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DLD 450: Wait, there’s now lounge elite status??

• September 21, 2023
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 8, 757-200, A350, Allegiant, American Express, Boeing, co-brand, cobrand, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, elite status, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, lounge, lounges, medallion, merger, Mexico, Mexico City, New York City, podcast, premium cabin, Premium Economy, seating, seats, Sky Club, SkyMiles, slots, Spirit Airlines, Swiss, Trip Report, United Airlines, Upgrade, Vietnam Airlines

Delta made waves with its SkyMiles/SkyClub rules changes last week. Plus, new seats, new routes, and an end to revenge.

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DLD 413: Living the Dream(liner)

• December 15, 2022
• Tagged as: 787, A330-800, A350, A380, Air Canada, Air Greenland, Air India, AirAsia, Airbus, awards, elite status, Emirates, Etihad, frequent flier, frequent flyer, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, jetblue, JSX, Mosaic, Porter Air, rewards, seating, seats, Starlink, Swiss, United Airlines

Just a couple hundred (more) new planes coming to United through the end of the decade. Nothing to get excited about here.

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DLD 396: So much revenue, but what about profit?

• August 11, 2022
• Tagged as: A220, A350, A350 XWB, Aeroflot, AirBaltic, Airbus, American Airlines, AMS, Amsterdam, British Airways, DCA, Department of Transportation, DOT, Frontier, Heathrow, ITA Airlines, jetblue, KLM, LHR, London, lounge, lounges, merger, Qatar Airways, refunds, regulators, Spirit Airlines, Swiss, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Washington DC, wetlease

Airlines raked in revenue in Q2, but not all of them reported a profit. And that raises a lot of bigger picture questions.

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DLD 342: Red, Green, or Christmas??

• July 15, 2021
• Tagged as: Bilt Rewards, BlueOrigin, E195-E2, Embraer, loyalty, New Mexico, podcast, Porter Air, Premium Economy, Santa Fe, space, SpaceX, Swiss, Trip Report, Virgin Galactic

Points for paying rent? That’s the underlying premise of the new Bilt Rewards program and, well, it is very different from others that came before.

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DLD 277: To Asia or not to Asia

• January 30, 2020
• Tagged as: 777X, Airbus, American Airlines, Beijing, Boeing, China, Condor, Daxing, Delta Air Lines, Eastern Airlines, Emotional Support Animals, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Korean Air, LOT, loyalty, PKX, routes, Skytra, South African Airways, Swiss

Lots of news about Asia this week, mostly in China but also beyond. Plus, pets on planes, fare derivatives and more.

• Podcast

DLD 265: A luxury CRJ200 experience

• October 24, 2019
• Tagged as: 777X, 787-9, A220, A350, Airbus, Boeing, business class, Companion Pass, CRJ200, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, LAX, London, Los Angeles, loyalty, Lyft, New York City, PaxEx, premium cabin, priority boarding, Project Sunrise, Qantas, routes, SkyMiles, SkyMiles Select, Southwest Airlines, subscription, Swiss, SYD, Sydney, Uber, ULH, ultra long haul

Is there such a thing as a nice CRJ200 ride? And why might a new world’s longest flight be a bad idea?? Plus another top tier got harder to realize and LAX is moving its pickup zone outside the terminal loop.

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DLD 179: When we couldn’t figure out where to go

• February 8, 2018
• Tagged as: Austria, Bulgaria, business class, Germany, hotels, Liechtenstein, Munich, Sofia, spg, Starwood Preferred Guest, Stuttgart, Swiss, Trip Report, United, United Airlines, Vaduz, WizzAir

Every now and then you’ll find us together somewhere around the world. This trip ended up in Sofia, Vaduz, Stuttgart and Munich because we suffered from indecision paralysis. Some fun stories along the way, though.

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DLD 150: Two eras ending but plenty of new routes

• July 13, 2017
• Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, BOS, Boston, BUD, Budapest, CDG, Delta Air Lines, DEN, Denver, Edelweiss, FCO, IATA, LOT, Norwegian, Paris, PaxEx, podcast, Rome, Swiss

A(nother) loyalty partnership is dying and IATA admits it is slightly less relevant in one area. But plenty of new stuff coming to keep us interested.

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DLD 98: Will United Introduce EconomyBusiness?

• December 17, 2015
• Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, american, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, LCC, Lufthansa, PaxEx, Premium Economy, Star Alliance, Swiss, United, United Airlines

All premiums, all the time, but what does that really mean for passengers. Are these new seating options really an upgrade?

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PointsHoarder 34: New routes, new award searches and new planes

• September 5, 2013
• Tagged as: 787, Airbus, american, American Airlines, awards, British Airways, Delta, Dreamliner, first class, lounges, podcast, rewards, Royal Jordanian, Swiss, TSA, United, United Airlines

Lots of “new” news to share in this week’s episode, and that’s mostly a good thing compared to some of the episodes we’ve had which were all about downgrades. Don’t worry – there are still…