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Code of Ethics

Ethics is a hot topic in the blogging world these days, so I’ve decided to put my code of ethics front and center. You’ll see the code below along with all sorts of disclosures. My goal is to be an open book here. You can always contact me with questions or comments at cf@crankyflier.com.

Code of Ethics
For the purpose of this code, “free and/or discounted products and services” refers to anything offered to me for free or for a discount simply because of my status as a blogger.

When I write about free and/or discounted products and services, I will always disclose on this page who gave them to me, when they were given to me, and when I wrote about them. I will also include the discount amount offered in any post on the products/services.

I will always write the truth about a product or service regardless of whether it is good or bad. I will never trade favorable press for free and/or discounted products and services.

I will only accept free and/or discounted products and services if the people offering the product/service confirm that they have read this code of ethics and are willing to abide by the rules that have been set here.

Just because I have been provided with free and/or discounted products and services doesn’t mean I will write about them. The only criteria for determining whether or not to write about a product is if it will make for a compelling post, good or bad.

List of Offered Free or Discounted Products/Services
The following is a full and complete list of products/services that have been offered to me along with whether they were accepted or not. This list does not include invitations to events unless a free or discounted product or service accompanied that invitation. (I apologize if I missed something small from the early days of the blog. Let me know if I need to add something.)

Company	Offer	Date	Accepted	Blogged
ExpressJet/LAWA	Dinner with ExpressJet executives	03/12/2007	Yes	03/16/2007
MAXjet	Free roundtrip from LAX to London	05/10/2007	No	N/A
ExpressJet	Free transportation for two from Ontario to Tucson	05/11/2007	Yes	05/14/2007
Qantas/Airbus	Flight to nowhere on A380	11/27/2007	Yes	11/30/2007
Emirates Airlines	VIP flight to nowhere on A380	07/09/2008	Yes	08/07/2008 08/08/2008
Pearl Resorts	Discounted hotel stays in French Polynesia	07/24/2008	Yes	04/30/2009 05/01/2009
British Airways	Free trip to opening of London/Heathrow Terminal 5	12/27/2008	No	N/A
British Airways	Free trip on OpenSkies and back	02/05/2009	No	N/A
Nintendo	Nintendo DS and Game	02/12/2009	Yes	04/03/2009
Southwest Airlines	Transportation from LAX to Dallas and overnight stay – winner schedule planning competition	03/06/2009	Yes	04/03/2009
Star Alliance	Free Round the World trip	06/15/2009	No	N/A
Delta Air Lines	Gift basket onboard for my brother’s engagement	06/30/2009	Yes	07/01/2009
British Airways	Trip on new London/City to JFK service	05/06/2009	In Progress
United Airlines	Last United 737 flight (to SFO) and return	10/27/2009	Yes	10/29/2009
Sony	Two week loan of Vaio P Series laptop	11/04/2009	Yes	12/08/2009
Milwaukee Airport	Access to Midwest Best Care Club	12/08/2009	Yes	12/29/2009
Air New Zealand	Trip to Auckland for media event	01/14/2010	Yes	1/25/2010 1/26/2010 2/1/2010

Additional Disclosures

I am currently consulting for PASSUR Aerospace
I am currently being paid to write for the travel section of BNET Industries
I currently receive a monthly royalty for my content being reproduced on BoardingArea
I currently have no equity holdings in any airlines
I began a short term social media consulting project for Long Beach Airport on 1/20/2010