The Chicago Tribune reports that United Airlines CEO Glenn Tilton predicted that there will be more airline mergers in the next two years. Shocking I know. Even more shocking is this statement from the article:
Analysts think that is likely.
Those crazy analysts. This must be why they get the big bucks. If there has ever been a merger in the making, unlike US Airways bizarre takeover attempt of Delta a few years ago, it is the United Airlines and Continental Airlines ...
This week's frequent flyer podcast covers some news and our predictions for 2010. If last year's predictions are any indication only thing I can predict with certainty is how broken our crystal balls are. We discussed:
Please send in your predictions or add them to the comments below.
This week we are joined by Sara from theflyingpinto.com blog and Bobby from upupandagay.com. Both are bloggers working in the airline industry who have a special announcement about a new Upgrd podcast coming up soon. We also discussed:
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Following on from Josh's post about old school airlines failing at new media customer service, Continental really dropped the ball. TV's Craig Ferguson had a funny monologue this week regarding "volunteering" for a bump. Let's just say he doesn't get as excited about bumps as Matthew does.
In this week's frequent flyer podcast we are joined by Gene Gibbs, a pension actuary and very frequent flyer. Any by very, we mean 425,000 miles per year. Listen in as we discuss:
Matthew's recent airline bumps and compensation Josh's comprehensive post on American Airlines laptop power United Airlines and Continental Airlines reciprocal upgrade announcement Gene's travel patterns and comparison of Delta, United, and American Why Gene is reducing Delta travel ...In this week's podcast we caught up on some listener mail and discussed recent news. In addition we discussed:
Please send in your listener questions and leave any other comments below.
