You realize a lot of the content published on that blog and others is sourced from FT right? (sometimes without attribution.) They'll read it here often, and confirm it with PR reps or an article, and cite that. But either way, if you're not tied in directly to the airline itself, FT remains a far better source for info IMO.

We're going off topic a bit here, but a lot of stuff OMAAT posts is poorly interpreted and misrepresented, though somewhat correct, a lot of it is entirely correct, almost none of it is exclusive or first posted there. It's a great aggregator, and a website I read daily, but they don't have some sort of inside scoop for most of their stories (they do occasionally it appears), and virtually every "article" is a rip-off from another site, usually TPG (*vomit*) or VFTW. Add to this the constant repetition with the 4-paragraph intros recapping the article on the same topic written the day before and it makes for painful reading sometimes, I honestly don't know why I keep going back to read it, it annoys me but equally as I said, it's a great aggregator (like the FT homepage but that's got such a terrible interface I stopped using it)

Perhaps we have a different job or worldview. But I can say without question they frequently post partially wrong information about aircraft industry/finance -related topics - something I am quite familiar with given my job - and I notice just stupid inaccurate information multiple times a month. Granted theyre not the only one doing this. I'm talking about things where I'll step out of a meeting with an airframer where X is being said, and Y is being posited as fact on OMAAT. I don't know much about scheduling so I'm sure you're correct in your observations there!

As a small correction, they're in the business of getting page views and eyeballs, and that traffic they attempt to monetize in various ways. While I agree in general that successful monetization shouldn't (hopefully doesn't) mean posting inaccurate info leads to making money, having a successful blog is by no means proof that posting inaccurate info is a BAD business model, either. Gossip columns everywhere and TMZ have very successful franchises doing this.

And just for the record I enjoy the blog! But my heart is still with FT.

Well put

Di they correct the story about wrongly interpreting the numbers of planes stored over the recent few months? I'm not a frequent reader.

https://onemileatatime.boardingarea....xt-few-months/

You may get the change fee waived, doubt they'd waive fare difference if there is one. Luckily MUC and FRA are relatively close, nothing a train ride can't fix

I just called Emirates Germany and asked if they could change my flight from M�nchen to Frankfurt so I get the new First Class. I told them I booked the M�nchen Flight just because of the new First Class. Emirates said, I could change the flight to Frankfurt, but it would cost 400 Euro.
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Yes but is that the fare difference or the change fee?

I didn't ask. The moment the Emirates Sir said 400 Euro, I ended the call politely.