A Premium Economy (almost), potential changes to a premium points program and a premium layover city share the stage in this week’s episode.
Today we’re tackling a serious question from a former UA loyalist who is looking to spread his wings elsewhere. We’ll call him Mr. Tilton to protect the innocent.
DLD 67: Buy a Virgin, Launch a Veteran
- November 20, 2014
- Tagged as: Delta, Delta Air Lines, elite status, first class, jetblue, PaxEx, podcast, Premium Economy, spg, United, United Airlines, Virgin America
This episode we look at a new livery celebrating Veterans Day, discuss the lack of creativity from some loyalty programs and discuss whether it is a smart idea to buy a Virgin.
PointsHoarder 45: Dhaka, Dhaka, Goose!
- February 20, 2014
- Tagged as: Biman Bangladesh, Cleveland, Club Carlson, Delta, elite status, Frontier, PaxEx, Qatar, Seattle, Thai Airways, wifi
Welcome to the end of the line for the DC-10. Sort of. Biman Bangladesh Airlines is the only remaining operator of the type for commercial service and they’re finally making the leap into the 21st…
Welcome to lifetime status on British Airways. That is, if you can swing it. The lead story in this week’s edition is the announcement by BA’s Executive Club program that they are now offering both…
Gracias por escuchar el episodio de esta semana de PointsHoarder. This main focus this week is on a few different partnerships and how those relationships make things either good or bad for consumers. Usually it…
So, how much are you spending on elite status these days? And does it matter if your travels are paid for by an expense account? With the announcement last week by United that they are…
Does it actually count as breaking news if it happened 2 days ago and we’re just reporting it now? What if it probably isn’t all that important of a story anyways? What say ye, listeners?…
Welcome to episode 25 of the PointsHoarder podcast, where we will – once again – take you on a journey of random musings intermixed with vaguely useful information in the world of points and travel….
Both Delta and Hyatt confirmed changes to their elite benefits today, confirming changes which had been rumored over the past several week. Hyatt’s change means that Diamond Elite guests now get a choice of 1,000…
