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.
If we had tried a bit harder we probably could have come up with an awesome way to run the show this week in honor of the Kentucky Derby. Instead all I did was manage…
PointsHoarder 46: Staten Island to the Island Hopper
- March 6, 2014
- Tagged as: Cleveland, Delta, Frontier, Mileage Run, Qantas, United, United Airlines, wifi
Welcome to episode 46 of the PointsHoarder podcast where we spend much of our time working to bully/pressure Stephan into taking a trip half way around the world, mostly in coach, for no apparent reason…
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…
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…
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;…
Passengers flying on Frontier and crediting their flights to the EarlyReturns program can earn double elite miles throughout the month of December. I’m assuming that this promo has been out for a while since it…
Episode 11 of the PointsHoarder podcast focuses on open-jaws and stopovers on reward trips and a few news stories making their way around the internet, including United’s turning off of “expert mode”, Delta telling AwardWallet…
