With Alaska Airlines’ announcement that they are going to offer “basic economy” fares, that means that all the majors now offer complete no-frills fares. Why? Because they have to compete with the likes of Spirit and Frontier. Instead of pulling fares – and service – up, the airline industry is now having to compete at the…
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Every road warrior has stories – good and bad – about their favorite airline. But the thing is, for most people who have a favorite airline that they use the most frequently, those good stories outweigh the bad. The “Hey, the flight attendant on yesterday’s flight was so nice because X and Y” stories outweigh…
Read More →As I start this five part series on my own ranking of the airlines, I have to say that these rankings are all of my own choosing, and have to do solely by my experiences first hand, or because of things I’ve read (from credible sources). So when you’re ready to go on a trip,…
Read More →So I recently had some questions and posited some opinions in the Alaska vs. Delta frenemies shuffle that’s been going on the last few months – and I got some stuff wrong. But not only that, I got some prognostication wrong as well. So now I’m here to hopefully fix all that. First thing is,…
Read More →So there’s been a bunch of new developments along the lines of Alaska Airlines and their partner Delta. When Delta started expanding into Alaska’s territories, things got bad. Alaska started to retaliate, with some pretty bold moves into Salt Lake City, going from service just from Seattle to nearly every big airport in the West….
Read More →So everyone’s probably already heard about how Delta and Alaska – once great friends, have slowly been turning into enemies. And while they still are cordial to each other, the heat is getting turned up – but quick. Delta has decided to expand their West Coast presence with flights going from Alaska hubs Seattle and…
Read More →Okay, so first it was Delta and jetBlue that got the okay to go gate-to-gate with electronic gadgets. Then it was American. I had a question from a friend on this new policy, because he flew Delta mainline, where they announced the new policy, and then flew a Delta Connection flight, where the flight attendant…
Read More →There’s a good article on up and coming airline Surf Air, and how they want to shake up the airline industry by offering a subscription-type monthly fee for flying, instead of a per-ticket price. They’d be closer to a SeaPort Airlines and not a regular Southwest or Alaska, and would – at least initially –…
Read More →It’s no secret that I’m personally a big supporter of Alaska Airlines. Part of that is because they choose to not be part of an alliance, but instead work with a multitude of partners. Their partnership with Emirates Airlines seems to be paying off; in recent weeks, I’ve seen a number of people flying with Emirates…
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