With origins dating back to the 1500s, cookouts—both grilling and barbecuing—are a huge part of American life, thanks to war, politics, and pop culture. | Continue reading
It was a really busy media week, and these are only the ones I could find links for. Oddly enough, they are all on completely different topics. That never happens. American Airlines Cuts Some Fligh… | Continue reading
It was a really busy media week, and these are only the ones I could find links for. Oddly enough, they are all on completely different topics. That never happens. American Airlines Cuts Some Fligh… | Continue reading
No airline has been more vocal about the American and JetBlue Northeast Alliance than Spirit, and the fight has stepped up a notch again with American’s recent response in the Department of T… | Continue reading
With host Stephen Satterfield, we travel from Benin to Brooklyn and beyond, learning about the culinary influences that shaped American cuisine. | Continue reading
American and JetBlue announced yesterday that travelers flying on one airline can now earn miles in the other airline’s loyalty program. This is the expected, logical next step in the continu… | Continue reading
Download the free photo Passport Table Flat and use it on any type of project. No attribution. CC0 stock. | Continue reading
Even though these happened over the last couple weeks, I haven’t actually published a Cranky on the Web in awhile. So consider this a catch-up edition. Smarter Airline Travel in 2021: Best fl… | Continue reading
This Week’s Featured Link John Sharp, Alan Joyce swap barbs over Rex vs Qantas – Executive TravellerHere’s some backstory on the brawl brewing down under. You’ll find first … | Continue reading
When we went looking for return flights from Puerto Vallarta, there were plenty of options, but we settled on American since the airline had two returns between 1 and 2pm while everyone else was la… | Continue reading
After a relaxing week on the beach outside Puerto Vallarta, it was time to return to the real world. But I can’t talk about getting back to the real world until I explain the process of what … | Continue reading
This morning, American and JetBlue are rolling out round two of their Northeast Alliance partnership, and this round is when we start to see some of the more exciting promised changes in New York a… | Continue reading
The Cranky Network Awards will air TOMORROW March 24 at 5p PT/8p ET, and we now have a link where you’ll be able to watch! Head there now and youc an set a reminder. Please join us for a live… | Continue reading