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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
DLD 345: Teaming, trimming & traveling
- August 5, 2021
- Tagged as: Aeroplan, Air Canada, Allegiant, Allegient Air, alliance, alliances, American Airlines, Chase, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, dining, economy class, elite status, ExpressJet, first class, frequent flier, frequent flyer, high-speed rail, jetblue, JetSMART, KLM, lie-flat beds, London, loyalty, Lufthansa, medallion, Nordica, podcast, premium cabin, train, TSA, Uzbekistan, WestJet
More airline partnership and a key route trimmed. Plus, cool new trains and airlines and loyalty plays.
They might all be terrible ideas, but we’re still going to talk about them and figure out if any of it makes sense.