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British AirwaysNews

Another Strike on the Horizon for British Airways

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 10, 2010 Leave a Comment

As if the ash clouds weren’t bad enough… PARIS — A union representing 13,500 British Airways cabin crew members voted Monday to hold a further 20 days of strikes beginning later this month, part of a protest of cost-cutting...

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Hawaiian Airlines Wins Approval for New Honolulu-Tokyo Haneda Route

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 9, 2010 Leave a Comment

Hawaiian Airlines will begin daily service from Honolulu to Tokyo Haneda this October, after winning approval for the new route from the DOT on Friday. With the "Open Skies" pact signed by the US and Japan last December, Hawaiian,...

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HumorNews

"Divorce Court" Awards Husband 257,041 Miles

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 8, 2010 Leave a Comment

Divorce Court TV judge Lynn Toler awarded 257,041 miles to a husband who successfully argued he had spent his own miles on the couple’s travel and should be reimbursed. The wife complained that they had traveled the world, but...

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Airline Merger

The Real Winners When Airlines Merge

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 7, 2010 Leave a Comment

Check out this NY Times discussion on who really benefits when airlines merge. It features analysis by: Patrick Smith, commercial airline pilot Brett Snyder, crankyflier.com Holly Hegeman, PlaneBusiness.com Scott Sonenshein, Rice University Pablo T. Spiller, economist, U.C. Berkeley I tend to agree with CrankyFlier’s...

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More Power to the TSA?

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 7, 2010 1 Comment

Faisal Shahzad, the man who attempted to detonate a car bomb in Times Square earlier this week, almost made it out of the country. It wasn’t until he drove to JFK, checked in, cleared security, and boarded his Emirates...

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US Airways Takes Offense to Jeff Smisek’s Poetic Flourish

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 5, 2010December 6, 2016 Leave a Comment

The Wall Street Journal has been quite humorous this week in covering the UA-CO merger: Two years ago, Continental Airlines Inc. spurned United Airlines’ proposal to marry, believing the time wasn’t right. On Monday, Jeff Smisek, Continental’s chairman and chief executive,...

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Glenn Tilton says bloggers have too much time on their hands

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 4, 2010 2 Comments

Glenn Tilton joined Richard Quest on CNN today to discuss the United-Continental merger. As reported on Flyertalk,  The last question Quest had was: "On the internet bloggers are all over this merger. Flyertalkers are having a hard time determining...

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CO/UA Merger: Disappointing Livery and a New Slogan: "Let’s Fly Together"

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 3, 2010December 6, 2016 10 Comments

Check out the official United-Continental merger website.  "Work hard. Fly right." and "It’s time to fly" weren’t great slogans, but  "Let’s Fly Together" is a lame and uninspired slogan of the new combined carrier. It’s not even cute. Even...

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United Will Buy Continental for $3.2BN

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 3, 2010 Leave a Comment

Numerous media outlets are reporting that the UA-CO merger has been finalized. UAL Corp, parent of United Airlines, will buy Continental Airlines Inc. for $3.2 billion, forming the world’s largest carrier in a merger that further shrinks the embattled U.S. airline industry...

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Award Bookings

Reader Input Needed: Business or First Class?

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 2, 2010 3 Comments

My first year of law school is over in two weeks and before my summer job starts, I want to squeeze in a UA award trip to Thailand and Japan–and perhaps even mainland China. As a backup, I also...

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Does Houston Win Even if New UA-CO HQs is in Chicago?

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 30, 2010 Leave a Comment

We still don’t have an official announcement about a merger, but numerous news stories hint that an agreement has been reached and a formal announcement is imminent. Many in Houston are moaning about losing jobs if the new airline...

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Los Angeles to Honolulu Hawaiian Service: Continental vs. United

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 30, 2010December 6, 2016 8 Comments

 vs.  The two soon may be one, but I had a chance to try out Continental’s Hawaiian service recently from LAX-HNL and provide this report to compare their service to United’s on the same route.   Continental 3 LAX-HNL...

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United Records First Operating Profit since 2000

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 28, 2010 Leave a Comment

It’s been a decade since United reported a first quarter operating profit, but in a sign that the airline industry is recovering, UA reported a $58MN operating profit today. Still, UA lost $82MN or $0.49/share overall–a big improvement over...

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Travel

Two Thumbs Up for Tom Bihn’s "Tri-Star" Laptop Bag + Accessories

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 27, 2010December 6, 2016 Leave a Comment

Tom Bihn sent one of their "Tri-Star" laptop bags and a few accessories over to upgrd.com for review and I had a chance to test them on my trip to Panama last week. There is always a temptation to give...

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New Obstacle in United-Continental Merger

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 26, 2010 Leave a Comment

With both CAL and UAUA rising (though United is rising more quickly), a new roadblock has arisen in merger talks: …The two sides disagree over the value of the share prices that would be used to calculate a stock...

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In dealing with Eyjafjallajokull, who should go first? Stranded or confirmed passengers?

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 25, 2010 Leave a Comment

When it comes to irr/ops, should stranded passengers displace confirmed passengers? I watched a news story this evening about how airlines are dealing with stranded passengers, some who have been waiting for more than a week to cross the...

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News

More Cutbacks at Spirit Airlines–No More Seat Recline

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 25, 2010 3 Comments

Competing with Ryanair in a race to the bottom, Spirit has announced another "enhancement"  now appearing on select A320s: Spirit Airlines, the air carrier that recently announced a $45 fee for carry-on bags, has launched another change that may...

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Merge By May? United and Continental Talks Heat Up

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 24, 2010December 6, 2016 2 Comments

  "I WANT CO!" image courtesy Wall Street Journal We all knew the "talks" between US and UA were just a ruse: Negotiations between UAL Corp.’s United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc. are picking up pace, with parties believing a merger...

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Missed My First Upgrade in Two Years on United!

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 24, 2010 Leave a Comment

After going 8/8 with United’s new UDU program and not missing a requested upgrade in over two years (going back to my days a Premier Executive) I failed to clear on a SFO-PHL flight this afternoon. The transcon was...

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TSA

Woman Arrested for Trying to Save Her 93 Year-Old Mother’s Applesauce from the TSA at Burbank Airport

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 22, 2010 34 Comments

Take a look at this YouTube video of an incident at my home airport of Burbank:  The narrator, who sounds like the lawyer for the woman, tells a convincing story. What say you? Some more context: An incident at...

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