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DLD 203: Is Chicago the next St. Louis??

• July 26, 2018
• Tagged as: Aeroplan, Air Canada, Air France, alitalia, American Airlines, charter, Chicago, Delta Air Lines, joint venture, KLM, O'Hare, ORD, SkyTeam, THY, Tokyo, Transatlantic, Turkish Airlines, Uber

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!

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DLD 184: An episode about something

• March 15, 2018
• Tagged as: Air Canada, Airbus, American Airlines, podcast

There are topics in this episode. Lots of them. Some of the best topics. But I have no idea what they are so you’ll need to listen to find out more.

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DLD 181: Akbar’s busy week

• February 22, 2018
• Tagged as: A350, A350 XWB, A350-1000, Air Canada, Air Italy, AvGeek, Hamburg, Meridiana, PaxEx, Qatar Airways, United Airlines

Rebranding an airline is a lot of work. So is throwing a ridiculous party for a new aircraft subtype. Welcome to Qatar Airways’ CEO Akbar Al Baker’s week. Plus more Rouge, a mini United and flying electric cars.

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DLD 160: Not my GUM dropped buttons

• September 21, 2017
• Tagged as: 737MAX, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, Australia, business class, Delta, Delta Air Lines, DeltaOne, Guam, GUM, Horizon Air

Lots of routes dropping in the coming months, thanks to crew shortages, shifting travel demand and maybe even fleet challenges. Another “mistake” fare scuttled and some talk about cabin density and how that translates to profits, too.

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DLD 151: So many misses, most of which are good things

• July 20, 2017
• Tagged as: Air Canada, american, American Airlines, AvGeek, Delta, Delta Air Lines, elite status, Etihad, jetblue, Maho Beach, Mosaic, podcast, Qatar Airways, San Francisco, St. Maarten, SXM, TrueBlue, United, United Airlines

A near miss at SFO is big news this week, as are missed earnings numbers, status matches and an AvGeek tragedy.

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DLD 148: MAX Plus Boom in Paris

• June 29, 2017
• Tagged as: 737MAX, A380, A380plus, Air Canada, Airbus, Antwerp, Boeing, FAA, Paris Air Show, PAS17, podcast, United, United Airlines

The Paris Air Show was full of interesting news again this year, though much of it felt incomplete. Antwerp is an interesting destination and lots of legal stuff happening in North America, too.

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DLD 103: The TAAG-on Flight

• February 18, 2016
• Tagged as: Air Canada, Cuba, Expedia, Houston, jetblue, JFK, Long Beach, Lufthansa, podcast, Southwest, Southwest Airlines, TAAG

Long Beach is growing, Eurowings is struggling and TAAG may be coming to Houston. Plus, the deal to open Cuba-US flights is ready to fly.

• Airlines
• Elite Status
• Hotels
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• Promotions

PointsHoarder 33: Devaluations galore!

• August 22, 2013
• Tagged as: Air Canada, american, American Airlines, awards, Delta, Japan, rewards, Seattle, spg, starwood, Starwood Preferred Guest, United, United Airlines, upgrades

Nearly everyone will agree that devaluation to loyalty programs (or just about anything else) sucks. And this week, sadly, there’s a lot of suckage to talk about. Air Canada downgraded their upgrade program, adding co-pays…

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• Deals
• Hotels
• Mileage Run
• Podcast
• Points
• Promotions

PointsHoarder 18: The year in review

• December 27, 2012
• Tagged as: Air Berlin, Air Canada, airlines, Airtran, American Airlines, Deals, Delta, elite status, Emirates, Hawaiian Airlines, hotel, hotels, jetblue, Malev, Mileage Run, Oneworld, points, promo, promotions, Qantas, Qatar, Singapore Air, SkyTeam, Southwest Airlines, Star Alliance, United, United Airlines, Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic

Dear 2012: So long, and thanks for all the incredible experiences! This week’s episode is a (relatively) quick trip down memory lane for the PointsHoarder crew. We’re talking about a few quick news pieces (Air…

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• Points
• Promotions

Double miles (or more) on Air Canada to Sydney

• October 22, 2012
• Tagged as: Air Canada, airlines, points, promo, promotions, Sydney

Air Canada has a new promo available, offering double or triple miles to Sydney depending on the purchased fare class. Purchases in Tango or Latitude (i.e. not the cheapest economy fares) will earn double points….