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Brett Snyder
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I write Cranky Flier, an airline industry site + run Cranky Concierge travel assistance + co-author Cranky Network Weekly airline network analysis + co-host the Cranky Network Awards. Yep, I'm busy... and obviously, I'm an airline dork/#avgeek.
Now on Cranky: Reviewing Your 2025 Predictions and Making Your 2026 Picks crankyflier.com/2025/12/30/r...
Reviewing Your 2025 Predictions and Making Your 2026 Picks – Cranky Flier
Reviewing Your 2025 Predictions and Making Your 2026 Picks
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December 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Here's a random one for you... if you are doing a domestic-to-domestic connection in Puerto Vallarta on separate tickets, can you stay airside and just change gates or do they kick you out and you have to through security again? It would be checked in online, so the boarding pass would be in hand
December 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Now on Cranky: Spirit’s November Data Is Here and It Ain’t Pretty crankyflier.com/2025/12/24/s...
Spirit’s November Data Is Here and It Ain’t Pretty – Cranky Flier
Spirit’s November Data Is Here and It Ain’t Pretty
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December 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Now on Cranky: Viva and Volaris Propose a Merger of Equals to Dominate México crankyflier.com/2025/12/23/v...
Viva and Volaris Propose a Merger of Equals to Dominate México – Cranky Flier
Viva and Volaris Propose a Merger of Equals to Dominate México
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December 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Now on Cranky: Glen’s Gotta Go and Delta Will Feel the Blow crankyflier.com/2025/12/22/g...
Glen’s Gotta Go and Delta Will Feel the Blow – Cranky Flier
Glen’s Gotta Go and Delta Will Feel the Blow
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December 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Now on Cranky: Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Frontier, Delta See Leadership Changes crankyflier.com/2025/12/19/c...
Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Frontier, Delta See Leadership Changes – Cranky Flier
Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Frontier, Delta See Leadership Changes
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December 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Time to stop the Spirit Death Watch. The airline is clearly in great shape now. I mean, would an airline in real trouble paint a special livery? WOULD IT?!?! ir.spirit.com/news/news-de...
December 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Now on Cranky: Elliott Starts to Sell Its Southwest Stake
Elliott Starts to Sell Its Southwest Stake – Cranky Flier
Elliott Starts to Sell Its Southwest Stake
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December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Now on Cranky: A New Leader Takes Over Cranky Concierge at the End of the Year crankyflier.com/2025/12/17/a...
A New Leader Takes Over Cranky Concierge at the End of the Year – Cranky Flier
A New Leader Takes Over Cranky Concierge at the End of the Year
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December 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Now on Cranky: The Incredible Shrinking MEM crankyflier.com/2025/12/16/t...
The Incredible Shrinking MEM – Cranky Flier
The Incredible Shrinking MEM
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December 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Now on Cranky: Pegasus Looks Beyond Türkiye with Czech Purchase crankyflier.com/2025/12/15/p...
Pegasus Looks Beyond Türkiye with Czech Purchase – Cranky Flier
Pegasus Looks Beyond Türkiye with Czech Purchase
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December 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Has anybody spent several days in Normandy? I'm working on a trip for myself and would love first hand opinions
December 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Now on Cranky: Cranky on the Web: Indian Dreams and Field Hockey crankyflier.com/2025/12/13/c...
Cranky on the Web: Indian Dreams and Field Hockey – Cranky Flier
Cranky on the Web: Indian Dreams and Field Hockey
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December 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Now on Cranky: Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: AA Goes Holiday Shopping, JetBlue Enters its Lounge Era crankyflier.com/2025/12/12/c...
Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: AA Goes Holiday Shopping, JetBlue Enters its Lounge Era – Cranky Flier
Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: AA Goes Holiday Shopping, JetBlue Enters its Lounge Era
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December 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Now on Cranky: Spirit’s October Was Better Than September, But It Was Still Very Bad crankyflier.com/2025/12/11/s...
Spirit’s October Was Better Than September, But It Was Still Very Bad – Cranky Flier
Spirit’s October Was Better Than September, But It Was Still Very Bad
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December 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Now on Cranky: Indianpolis Built Its Terminal Further Away, but Columbus is Getting Closer crankyflier.com/2025/12/09/i...
Indianpolis Built Its Terminal Further Away, but Columbus is Getting Closer – Cranky Flier
Indianpolis Built Its Terminal Further Away, but Columbus is Getting Closer
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December 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Anyone know how to pronounce Sabiha Gökçen? I don't trust the googles, and it's something I've never bothered to learn. (And if you're following the news today, you may know why I suddently care...)
December 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Now on Cranky: Southwest Confirms That Things are Firmly Heading in the Right Direction (Financially, At Least) crankyflier.com/2025/12/08/s...
Southwest Confirms That Things are Firmly Heading in the Right Direction (Financially, At Least) – Cranky Flier
Southwest Confirms That Things are Firmly Heading in the Right Direction (Financially, At Least)
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December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It was indeed American. I was trying to prove a hypothesis that even if AA was running a decent operation, people would automatically think it was AA just because of how crappy the operation has been this year.
December 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Friend was flying to IND today to see the Big Ten championship. Flight delayed due to mx, then delayed again since it was missing an FO. Now he's going home. Which airline do you think it was?

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/BNiGVB/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">American
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/BNiGVB/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Delta
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/BNiGVB/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Southwest
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/BNiGVB/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">United

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December 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Now on Cranky: Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: TSA, AA Want Your Money crankyflier.com/2025/12/05/c...
Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: TSA, AA Want Your Money – Cranky Flier
Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: TSA, AA Want Your Money
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December 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Now on Cranky: Flybondi Starts Its New Lease on Life With a Strange Aircraft Order crankyflier.com/2025/12/04/f...
Flybondi Starts Its New Lease on Life With a Strange Aircraft Order – Cranky Flier
Flybondi Starts Its New Lease on Life With a Strange Aircraft Order
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December 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I just can't help but love everything about this press release, including that the expert is Dr. Pellegrino. The whole thing just cracks me up. newsroom.allegiantair.com/press-releas...
Allegiant Introduces Altus Sol: A First-of-Its-Kind Wine Crafted for an Elevated Experience at 30,000 Feet
( NASDAQ: ALGT ) is raising a toast to their customers with the launch of Altus Sol, a custom-crafted wine developed in partnership with Sonoma Bespoke, a Napa-based winemaker. Allegiant becomes the f...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Now on Cranky: Cleveland’s Wild Airport Terminal Plan
Cleveland’s Wild Airport Terminal Plan – Cranky Flier
Cleveland’s Wild Airport Terminal Plan
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December 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Now on Cranky: Southwest Stakes Its Claim in San Diego With New Flights crankyflier.com/2025/12/01/s...
Southwest Stakes Its Claim in San Diego With New Flights – Cranky Flier
Southwest Stakes Its Claim in San Diego With New Flights
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December 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM