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.
DLD 60: Happy birthday to me!
- August 14, 2014
- Tagged as: American Express, Croatia, jetblue, lounges, podcast, United, United Airlines, Vienna
Arm rest wars, massive delays and lounge food upgrades. Plus some idiocy from lobbyists and insights into two cool European destinations. Enjoy!
DLD 58: Adventures in IROPS
- July 18, 2014
- Tagged as: A330neo, A380, AAdvantage, Airbus, American Airlines, awards, Etihad, Gold Passport, hyatt, jetblue, Qatar, rewards, United, United Airlines
Things don’t always go as planned. We usually recover better than others, even if there is a bit of chaos involved. Still, it is not too common that a simple round-trip requires 10-ish different bookings to make it happen. Oopsie.
DLD 57: Frogger is more fun in real life
- July 3, 2014
- Tagged as: Air India, Atlanta, Delta, Delta Air Lines, Doha, frequent flier, frequent flyer, jetblue, PaxEx, points, Qatar, Star Alliance, United, United Airlines
What happens when a guy nicknamed Black Cloud for his travel, erm, challenges goes for a run in Ahmedabad at 5am? Many things, including that we managed to get him as a guest on the show to talk about all sorts of fun, including the “real life, high stakes version of Frogger” which ensued.
So, yeah, we’ve got an in-person account of World Cup excitement in Brazil on this week’s episode. Rolo was on the scene and has some great stories to share about his experiences there. Also discussed…
PointsHoarder 40: The Thanksgivukkah Miracle
- November 27, 2013
- Tagged as: jetblue, Mileage Run, National, PaxEx, podcast, rental cars, United, United Airlines, wifi
Not really any miracles to speak of in the episode, but – like many things I write – it seemed like a good idea at the time. We’re coming to you a day early this…
Sorry we’re a little late to publish this time around; I blame the Hilton Garden Inn – Chelsea and their crappy internet connection for making the editing more work than usual. And now that I’ve…
The past two weeks have seen a ton of news in the airline and frequent flyer space, so much that even after we cut out a bunch of stuff we wanted to talk about we…
No, really, we included a credit card link in the show notes today! Of course, ours is not an affiliate link and I actually don’t think it is the one you should use, but we’ll…
