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DLD 84: The Lost Episode

  • June 25, 2015
  • Tagged as: business class, Cuba, Emirates, jetblue, JFK, Norwegian, PaxEx, United, United Airlines
The image shows a large Cuban flag hanging vertically between two buildings. The flag features blue and white stripes with a red triangle on the top. The sky is visible in the background.

Nuts drive a diversion, United bails on JFK, JetBlue adds Mint to Boston and Seth talks a bit about flying on Cubana.

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DLD 62: Liveries & lawsuits

  • September 11, 2014
  • Tagged as: Emirates, Frontier, HHonors, hilton, hotels, IHG, Intercontinental Hotel Group, marriott, Southwest, Southwest Airlines, spg, Starwood Preferred Guest, United, United Airlines
The image shows the underside of an airplane with a large heart-shaped logo. The heart is divided into three sections: the top left section is red, the top right section is yellow, and the bottom section is blue. The airplane's body is also blue, and the logo is prominently displayed.

Southwest has a new heart (logo), United went to court and the Ex-Im bank continues to be a strange player in the aviation market.

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DLD 55: Inmates running the asylum

  • June 5, 2014
  • Tagged as: American Airlines, Brazil, Emirates, IHG, Intercontinental Hotel Group, New York City, upgrades

I wasn’t on the recording this week so I don’t entirely know what happened during the session, other than the bits I listened to during the editing. On the plus side, quite a few rants…

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DLD 49: Happenings in Hamburg

  • April 10, 2014
  • Tagged as: Delta, Delta Airlines, Emirates, frequent flier, frequent flyer, PaxEx, podcast

Greetings from Hamburg, home of Aircraft Interiors Expo 2014. This week’s episode includes a couple special guests from RouteHappy.com, John Walton and Jason Rabinowitz. We’re talking all sorts of fun things with them related to…

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DLD 48: What the heck are we doing here??

  • March 27, 2014
  • Tagged as: Delta, Delta Airlines, Emirates, Gogo, Mileage Run, Norway, Norwegian, United, United Airlines

Is it episode number 2 or number 48? And why the new name? Also, do any of us know what the heck is going on?? Answers to these questions and more in this week’s episode…

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PointsHoarder 39: The devaluation episode

  • November 14, 2013
  • Tagged as: American Express, Delta, Emirates, FAA, Gold Passport, HHonors, hilton, hyatt, Membership Rewards, podcast, United, United Airlines

Is the sky falling? Are we reaching the end of a fantastic run? Or is this just a minor adjustment in the world of points & miles? That’s the main topic of this week’s PointsHoarder…

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PointsHoarder 38 – Raining SkyMiles in Seattle

  • October 31, 2013
  • Tagged as: British Airways, commercial, Delta Airlines, Emirates, Germanwings, Guinea, loss, podcast, profit, United Airlines

We are on time this week but Seth is missing in Doha or maybe it’s Dubai today. A bunch of topics are covered in episode 38, including: Delta’s Stellar Earnings ($1.37 Billion) Double SkyMiles for…

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Emirates launches double miles for New York – Milan route

  • May 22, 2013
  • Tagged as: bonus, Emirates, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Milan, New York City, points

When Emirates announced that they were launching service between New York City and Milan later this fall I guessed that the route would be a great place to look for decent fares. While that part…

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PointsHoarder 24: Easier awards, harder landings

  • April 18, 2013
  • Tagged as: Delta, Emirates, Frontier, hotels, points, Qantas, Thai Airways, United, United Airlines, Virgin America

Two big bits of news in this weeks episode, though that doesn’t stop us from talking about a bunch of other things, too. Perhaps the most significant event was the landing of a Lion Air…

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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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