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Effect of Continental-United Merger on Australia

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 21, 2010 Leave a Comment

The Sydney Morning Herald recently speculated about the impact of a United-Continental merger on the Australian airline market: The Americans know they will have to become even better pals if they are successfully to merge their companies to form...

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AA Flight Attendants: We are NOT the highest paid and least productive in the airline industry!

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 21, 2010 Leave a Comment

Yesterday, I blogged about AA’s assertion that its FAs are the highest paid and least productive in the airline industry. Not surprisingly, the AFPA doesn’t agree and offers this response: Convincing?

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American Airlines’ Flight Attendants Authorize Strike

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 20, 2010 3 Comments

 What is it with OneWorld and strikes? First BA, now AA? American Airlines flight attendants authorized their union leaders today to call a strike against the second-largest U.S. carrier if they are freed from further negotiations. About 97 percent...

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50,000 Miles for United Chase Visa

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 20, 2010 2 Comments

If you missed the offer last time, Chase had again made available a 50,000 mile bonus promotion for signing up for their United Signature Visa card. Apply here–and do it quickly if you are interested. The bonus miles will...

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United Offering Pre-Reserved BOB Meals in Economy on Select International and P.S. Flights

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 18, 2010November 14, 2023 6 Comments

If you find yourself on UA900 next month, United’s non-stop service from San Francisco to Frankfurt, you now have the option to reserve premium meals for purchase in Economy. Now during a special trial offer, you can reserve an...

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A Review of Continental Micronesia’s New Honolulu-Nadi, Fiji Route

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 17, 2010November 14, 2023 5 Comments

Earlier this year Continental’s Micronesia division inaugurated non-stop service between Honolulu and Nadi, Fiji. Introductory fares from Los Angeles were $845 r/t (currently about $1200 r/t) so I decided to spend my spring break in Fiji. For a review...

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New VDB Policy on United Airlines–$400 Travel Credit ONLY

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 16, 2010 4 Comments

According to reports on Flyertalk, United will implement a new voluntary denied boarding policy starting on Tuesday. The current VDB compensation on domestic flights is a choice between travel credits or a round-trip voucher good for any United-operated trip...

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Continental Airlines

Continental Gate Agent: “These idiots have no idea what they are doing.”

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 15, 2010November 14, 2023 Leave a Comment

Yesterday, I blogged about a weather delay in Philadelphia that would have made my connection in Newark very tight. Turns out, the fog dissipated and my 81-mile CO Connection (CommutAir) flight from PHL-EWR was moved up to depart at...

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Continental Airlines

Fogged in at Philadelphia International

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 14, 2010 Leave a Comment

…and it looks like I’ll miss my connection to Orange County if my Continental to flight to Newark is delayed any longer. Right now, they’re telling me that EVERY SINGLE flight is full today on ALL carriers to SNA. Somehow...

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Los Angeles/San Francisco to Auckland for <$500 r/t on Air New Zealand

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 13, 2010November 14, 2023 1 Comment

If you’ve ever wanted to get to New Zealand cheap, now is the time to buy–and on my favorite carrier too! Air New Zealand is running a special 48-hour sale with r/t fares from the west coast to AKL...

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$200 Voucher for Lost Dog on Delta

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 12, 2010 1 Comment

While I’d never entrust my dog to an airline, unless I was flying with Captain Flanagan, I’d expect a little more than a voucher and a reimbursement of the cost of my pet carrier. Losing luggage is one thing,...

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My Brother’s Observation from United First

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 12, 2010 2 Comments

My younger brother is not a frequent flyer, but I spoil him when he does fly and he usually ends up in First Class. We exchanged the following text messages today before his United flight: HIM: Douchebag in 1A upon being...

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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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"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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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, 2010November 14, 2023 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, 2010November 14, 2023 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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