The lack of appeal, perhaps, is the most interesting part. But the CDC mask mandate for travel is gone, thanks to a court ruling in Florida.
DLD 380: Finding faults
- April 14, 2022
- Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Bamboo Airways, Bus, Delta Air Lines, DEN, Denver, Dulles, Hawaiian Airlines, IAD, jetblue, Landline, merger, Philadelphia, PHL, podcast, routes, Spirit Airlines
Who is to blame? And does it matter when you finally admit that? Plenty of challenges in the industry these days and more flight cancellations are coming.
No squirrels were harmed in the making of this episode. And we cannot explain why that is even remotely relevant. But here we are anyways.
DLD 378: Plus-ing it up
- March 31, 2022
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 10, A321XLR, Aeroflot, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, AKL, Alaska Airlines, Auckland, Boeing, certification, China Eastern, crash, Dallas, DFW, MEL, Melbourne, podcast, Qantas, Rossiya, routes, Russia, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines
At some point “Plus” has to not be the default naming of whatever new thing a company comes up with, right? Alas, this is not that week.
DLD 377: MAX or Mask or Electric
- March 24, 2022
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 10, Aeroflot, cargo, China, Comair, Delta Air Lines, Department of Transportation, Dominican Republic, DOT, electric aircraft, Finnair, Iceland, Korean Airlines, masks, Norse Atlantic, pilot shortage, podcast, routes, Russia, SkyWest, South Africa, TATL, Tesla, Transatlantic, ULCC
Mask rules are changing, maybe too quickly for airlines to keep up. Plus electric news and MAX potential.
DLD 376: Point.Me to the awards
- March 10, 2022
- Tagged as: award, awards, Cape Town, CPT, Delta Air Lines, dining, jetblue, merger, podcast, points, reward, rewards, Russia, special guest, Sunwing, ukraine, United Airlines, WestJet
A good award search tool is something of a holy grail in the miles & points space. Point.Me is pretty darn close, if not entirely there.
DLD 375: Lasha Tumbai
- March 3, 2022
- Tagged as: AAdvantage, American Airlines, Avios, awards, Eastern Airlines, ETOPS, frequent flier, frequent flyer, podcast, Qatar Airways, reward, rewards, ukraine, Upgrade, upgrades
A bit of a challenge this week to get past the very real suffering of war and have a conversation about what it means in the context of aviation. But we’re trying.
DLD 374: Your airline is intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your ticketing plan
- February 24, 2022
- Tagged as: 787, A380, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, ATL, Atlanta, Avelo, awards, BDL, Boeing, Breeze Airways, British Airways, California, Cape Town, Cathay Pacific, certification, CPT, Delta Air Lines, EWR, Hartford, Hawaii, Heathrow, HKG, Hong Kong, HVN, LHR, New Haven, Newark, podcast, rewards, routes, Trip Report, United Airlines
Should you subscribe to an airline’s recurring payment offerings? Probably not. But we’re going to talk about it a bit.
DLD 373: Cocoon or carpet?
- February 17, 2022
- Tagged as: Boeing, business class, certification, Condor, Finnair, Frontier, merger, PDX, Portland, premium cabin, Premium Economy, SpaceX, Spirit Airlines, Starship, TATL, Transatlantic, ukraine, union, United Airlines
New seats, new routes, and a comeback of quality flooring round out this week’s top stories.
DLD 372: Going global
- February 10, 2022
- Tagged as: Air France, ANA, Bangkok, British Airways, business class, COVID-19, Delta Air Lines, Dubai, electric aircraft, first class, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Iceland, loyalty, Mesa, New York City, Newburgh, Play, podcast, Stewart, SWF, TATL, Thailand, Transatlantic, Trip Report, United Airlines
Sure, we’re not really traveling long-haul for leisure right now. But some people are. We had long time friend of the show Han on to talk about a couple recent trips.
