Back on the road and exploring the world, with some thoughts on just how well that’s going overall and why we’re not in a huge hurry to do more of it too soon.
DLD 331: Copycats and Quarantines
- April 22, 2021
- Tagged as: A321LR, A350, A350 XWB, Air Canada, Airbus, Australia, dining, economy class, hotels, jetblue, Kayak, LATAM, loyalty, meals, New Zealand, podcast, Porter Air, quarantine, Radisson, routes, TATL, Transatlantic, TUI
Can you copyright an airline route network? Asking for a friend north of the border. Plus bailouts and refunds and new routes galore!
DLD 328: The thrill of the hunt
- March 11, 2021
- Tagged as: A321XLR, Air Sinai, Airbus, Antarctica, ATR, Boeing, Bus, business class, DEN, Denver, DOT, Egypt, Egyptair, FAA, FedEx, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Icelandair, Israel, jetblue, London, mistake fare, podcast, routes, TAP, TAP Air Portugal, United Airlines
A mistake fare brought back some excitement we haven’t felt in a long time, even if it eventually cancelled. Plus Iceland to Antarctica and much more!
DLD 327: Travel Traditions
- February 25, 2021
- Tagged as: A318, Airbus, American Airlines, amtrak, BOS, Boston, British Airways, business class, Canada, codeshare, COVID-19, COVID19, DeHaviland, dining, eVTOL, Finnair, Heathrow, immigration, jetblue, JFK, JFK Airport, LCY, LHR, London, London City, Montreal, pre-clearance, premium cabin, Q400, routes, train, Trip Report, United Airlines
Sometimes travel is about new and different adventures. Sometimes it is about repeating the most boring or ridiculous habits. And, when done right, it is often a great blend of both. We close out this week’s episode with some discussion of travel souvenirs that we’re constantly collecting, or at least that we did back when we traveled more.
DLD 316: I don’t BERlieve it!
- November 5, 2020
- Tagged as: 777, Airbus, airports, ANA, BER, Berlin, COVID-19, JAL, Japan, KLM, Mobile, mobile app, podcast, Rouge, SAA, South African Airways, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines
BER is open and a whale caught a runaway train. Both of those things really happened.
Schedules slashed, Inflight magazines fly home and hundreds of millions in refunds. Plus, we nerd out with special guest Pizza in Motion about RV life.
DLD 292: Where’s the stop button??
- May 21, 2020
- Tagged as: A220, Airbus, American Airlines, bribery, cargo, Cessna, codeshare, COVID-19, Garuda, Israel, Itihhad, NDC, podcast, prop, Qatar Airways, regional jets, SkyCourier, Thai Airways, TSA, turboprop, UAE, United Airlines
What does high school shop class have to do with our travel experiences? Absolutely nothing, but that’s rarely stopped us from talking about other topics, so why start now??
DLD 278: ICAOn’t even figure out WHO is managing China policies
- February 6, 2020
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737MAX, A220, Airbus, alliances, American Airlines, Boeing, China, LATAM, Oneworld, podcast, routes, Royal Air Maroc, United Airlines
As governments and the traveling public continue to respond to the corona virus outbreak in China it is spectacularly unclear who, if anyone, is coordinating a coherent global response. Hooray!
Lots of news about Asia this week, mostly in China but also beyond. Plus, pets on planes, fare derivatives and more.
A new CEO in the wings and a super technical success top this week’s topics, plus Bhutan and a follow-up on what evacuation simulations are really like.
