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DLD 526: Not so express

• March 20, 2025
• Tagged as: 787, Allegient Air, American Airlines, ancillary, ancillary fees, DCA, earnings, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Frontier, IndiGo, Korean Airlines, lifetime, livery, Los Angeles, Marrakech, NTSB, PAE, Paine Field, routes, Seattle, Southwest Airlines, TAP Air Portugal, Transatlantic, United Airlines

Marrakech remains a mess for connections. And there are plenty of other messes around the world. But we find some good news, too.

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DLD 525: Hip to be Square

• March 13, 2025
• Tagged as: Air Traffic Control, ATC, British Airways, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, dining, elite status, FAA, Finnair, Heathrow, JetZero, LaGuardia, LGA, LHR, lifetime, lounges, Lufthansa, mileageplus, Pan Am, SpaceX, special guest, train, Trip Report, United Airlines

Which cards to cancel and where to fly? We’ve got Ed from Miles To Go on the show this week to help answer those questions and lots more.

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DLD 524: TO/GA

• March 6, 2025
• Tagged as: ACC, Accra, Africa, Air France, Airbus, All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, ANA, Boeing, British Airways, Chicago, Delta Air Lines, dining, E175-E2, E195-E2, EasyJet, elite status, Embraer, Expedia, FedEx, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Frontier, jetblue, loyalty, Lufthansa, Manchester, Marrakech, MDW, MHT, MIdway, OTAs, Peach Airlines, Qatar Airways, RAK, regional jets, routes, Southwest Airlines

Another close call, and a lot to consider as new orders and new routes come online.

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DLD 523: Thanks, I hate it

• February 27, 2025
• Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, business class, Cape Town, Choice Privileges, Dallas, Delta Air Lines, DFW, diversion, electric aircraft, Flagship Suite, hotels, lie-flat beds, loyalty, premium cabin, San Francisco, SFO, South Africa, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines

New seats, nicer hotels, and crazy photos from a diversion are three of the five bullet points we talk about in this week’s show.

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DLD 522: Helo Hold

• February 20, 2025
• Tagged as: 777X, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, Avis, Contour Air, crash, DCA, Delta Air Lines, EAS, elite status, Emirates, Essential Air Service, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Hawaiian Airlines, hydrogen, Iberia, Qatar Airways, regulators, Riyadh Air, Southwest Airlines, Toronto, Trip Report, United Airlines, Washington DC, YYZ

Another rough week for aviation in many ways. And plenty of concerns about what lays ahead.

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DLD 521: Far-flung Frontiers

• February 13, 2025
• Tagged as: Alaska, alitalia, Allegient Air, British Airways, CAI, Cairo, cobrand, crash, credit card, credit cards, DCA, elite status, Executive Club, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, fees, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Frontier, IndiGo, ITA Airlines, Italia Trasporto Aereo, jetblue, JSX, LIM, Lima, loyalty, Lufthansa Group, Norse Atlantic, routes, San Juan, SJU, Starlux, United Airlines, Washington DC

Which new markets make sense? Both long-haul and short-haul are seeing some interesting changes.

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DLD 520: It just sucks

• February 6, 2025
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, A320neo, AirBaltic, American Airlines, Boeing, Boom Supersonic, cobrand, crash, credit card, credit cards, DCA, Eurowings, France, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Icelandair, jetblue, LCY, London City, lounge, lounges, Lufthansa Group, Qantas, Washington DC

Last week was decidedly bad for aviation in many ways. Ugh.

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DLD 519: Rankings and Rantings

• January 30, 2025
• Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, earnings call, Qatar Airways, routes, Saudia, Trip Report, TSA, United Airlines

We’re back in the USA and ready for some news and rants this week. Some of them are even reasonable.

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DLD 518: Barra or Bust!

• January 23, 2025
• Tagged as: Barra, BlueOrigin, Condor, Frontier, Glasgow, ITA Airlines, Italia Trasporto Aereo, JejuAir, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Group, Scotland, SpaceX, Trip Report

A quick hop to the beach runway at Barra was part of this week’s adventure, plus Frontier, rockets, and more.

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DLD 517: Deep thoughts

• January 16, 2025
• Tagged as: Air Greenland, Air Wisconsic, ATL, Atlanta, Dallas, Delta Air Lines, DFW, Greenland, IFEC, JejuAir, Nuuk, Pakistan International Airlines, regional jets, Starlink, United Airlines

What key messages were in the keynote? What happens when massive hubs freeze? And much more…