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DLD 349: It’s a conspiracy!

• September 2, 2021
• Tagged as: 787, 787-10, 787-9, A321neo, A380, Air New Zealand, alitalia, awards, cash & points, Chicago, cruise, Delta Air Lines, frequent flier, frequent flyer, ITA Airlines, O'Hare, ORD, podcast, points, Qantas, rewards, singapore, Singapore Air, singapore airlines, South African Airways, United Airlines

Kicking off the show with a bad conspiracy theory about hurricanes probably isn’t our strongest play, but here we are. It gets better pretty quickly.

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DLD 343: That probably won’t work

• July 22, 2021
• Tagged as: 787, 787-9, A220, alitalia, British Airways, Canada, CRJ550, CRJ700, electric aircraft, Heathrow, hydrogen, ITA Airlines, Italy, jetblue, JFK, JFK Airport, LHR, London, lounges, MItsubishi, MRJ, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic

They might all be terrible ideas, but we’re still going to talk about them and figure out if any of it makes sense.

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DLD 308: Put a title here

• September 10, 2020
• Tagged as: 787, Basic Economy, BER, Berlin, Delta Air Lines, fees, routes, United Airlines, Virgin Australia

Joint ventures are failing but does that mean the underlying businesses are screwed? And some serious long-haul route expansion coming, in theory, in the next 9ish months. Plus BER in trouble and the 787’s tail is a mess.

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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 266: Ultra ludicrous-haul

• October 31, 2019
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 777X, 787, A320neo, A321neo, Air New Zealand, Airbus, Boeing, Cuba, DOH, Doha, grounding, India, podcast, routes, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines

When ultra long haul just isn’t enough, welcome to ludicrous haul. Plus some time spent with United executives, more delays from Boeing and more orders for Airbus.

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DLD 252: Ventures and Dream(liner)s

• July 25, 2019
• Tagged as: 787, A350, American Airlines, Australia, Bangkok, British Airways, business class, Cairo, Dreamliner, hotels, ICN, Incheon, JAL, joint venture, lounges, podcast, Polaris, Premium Economy, Premium Plus, Qantas, Seoul, United Airlines

New Dreamliner configurations, a new deal for collusion and an awesome 747 fly-by, all part of the excitement in this week’s show!

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DLD 249: It’s a Small World

• July 4, 2019
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 787, 787-9, A321XLR, A350, A350 XWB, A350-900, Air France, American Airlines, Austria, Chase, China, credit cards, Joon, Paris Air Show, PAS19, routes, South African Airways, train, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines

Longer range, more bugs, co-brand battles and a melted plane lead this week’s episode, with lots more also in the show. C’mon in!

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DLD 230: Get your engines rolling

• February 7, 2019
• Tagged as: 787, A380, ANA, Brexit, Emirates, engines, Gatwick, Haneda, Hawaii, Heathrow, HND, jetblue, LGW, LHR, London, Rolls Royce, RouteHappy, Southwest Airlines, Tokyo, United Kingdom

Can Rolls pull off an A380 surprise? And can codeshare flights be a little less crappy for consumers? Plus slots, Haneda changes and Hawaii!

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DLD 198: The AA +UA + Rolls episode

• June 21, 2018
• Tagged as: 787, American Airlines, AvGeek, Dreamliner, elite status, engines, PaxEx, Rolls Royce, United Airlines

Does it feel like this trio of topics come up too often? Maybe if they weren’t always doing silly things we’d venture out more. But not this week. Because American, United and Rolls-Royce continue to dig themselves into holes. Ouch.

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DLD 191: Answering many engines questions (and asking a bunch more)

• May 3, 2018
• Tagged as: 737MAX, 787, A320neo, A330, A330neo, Airbus, Boeing, British Airways, engines, Iran, IranAir

Last week we talked a LOT about engines, mostly proving we have very little knowledge on the topic. This week we’re making up for that by bringing in an expert who might know a little too much on the topic, at least assuming you do want to still fly more.