Sure, I could have used the extra 500 miles in my quest to get Alaska Airlines status, but it wasn’t worth the extra cost. I downloaded the Frontier app before I left home, because I wanted to make ...

American loses nine-ish gates — depending upon how they are configured for regionals or narrowbodies — on G, almost the entire concourse, and then gains the three gates at the top of the L-stinger for ...

There’s no question that SkyWest is the clear market leader, but Republic has long been a number two. It always had an ace — it holds a lot of those slots at congested northeast airports itself, so ...

It’s clear that we in the US have entered a self-inflicted economic downturn. While there is plenty that is not clear regarding how bad it will be and how quickly things will improve, every airline’s ...

Yes, Adelaide is flashy and fascinating considering that it’s a smallish city on the southern coast of Australia. For the people of Adelaide this is huge news. I’m just wondering if United can ...

This is the second in a two-part series looking at airline credit card deals. See this post for part one which explains how the ecosystem works. The biggest US airlines are making billions of dollars ...

I have never cared about elite status, not even a little bit. Would an upgrade be nice? Sure, but I don’t travel enough to have high enough status to think that I’d ever actually get one. And I’m not ...

I’ve long had an unhealthy fascination with airline schedule change policies. I think it’s because they tend to reflect the personality of the airline itself in funny ways. But ever since the ...

I received an invite to a United event at SFO, and my curiosity was piqued. It was advertised this way: “Join CEO Scott Kirby to hear about United’s growth plans at San Francisco International Airport ...

The Cranky Network Awards may be over for 2025, but the articles continue to come in celebrating some of the wins. I love to see this. We want the network teams to be proud of the work they’ve done.