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DLD 395: Ripe for disruption

• August 4, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX 7, 777X, 787, A330-900, A330neo, A350, Aeroplan, Air Canada, Air France, American Airlines, awards, Boeing, British Airways, business class, crash, Delta Air Lines, Frontier, IAG, Iberia, International Airline Group, jetblue, Krisflyer, merger, points, rewards, routes, seating, seats, singapore airlines, Spirit Airlines, Virgin Atlantic

More leisure travelers than expected, plus some gardening tips. Oh, and lots of airline news, too.

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• Trip Reports

DLD 390: Back from Europe

• June 30, 2022
• Tagged as: A321XLR, A380, Airbus, alliance, alliances, American Express, AUS, Austin, Blade, business class, co-brand, cobrand, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, first class, Gatwick, Heathrow, helicopter, jetblue, LGW, LHR, London, Lufthansa, New York City, Norse Atlantic, Oman Air, Oneworld, Polaris, premium cabin, routes, slots, Trip Report, United Airlines, WestJet

Summer travel is definitely here. Good luck with that.

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DLD 382: Punch out

• April 28, 2022
• Tagged as: 777X, American Airlines, Boeing, Breeze Airways, British Airways, China, China Airlines, COVID-19, COVID19, HPN, jetblue, podcast, Recaro, routes, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines, White Plains

Hard to believe we’re still saying this, but please stop being an asshole on airplanes. Or anywhere else, really. But definitely not on airplanes.

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DLD 380: Finding faults

• April 14, 2022
• Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Bamboo Airways, Bus, Delta Air Lines, DEN, Denver, Dulles, Hawaiian Airlines, IAD, jetblue, Landline, merger, Philadelphia, PHL, podcast, routes, Spirit Airlines

Who is to blame? And does it matter when you finally admit that? Plenty of challenges in the industry these days and more flight cancellations are coming.

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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 365: TATL Tales

• December 23, 2021
• Tagged as: A321neo, A321XLR, A350, A380, Air Europa, AirBaltic, Airbus, BOS, Boston, British Airways, BWI, elite status, Eurowings Discover, Finnair, IAG, Icelandair, jetblue, KLM, lawsuit, Lufthansa, masks, merger, Mosaic, Play, Qantas, Qatar Airways, St. Louis, STL, TATL, Transatlantic, Transavia, TrueBlue, upgrades

Lots of news in the Transatlantic market this week, with high hopes for Summer 2022. Lawsuits, and new elite status and maskholes, too.

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DLD 356: Celebratory deaths

• October 21, 2021
• Tagged as: 787, Aeroplan, Air Canada, alitalia, American Airlines, Belgium, Boeing, Dreamliner, elite status, EWR, frequent flier, frequent flyer, ITA Airlines, Italy, jetblue, LaGuardia, lawsuit, LGA, marriott, Newark, podcast, routes, Ryanair, Sun Country, taxes, Trip Report, United Airlines

So much noise for a handful of new routes. Is it really worth the hype? Plus an airline blocks customers and a hotel sues its parent brand.

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DLD 353: Close connections

• September 30, 2021
• Tagged as: alliance, alliances, American Airlines, ARN, Bilt Rewards, British Airways, BUR, Burbank, credit card, credit cards, DCA, elite status, Eurowings, Executive Club, Finnair, FlyBE, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Gatwick, GOL, jetblue, LGW, London, loyalty, Northern Pacific, podcast, points, routes, South African Airways, Stockholm, Transatlantic, Trip Report, Washington DC

An irrational amount of discussion about connecting flights takes over this episode. But, in our defense, one of you asked about it.

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DLD 350: Wider than the average show

• September 9, 2021
• Tagged as: A321neo, A350, A350-1000, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, business class, cargo, Eastern Airlines, elite status, Gatwick, Heathrow, Jet2, jetblue, KLM, LGW, LHR, London, Mileage Run, Rapid Rewards, slots, Southwest Airlines, UNESCO, Virgin Atlantic, World Heritage Sites

How does just one out of service plane cause so much trouble for a major airline?? But it worked mostly in our favor, so no complaints this time around.

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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.