Dear Frequent Flyer, Your Airline’s Just Not That Into You
walterhEvery 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…
Airsnark’s Unscientific Guide To The Airlines – SAFETY
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…
Like GRR needs more expensive flights…
For six months in 2010, I flew into GRR airport (Grand Rapids, Michigan) every week. The thing that got me? I was paying a buttload of cash just to fly…
Airbus factory in Alabama?
Okay, so I know I’ve ranted in the past about <a title="Hey American Air – How about you buy your namesake?" href="http://www.airsnark navigate to this web-site.com/2011/07/19/hey-american-air-how-about-you-buy-your-namesake/">“patriotically named” airlines that don’t…
HRC Rankings of Airlines, Hotels, etc. and a Word about United
For those of you that aren't familiar, HRC stands for The Human Rights Campaign, which is the leading LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered) rights organization. Okay, so you're not part…
A New Reason To Hate Southwest Airlines
Okay, so Southwest doesn't have the absolute best reputation out there. Sure, they're the low-cost carrier of choice for cattle-car service. But they've had quite a number situations that've left…
You want to know why I fly Southwest as little as possible?
Read this. It's a story on Today in the Sky about a short & thin woman who paid full fare to fly standby on Southwest, from Vegas to Sacramento. She…
When good business decisions go bad
Usually a company will make a business decision, evaluate, and then implement. I'm going to pick on a company that I personally love, because they are about to do this…
Are all mainstream airlines run by morons?
That's what I think, especially when it comes to the "flying standby" thing. Let me lay the groundwork here. First, there was 9/11, and nobody wanted to fly. Airlines parked…