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DLD 325: Flip-flopping along

• January 28, 2021
• Tagged as: Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, Allegiant, Angola, British Airways, Canada, Chengdu, China, COVID-19, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Ghana, KLM, LCC, LCCs, Norwegian, O'Hare, ORD, podcast, Porter Air, routes, TAAG, TATL, Transatlantic, transcon, United Airlines, WestJet

The air travel industry is seeing policy changes at an incredible pace, often flipflopping between opposing positions with minimal warning. We’re just trying to keep up…

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DLD 323: 2,000 year-old leftovers

• December 31, 2020
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, Alaska Airlines, Azores Airlines, Delta Air Lines, dining, lawsuit, middle seat, Montenegro Airlines, podcast, Pompeii, routes

We definitely don’t recommend eating it, but the 2,000 year old street meat discoveries in the ruins of Pompeii are all sorts of awesome.

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DLD 319: Bursting that bubble

• November 26, 2020
• Tagged as: Aer Lingus, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Antitrust Immunity, ATI, COVID-19, COVID19, Delta Air Lines, elite status, Emirates, fees, Gatwick, Hong Kong, jetblue, joint venture, LGW, London, MAN, Manchester, podcast, singapore, Stansted, STN, TATL, Transatlantic, Upgrade, upgrades, WestJet

Collapsing joint ventures, splitting London, and plenty of bubbles to burst in this week’s show.

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DLD 313: A different set of codes

• October 15, 2020
• Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, alitalia, awards, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Hertz, IATA, MileagePlan, podcast, points, rewards, Southwest Airlines, Trip Report

We’re about more than just airplanes, especially these days. But don’t worry too much; air travel still dominates the conversation this week.

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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 304: Aeroplanning Ideas

• August 13, 2020
• Tagged as: Aeroplan, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, bankruptcy, Chicago, Delta Air Lines, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, LATAM, loyalty, Qantas, Qatar Airways, United Airlines

We’re talking through bits of the new Aeroplan program in this weeks show, plus new travel warnings and a strange possible investment play by Qatar Airways on behalf of Delta Air Lines.

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DLD 302: Apologies all around

• July 30, 2020
• Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, bankruptcy, BRU, Brussels, Brussels Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, GoAir, India, insurance, jetblue, Oneworld, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, Upgrade, upgrades

Cover your face and fly with free insurance and maybe even score an upgrade or just get a bunch of seats for yourself. But we spread all that out into a reasonable conversation, not just a tease.

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DLD 288: Hoppity hopper

• April 23, 2020
• Tagged as: Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Aviointeriors, business class, Delta Air Lines, economy class, Eva, Hello Kitty, jetblue, Mint, Oneworld, podcast, premium cabin, seating, seats, Seattle, transcon, Trip Report

An island hopper that only takes 8 hours and does not risk military base diversions has us pretty excited. Just need it to actually operate now.

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DLD 286: Back to the Future!

• April 9, 2020
• Tagged as: Aeroplan, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, Altitude, COVID-19, Delta Air Lines, EasyJet, elite status, loyalty, marriott, MileagePlan, mileageplus, podcast, routes, SkyMiles, special guest, United Airlines

What will the future of airline route networks look like? We dig deep into the past with special guest Ned Russell as we look to the future.

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DLD 280: Alliance dalliances

• February 20, 2020
• Tagged as: Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Bangalore, BLR, British Airways, business class, carbon offsets, Delta Air Lines, emissions, EuroBiz, India, Oneworld, podcast, premium cabin, Premium Economy, Project Sunrise, Qantas, routes, SEA, Seattle, Trip Report, ULH, ultra long haul, ultra longhaul, union

A new alliance affiliation, a new secondary cities airline in the USA and unblocking EuroBiz middles: What does it all mean?!?