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Frequent fliers find seats easier on budget airlines, study says
When it comes time to trade in your frequent-flier reward points for seats on an airplane, low-cost airlines do the best job of getting you in the air. That was the conclusion of a study released last week by IdeaWorks, a Wisconsin consultant to the...Tags: U.S. Airways, Lungs and Airways, United Air Lines, AirTran, Security
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Frequent fliers find seats more often on budget airlines, study says
When it comes time to trade in your frequent-flier reward points for seats on an airplane, low-cost airlines do the best job of getting you in the air. That was the conclusion of a study released last week by IdeaWorks, a Wisconsin-based consulting...
Tags: U.S. Airways, Lungs and Airways, AirTran, United Air Lines, Health
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Pilot accused of traveling with loaded revolver is arrested
The latest in a string of bizarre events involving air travel -- and in some cases, flight crews -- comes in the form of a loaded gun. At the center of this incident, which involved a .357 Magnum, was a pilot for Piedmont Airlines. The pilot was detained...Tags: Kennedy Airport, U.S. Airways, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), JetBlue Airways, Buffalo Niagara International Airport
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Money Minute: How about a latte with your postage stamps? [Video]
It's fair to say that any business losing almost $1 billion a month needs to rethink it's game plan. And that's what the U.S. Postal Service says it's doing. The Postal Service lost $3.2 billion in the quarter ended March 31, a hefty increase from $2.2...
Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Marketing, Mail Order Industry, Starbucks Corp.
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Letters: American's really frequent fliers
Re "The too-frequent fliers," May 6 Great article: Executives at American Airlines, too incompetent to walk and chew gum at the same time, made a boneheaded decision that ended up costing them big bucks. They decided to sell expensive, lifetime first-...Tags: Air Transportation Industry
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The frequent fliers who flew too much
There are frequent fliers, and then there are people like Steven Rothstein and Jacques Vroom. Both men bought tickets that gave them unlimited first-class travel for life on American Airlines. It was almost like owning a fleet of private jets. Passes in...
Tags: George Clooney, Up in the Air (movie), Bankruptcy, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Poptent's amateurs sell cheap commercials to big brands
Build-a-Bear Workshop was introducing a line of stuffed animals called smallfrys and wanted to reach moms through Facebook. One video used in the online promotion showed a woman pulling up to a fast-food window. Her young daughter requests "a smallfry."...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Verizon Communications, Advertising, Customs and Tradition, Super Bowl
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Does organized labor have a future?
American Airlines has spent the week trying to persuade a bankruptcy judge to allow it to chuck all its labor contracts and put the squeeze on thousands of union employees. If things go as expected — that is, a victory for management and not for...
Tags: Contracts, Media Industry, Labor Markets, Bankruptcy, Career and Workplace
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Alec Baldwin tries out the anchor role (briefly) on MSNBC
Show TrackerAlec Baldwin took a guest spin in the anchor seat on "The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell" on Tuesday. Alec Baldwin read some teasers and then appeared as a guest alongside O'Donnell, discussing politics.... -
Market Watch: Mystique of the Temecula Sweet
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe intense sweetness, distinctive knobbly appearance and mysterious provenance of the Temecula Sweet mandarin have endowed the fruit with a mystique. Farmers market citrus vendors from De Luz, just a few miles from where the fruit is grown, say customers...Tags: Wildlife, Forestry and Timber, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Environmental Issues, Viral Diseases and Infections
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American Airlines parent loses $1.7 billion, to cut 1,200 jobs
Bankruptcy is bringing income down at American Airlines Inc. parent AMR Corp., as restructuring costs pushed the company into a $1.7-billion loss for the first quarter. Without the $1.4-billion bankruptcy burden, AMR said its loss would have been $248...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, AMR Corp., Bankruptcy, Economy, Business and Finance, Air Transportation Industry
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US Airways, American Airlines unions pushing hard for merger
US Airways Group Inc., with new backing by three unions representing nearly 55,000 American Airlines employees, is angling for a merger between the two airline companies, according to statements made Friday. Combining with bankrupt American Airlines...
Tags: Lungs and Airways, U.S. Airways, Employees, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance
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