787 – Page 4 – Dots, Lines & Destinations

A blown tire in Newark caused rolling delays and some pretty poor customer service in Portland. Delta struck a nerve in Georgia that could hurt it on the fuel tax front. Also, some talk about battery fires and lots of other news this week.

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DLD 163.5: You’re so (Trip In) Vain

October 23, 2017
Tagged as: 787, Airbus, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Hawaii, PaxEx, podcast, Southwest Airlines, Taipei, Taiwan, Trip Report, Virgin Atlantic

A busted trip to Taiwan, busted Rolls Royce engines and an attempt to bust Boeing’s bullying ways are on the agenda this episode. Plus Hawaii and the A330neo (again).

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DLD 143: What and Where for the Whale?

May 25, 2017
Tagged as: 737MAX, 787, A320neo, A380, Airbus, Boeing, Dreamliner, Dubai, Haneda, narita, PaxEx, podcast, Singapore Air, Tokyo

What’s next for the A380? Delays in opening at Dubai and tracking new jets, too.

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DLD 140: Insert Title Here

May 4, 2017
Tagged as: 757, 787, Alaska Airlines, dining, Dreamliner, Dubai, JFK, London, merger, PaxEx, Perth, Qantas, United, United Airlines, vaccines, Virgin America

Lots of topics this week but no title for the show…hopefully you’re willing to listen anyways.

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DLD 119: A Moving Dot

September 15, 2016
Tagged as: 787, American Airlines, ANA, Chase, Delta, Delta Air Lines, Dreamliner, Seoul

ANA’s 787s are up for a massive engine replacement project, making the aircraft type the “dot” in this week’s episode. And lots of other airlines might be affected by similar issues. New 787 routes and significant shifts coming to American’s TATL route map in the coming months.

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DLD 90: Four’s Company

September 3, 2015
Tagged as: 787, airlines, american, American Airlines, business class, Dreamliner, United, United Airlines

How much would you pay to avoid a middle seat?? All four hosts are back this week and we’ve got plenty to talk about, including systems outages, mistake fares, fleet shuffles and trip planning.

DLD 82: That seems like a mistake

May 14, 2015
Tagged as: 787, american, American Airlines, awards, Dreamliner, Etihad, hotels, rewards, United, United Airlines, Wyndham, Wyndham Rewards

The DoT backtracks on its rules, Wyndham flattens its award chart and American Airlines has a new type in its fleet. And, if you’re special enough to the airline you might gain access to a special Twitter account. Enjoy the show!

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DLD 75: That day SHARES was more accurate than SABRE

February 19, 2015
Tagged as: 787, Air France, american, American Airlines, awards, Delta, Delta Air Lines, PaxEx, podcast, Premium Economy, rewards, SkyMiles, Southwest Airlines, United, United Airlines

How did SHARES best Sabre? Ask American Airlines and its 787 inaugural flight. Plus a lost wallet, two programs going variable on award prices and a mistake fare which raises all sorts of questions.

DLD63: Pizza on Argentina

September 25, 2014
Tagged as: 787, argentina, Delta, Delta Air Lines, United, United Airlines

We’ve got a special guest on this week talking Argentina and ticketing challenges. United put the 787-9 into service and we were there. And some crazy rewards programs, too.

Lots of “new” news to share in this week’s episode, and that’s mostly a good thing compared to some of the episodes we’ve had which were all about downgrades. Don’t worry – there are still…

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DLD 182: Blown tires, blown service recovery