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DLD 412: Dollar dollar bills, y’all

• December 8, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 787, Air France, Air India, Airbus, American Airlines, Avelo, award, British Airways, certification, cobrand, congress, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, FAA, first class, hydrogen, JAL, jetblue, JFK, JFK Airport, lounges, merger, Norse Atlantic, podcast, reward, singapore airlines, Sky Club, TATL, Thai Airways, Transatlantic, union, United Airlines, Vistara

Singapore Airlines is out spending cash like it is 2019 again, so that seems to be good news for other airlines.

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DLD 410: Many millions of milers

• November 24, 2022
• Tagged as: A320neo, Alaska Airlines, Avelo, Breeze Airways, British Airways, Canada, CDG, crash, CVG, Delta Air Lines, elite status, Flair, Frontier, jetblue, LATAM, LIM, Lima, lounges, Paris, Qantas, routes, SkyMiles

How many million milers is too many? Plus a crazy crash and new transatlantic routes on the horizon.

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DLD 384: Competition great and small

• May 12, 2022
• Tagged as: 777X, A321XLR, Air France, Airbus, Avelo, Avianca, Boeing, Breeze Airways, cargo, Colombia, crash, credit cards, Egyptair, elite status, freighter, lounge, lounges, Lufthansa, MCO, Orlando, Russia, Sky Club, Turkish Airlines, Viva

Mergers generally reduce competition. Upstarts increase it. And somewhere in the middle, we like to talk about all of options.

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DLD 374: Your airline is intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your ticketing plan

• February 24, 2022
• Tagged as: 787, A380, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, ATL, Atlanta, Avelo, awards, BDL, Boeing, Breeze Airways, British Airways, California, Cape Town, Cathay Pacific, certification, CPT, Delta Air Lines, EWR, Hartford, Hawaii, Heathrow, HKG, Hong Kong, HVN, LHR, New Haven, Newark, podcast, rewards, routes, Trip Report, United Airlines

Should you subscribe to an airline’s recurring payment offerings? Probably not. But we’re going to talk about it a bit.

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• Trip Reports

DLD 352: A Dork-Spot-Wine Fest

• September 23, 2021
• Tagged as: Avelo, podcast, Trip Report

We took the show on the road this week, and brought in a couple guests to spice things up. C’mon in!

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• Trip Reports

DLD 348: Lost and Found

• August 26, 2021
• Tagged as: 747-8i, A380, Allegient Air, Allways Rewards, American Airlines, Avelo, Breeze, Breeze Airways, business class, economy class, jetblue, Korean Airlines, London, Mint, Newark, premium cabin, singapore, singapore airlines, TATL, Transatlantic, Trip Report, Turkish Airlines

We lost last week’s episode, but came back strong this time around with planes big and small crossing oceans and some fun new routes and money for US startups.

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DLD 333: Once more unto the breach

• May 13, 2021
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 8, Air Senegal, Avelo, Breeze Airways, Delta Air Lines, EASA, HVN, New Haven, United Airlines, United Express

Power issues continue to haunt the 737 MAX and the aviation industry lost a pioneer last week. Plus a new hub and weather in space. C’mon in…