Dots, Lines & Destinations

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DLD 207: Second guessing Singapore

Will the Singapore-Newark route really fly? Some of us are more skeptical than others. Plus, United's new elite status for corporations, body scanner cameras for the subway, gentrification sucks, Twitter sucks, US traffic from China tanked and more.Read more
August 23, 2018
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DLD 206: London Calling, with some IROPs chaos along the way

Daytime flights from the east coast of North America to London can be a great way to help recover from jetlag. But starting on the west coast can make them a mess. Fozz and Stephan both did that last week and agree that it isn't a great idea. Plus, a stolen Q400, terminal dumps in Germany, and finally a use for the new Berlin airport!Read more
August 16, 2018
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DLD 205: The Sea Queen

Perhaps calling it one of the earliest travel tales is a stretch, but The Sea Queen by Linnea Hartsuyker is being released in the USA next week and we're talking about some of the travel behind the scenes and the travel in the book, too. Plus, TSA idiocy and some problems in Europe with passengers slipping past security checkpoints.Read more
August 9, 2018
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DLD 204: Low-balling the buyout offer

It is an interesting time to be a 3rd party loyalty program operator. Air Canada is now trying to buy back Aeroplan and Aeromexico made a move, too. Plus, the TSA might be tracking you for no good reason, a 787 got lost at Narita and Delta is downgrading passengers when upgrading some aircraft.Read more
August 2, 2018
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DLD 203: Is Chicago the next St. Louis??

Will O'Hare shift its role for American Airlines, losing its global gateway status? Also, dedicated crew for airline executives and lots of news about Alitalia, which is still alive for some reason. Oh, and vomit fraud. C'mon in for another great show!Read more
July 26, 2018
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DLD 202: Taking a Brazilian trim

United Airlines trimmed its assets this quarter owing to the new open skies arrangement with Brazil. Tehran is getting trimmed this summer as well, while . Plus nuts are getting trimmed from Southwest and lots more in this week's episode!Read more
July 19, 2018
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DLD 201: Revealing the Airbus A220!

Bienvenue a Toulouse! We're in France this week to see the reveal of the brand new Airbus A220, formerly known as the CSeries. With the joint venture/purchase of the product complete Airbus is putting its stamp on the former Bombardier product and there's a lot to consider.Read more
July 12, 2018
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DLD 200(ish): This episode brought to you by Clippy

Hi there! It looks like you're trying to record a milestone podcast. Would you like some help with that? Maybe we should've answered yes on that one. We're joined by Ed Pizza from Miles To Go this week to celebrate our 200th episode with the usual fun and inanity. C'mon in!Read more
July 5, 2018
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DLD 199: Digging ditches

Manmade islands are all the rage in the Gulf region, but this one is a political chasm, not a luxury residence play. Plus Norwegian shifts some service and Stroopwafels are taking a break at United.Read more
June 28, 2018

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