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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 376: Point.Me to the awards

• March 10, 2022
• Tagged as: award, awards, Cape Town, CPT, Delta Air Lines, dining, jetblue, merger, podcast, points, reward, rewards, Russia, special guest, Sunwing, ukraine, United Airlines, WestJet

A good award search tool is something of a holy grail in the miles & points space. Point.Me is pretty darn close, if not entirely there.

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DLD 312: In search of inaugurals

• October 8, 2020
• Tagged as: AirAsia Japan, American Airlines, award, awards, frequent flier, frequent flyer, inaugural, podcast, reward, rewards, routes, Thai Airways, Trip Report, United Airlines

Booking inaugural routes is almost as fun as flying them, right?? Plus A321Ts parked, AirAsia Japan dying and United’s November growth plans.

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DLD 299: Openings and closings

• July 9, 2020
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 747, 747-8i, Air Canada, American Airlines, award, awards, bankruptcy, Boeing, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, EasyJet, Finnair, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Heathrow, joint venture, lavatory, LHR, lounge, lounges, Norwegian, points, Qantas, reward, rewards, Ryanair

More openings than closings should be good news for lots in the industry, though things remain precarious on many fronts.

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DLD 298: Mixed awards, mixed messages

• July 2, 2020
• Tagged as: Air Canada, Air China, award, awards, bankruptcy, cash & points, China, China Eastern, China Southern, jetblue, LIAT, Pakistan, podcast, refunds, reward, rewards, routes, TSA

When an airline says it is concerned about passenger safety and then increases the number of seats sold that can be hard to reconcile. But at least they’re leaving it members of their cabin crew to keep posting anti-mask FUD on social media, right??

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PointsHoarder 23: Partners are your friends

• April 4, 2013
• Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, award, Emirates, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Frontier, narita, points, Qantas, reward, Tokyo

Partners are a key factor in maximizing value of points. This week’s episode talks about, among other things, two significant bits of partner news. First up, Alaska Airlines is finally offering one-way awards on partners;…

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PointsHoarder 22.5: A decidedly Danish affair

• March 21, 2013
• Tagged as: AAdvantage, American Airlines, award, mileageplus, reward, United, United Airlines

Welcome to episode 22.5 of the PointsHoarder podcast. Why the half number? Mostly because I rounded up from where it probably belongs. One of the problems with a show about travel put on by folks…

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PointsHoarder 20: Are there more than three ways to earn points??

• February 7, 2013
• Tagged as: 787, award, Boeing, Brazil, Denver, Dreamliner, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Malaysian, Oneworld, points, reward, Sao Paulo, TAM, Tokyo, United, United Airlines

Did you know that there are only three ways to earn points? Reading a thread on MilePoint a couple weeks ago, that was one of the views presented. As Gary has listed, the three ways…

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IHG Point Breaks list updated

• January 28, 2013
• Tagged as: award, Deals, hotel, hotels, IHG, points

From time to time the IHG group offers up deals on room redemptions known as Point Breaks. These are short-term sales for award nights at a limited number of properties. The site was updated today…

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PointsHoarder 19: Live from Budapest!

• January 24, 2013
• Tagged as: American Airlines, award, Bratislava, Budapest, Delta, frequent flier, frequent flyer, hotel, hotels, points, Ryanair, spg, starwood, upgrades, Virgin Atlantic

We’re baaaaack! Sorry we missed an episode cycle a couple weeks ago; it turns out that coordinating a recording from Burma, Bali and the USA was just too much, even for us. But we’re back…