Damn You Delta
April 16, 2008 Posted by Al Castle
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I just received this email from Orbitz.
This is an update from OrbitzTLC to let you know that Delta Air Lines plans to begin charging most passengers a $25 fee each time a second bag is checked.
The new fee, which takes effect on May 1, 2008, is not included in your ticket price and can be paid when you check in at the airport.
Delta Medallion members and passengers traveling in first- and business-class cabins will still be allowed to check up to three bags at no additional charge.
Delta recently withdrew, after cutting back the number of flights and raising the prices, out of Bellingham International Airport. I used to fly from Bellingham to the Salt Lake City hub and then from there to the east coast or where ever.
These days I drive to Seattle now and fly coach. I hate SEATAC.
Yesterday on NPR I was listening to a discussion of how Delta will be merging/acquiring Northwest Airlines and how there’s still a labor dispute of getting the pilots onboard (pun). With fuel prices rising, airlines cutting back on routes, and now nickle ‘n dime charges. I’m even less happy with Delta than I was before. It’s not like their first class seats are very good either, but in comparison to the dingy chicken cages they provide for the economy experience, it can be marginally better depending on how old of a plane you get.
I also only carry one checked bag, so really this doesn’t apply to me, but I wanted to bitch about them anyways. All I ask is that I get unlimited sunchips, Sprite n’ vodka when flying first class. And guess what? Last time they ran out of sunchips.
More Info On The Black App
April 16, 2008 Posted by Al Castle
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The Black App - A possible iPhone application of unknown coolness. For more info, you could go to the website. That was a joke.
They Hype::
All the references and blubs are essentially the same, I’m guessing it’s by their own people digging themselves and such. Since they hit dig, twitter and a few other places, it’s been syndicated and quoted all over the place.
No one knows anything though.
The Companies ::
Epic Apps is the company producing this and purchased the “theblackapp.com” domain via proxy in an effort to hide. They’re hosting at Media Temple, Inc. who provides services to big names and high traffic sites.
theblackapp.com was registered for only one year on Mar 31st 08
epicapps.com was also only registered for one year, 7 days later on Apr 6th 08 - redirects to theblackapp.com
epicapps.com ping responses come from godaddy.com though.
The Code ::
Since the web page is really simple there’s nothing to gleam from the markup accept that they are using google analytics. I’m sure they’re collecting a lot of good marketing data.
The registration page, now this is interesting, is posting to theblackapp.wufoo.com
Related ? ::
wufoo.com was registered Jan 16th 06 to Chris Campbell - http://wufoo.com/about/
So three guys with an idea and venture money from Ycombinator started Infinity Box Inc. and built wufoo.
What is wufoo?
Wufoo is an Internet application that helps anybody build amazing online forms. When you design a form with Wufoo, it automatically builds the database, backend and scripts needed to make collecting and understanding your data easy, fast and fun. Because we host everything, all you need is a browser, an Internet connection and a few minutes to build a form and start using it right away.
Chris also has a site called particletree.com, which is hosted and links to mediatemple and their venture backers.
Chris Campbell is too common of a name. I’ve yet to find anything relating him to even owning an iphone. I’ve also yet to dig around about his two other partners. So we’ll prematurely jump to the conclusion that this is probably just a tangent.
Or they were simply hired to setup the whole site. Which could mean that Ycombinator (the venture company) is also working with Epic Apps and recommended wufoo to them.
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This is all from wee hours digging last night. I did find a few articles about social networking apps for the iPhone, nothing too exciting. As you can tell I’ve lost interest.
Let me know if I’ve got something wrong, you have more information or if Chris actually does own an iPhone.
