Midwest, while once again the loser, performed slightly better today.

Something is up with Song/Delta as we had to call several times to get past a persistent busy signal. United and Alaska Airlines really fell off today as well.

When you’re on hold for United, they have some pitch for their airborne snacking service, which we ignore until the cherry voice goes, “Peanuts, peanuts, peanuts, our onboard snacking blah blah blah…”

Try saying peanuts three times fast over a crackly cell phone, you’ll hear what we mean…

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