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DLD 471: It still doesn’t make sense

• February 22, 2024
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737-200, A380, Air Canada, Air Serbia, Air Traffic Control, Alaska Airlines, Allegient Air, artificial intelligence, Barbados, Canada, Delta Air Lines, ETOPS, Global Airlines, Hawaii, Hawaiian Airlines, jetblue, Lufthansa, merger, Nolinor, Qantas, regulators, routes, Spirit Airlines, Thai Airways, United Airlines

Revisiting a couple stories from the past few weeks, and they still don’t make much sense. Plus lots of new news, too.

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• Trip Reports

DLD 449: Trademarks and diversions

• September 14, 2023
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Biman Bangladesh, business class, catering, CFM, China, Condor, Delta Air Lines, diversion, engines, JAL, jetblue, New Pacific Airways, New York City, Northern Pacific Airways, Pratt & Whitney, premium cabin, routes, singapore airlines, Thai Airways, Trip Report, United Airlines

Intellectual property is a very real thing. So are weather-induced diversions these days.

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DLD 412: Dollar dollar bills, y’all

• December 8, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 787, Air France, Air India, Airbus, American Airlines, Avelo, award, British Airways, certification, cobrand, congress, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, FAA, first class, hydrogen, JAL, jetblue, JFK, JFK Airport, lounges, merger, Norse Atlantic, podcast, reward, singapore airlines, Sky Club, TATL, Thai Airways, Transatlantic, union, United Airlines, Vistara

Singapore Airlines is out spending cash like it is 2019 again, so that seems to be good news for other airlines.

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DLD 401: The end of Summer

• September 8, 2022
• Tagged as: 747, 747-8i, 787, 787-9, A340, A340-600, A380, Aeroplan, Air Canada, ATR, ATR 42, awards, Boeing, China Airlines, codeshare, crash, Emirates, Israel, rewards, Saab 340, Saudi Arabia, Silver Airways, Thai Airways, TSA, United Airlines

Summer is ending, but travel continues. And optimism remains strong, at least in some segments of the industry.

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DLD 312: In search of inaugurals

• October 8, 2020
• Tagged as: AirAsia Japan, American Airlines, award, awards, frequent flier, frequent flyer, inaugural, podcast, reward, rewards, routes, Thai Airways, Trip Report, United Airlines

Booking inaugural routes is almost as fun as flying them, right?? Plus A321Ts parked, AirAsia Japan dying and United’s November growth plans.

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DLD 307: We’re adding change fees

• September 3, 2020
• Tagged as: 787, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, ancillary, ancillary fees, Boeing, Bus, business aviation, Celera 500L, Delta Air Lines, fees, frequent flier, frequent flyer, jetpack, loyalty, podcast, Thai Airways, United Airlines

Change fees, jet packs, massive corruption and a fun new private plane. C’mon in and learn a bit in this week’s show!

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DLD 292: Where’s the stop button??

• May 21, 2020
• Tagged as: A220, Airbus, American Airlines, bribery, cargo, Cessna, codeshare, COVID-19, Garuda, Israel, Itihhad, NDC, podcast, prop, Qatar Airways, regional jets, SkyCourier, Thai Airways, TSA, turboprop, UAE, United Airlines

What does high school shop class have to do with our travel experiences? Absolutely nothing, but that’s rarely stopped us from talking about other topics, so why start now??

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DLD 116: A fantastical farewell flight

• August 18, 2016
• Tagged as: ANA, India, Lufthansa, Orlando, podcast, Thai Airways, Vietnam Airlines

A farewell flight on Thai Airways punctuated the difference between it and Lufthansa for this episode’s special guest, Josh Zepps. Plus, a new terminal in Orlando and some of the crazy that comes from visiting India.

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DLD 115: The New(ark) World Order

• August 4, 2016
• Tagged as: business class, jetblue, London, Manchester, Newark, Thai Airways, United, United Airlines

Newark Airport is about to get a whole bunch more flights, and we’re not so sure that’s a good thing. London City Airport will also grow and Thai Airways is looking to return to the USA.

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• Elite Status
• Hotels
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PointsHoarder 45: Dhaka, Dhaka, Goose!

• February 20, 2014
• Tagged as: Biman Bangladesh, Cleveland, Club Carlson, Delta, elite status, Frontier, PaxEx, Qatar, Seattle, Thai Airways, wifi

Welcome to the end of the line for the DC-10. Sort of. Biman Bangladesh Airlines is the only remaining operator of the type for commercial service and they’re finally making the leap into the 21st…