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Category Archives: Analysis

AnalysisLaw In Travel

We Need More Airport Smoking Lounges, Not Fewer

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 14, 2017December 14, 2017 15 Comments
Airport Smoking Lounges

The Centers for Disease Control argues that indoor smoking rooms must be eradicated from airports worldwide in order to reduce risk to second-hand smoke. I take the opposite approach: I believe non-smokers are better protected though MORE indoor smoking...

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AnalysisLaw In Travel

Trump Administration: Baggage Fee Disclosures are Too Burdensome

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 12, 2017 2 Comments
DOT Baggage Fee Rules

When left to their own devices, I don’t trust airlines to look out for anyone but themselves. While that is not always mutually exclusive to consumer interests, in the case of fee disclosures, it usually is… Fee disclosure should...

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Cathay Pacific-Air China Merger?

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 11, 2017November 11, 2017 7 Comments
Cathay Pacific Air China Merger

The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s most respected English daily, leads with a headline entitled, “For Air China and Cathay Pacific, it’s one country, two airlines (but how long?)”. The headline follows up with a question: What looks like...

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What is Qatar Thinking in Latest Cathay Pacific Investment?

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 6, 2017November 6, 2017 12 Comments
Qatar Airways Cathay Pacific Strategy

Qatar Airways will spend $600MN to secure a 9.6% stake in Cathay Pacific. What is Qatar Airways’ strategy in this latest acquisition? Qatar expects the deal to close today, meaning it has been in the works for quite some...

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American Airlines CEO Suggests Hubs Matter More Than Management

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 2, 2017November 2, 2017 9 Comments

During an earnings call last week, American Airlines’ CEO Doug Parker intimated that bad hubs rather than poor management are to blame for widening profit gaps between industry-leader Delta and American or United. When asked about the widening profit...

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AnalysisJetBlueUnited Airlines

JetBlue-United Merger?

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 16, 2017October 16, 2017 18 Comments
JetBlue United Merger

An “influential” Wall Street analyst is asserting that a merger between JetBlue and United is more likely than you might think. I am not convinced… In paywall-protected analysis, Hunter Keay of the Wolfe Research has opined– A few investors recently...

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AnalysisMistake Fares

US Travelers Deserve Better Airfare Protection

Kyle Stewart Posted onSeptember 17, 2017September 16, 2021 9 Comments
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Europe has been a model citizen for protecting consumer rights when it comes to air travel. The US led the world in protecting customers just a couple of years ago but has since gone away from recent reforms. With...

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American AirlinesAnalysisUnited Airlines

Beware of the Basic Economy “Gate Service Fee”

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 15, 2017September 15, 2017 10 Comments
Basic Economy Gate Service Fee

Delta Basic Economy fares permit a larger carry-on bag, so the focus of this story is on American Airlines and United. If you think you can slip by undetected with you rollerboard, be prepared to pay up and lose...

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AnalysisChaseHyattNews

Hyatt’s New Promo is Desperate and Disappointing, but Fair

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 29, 2017August 29, 2017 13 Comments
Hyatt Chase Globalist Promotion

The good news: you can now earn top-tier World of Hyatt Globalist status for only 20 nights. The bad news: a punch in the gut to rubes like me who have already stayed 40 nights. Or not…? Hyatt Globalist...

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AnalysisNorwegian Air

The Transatlantic Low-Cost Carrier Invasion

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 13, 2017January 13, 2017 7 Comments

Sir Freddie Laker tried, but failed. Now a new crop of low-cost startups is trying to make a permanent mark on transatlantic air travel. Look for the invasion to continue. A day does not go by without at least a handful of headlines...

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Analysis

Why Are We Seeing So Many Cheap Business Class Tickets?

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 18, 2015December 5, 2016 6 Comments

We’ve seen a steady stream of cheap business class fares of late, and it is not unreasonable to question why this fundamental change is occurring. The bean counters have figured something out – leisure and business travelers at the...

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AnalysisNews

U.S. House Shamefully Passes Transparent Airfares Act of 2014

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 30, 2014 7 Comments

In a bipartisan vote yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Transparent Airfares Act of 2014 which would roll back 2012 legislation requiring that the full fare be displayed at all steps of the airline ticket booking processing. We’ve...

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AnalysisDelta AirlinesNewsUnited Airlines

New Numbers Show the Route Network is Not Saving United Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 5, 2014December 9, 2016 4 Comments

United Airlines has released its 2014 Quarter One investor guidance and the figures are ugly. United blames the weather, the late Easter holiday, and the reduction of its regional jet fleet, but the signs point to a more ominous...

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Why I Am Keeping my American Express Platinum Card

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 7, 2014December 9, 2016 10 Comments

When I took advantage of a 100,000 point sign-up offer to obtain an American Express Platinum Card last year, I planned to collect the sign-up bonus, use it for a year, take advantage of the $200 in airline credit...

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AnalysisMistake FaresUnited Airlines

Massive Fare Mistake Leads to $0 Domestic Tickets on United Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 12, 2013December 9, 2016 4 Comments

Someone must be sweating tonight, as United Airlines has confirmed (though it was quite obvious) that human error led to a widespread “fare sale” today in which domestic trips ranging from shorthaul flights from Minneapolis to Houston to longhauls...

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The Afghanistan Dilemma

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 24, 2013December 9, 2016 5 Comments

It was a brisk winter day, but heat from a black wood-burning stove warmed the room.  Sunlight streamed in from outside and the sound of the rushing Panjshir River outside was audible over the din of voices inside. Faded...

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AnalysisStar AllianceUnited Airlines

United Airlines Undermines Star Alliance

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 19, 2013December 9, 2016 37 Comments

United Airlines’ decision to count spending on partner flights only on tickets issued by United for purposes of earning elite status marks a fundamental blow to the concept of airline alliances, undermining its Star Alliance partners and begging the question, will...

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AnalysisStar AllianceUnited Airlines

Minimum Spend Requirements for Elite Status Coming to United in 2014

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 18, 2013December 9, 2016 20 Comments

United Airlines has announced minimum spend requirements in order to achieve elite status starting in the 2014 program year. Similar to Delta, there will be a waiver from this requirement for those who place at least $25,000 on a MileagePlus...

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AnalysisUnited Airlines

Captain Weighs In on My Removal from United Airlines Flight for Taking Seat Photo

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 7, 2013December 9, 2016 7 Comments

James Fallows offers a piece in The Atlantic today following up on the family who was removed from a United flight for complaining about the in-flight movie and also following up on my own expulsion from United flight a...

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Analysis

The 2013 Freddie Awards: Winners and Reflections

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 27, 2013December 9, 2016 6 Comments

Some look forward to the Oscars. Others the Emmies. But I look forward to the Freddies. Named for the late Sir Freddie Laker, the pioneer of low-cost air travel across the Atlantic in the 1970s, the 25th annual Freddie Awards ceremony...

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