With a blizzard bearing down we’re reliving prior diversions and other cold weather travel tales, all the way to Antarctica.
We shouldn’t be here right now. We should all be there. But we aren’t. And we don’t even really know where “there” is. A most interesting predicament.
They might all be terrible ideas, but we’re still going to talk about them and figure out if any of it makes sense.
United Airlines announced a 270 aircraft narrow-body order today. 🤯🤯
DLD 337: The Tropics of New England
- June 10, 2021
- Tagged as: AirBaltic, American Airlines, Boom, Boom Supersonic, Breeze Airways, COVID-19, COVID19, credit card, credit cards, cruise, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, inaugural, iOS, iPhone, JFK, JFK Airport, podcast, points, routes, supersonic, Trip Report, TSA, United Airlines, United Kingdom
Summer is heating up in more ways than one. Booking rooms in some destinations is dicey and seems unlikely to get better any time soon.
DLD 327: Travel Traditions
- February 25, 2021
- Tagged as: A318, Airbus, American Airlines, amtrak, BOS, Boston, British Airways, business class, Canada, codeshare, COVID-19, COVID19, DeHaviland, dining, eVTOL, Finnair, Heathrow, immigration, jetblue, JFK, JFK Airport, LCY, LHR, London, London City, Montreal, pre-clearance, premium cabin, Q400, routes, train, Trip Report, United Airlines
Sometimes travel is about new and different adventures. Sometimes it is about repeating the most boring or ridiculous habits. And, when done right, it is often a great blend of both. We close out this week’s episode with some discussion of travel souvenirs that we’re constantly collecting, or at least that we did back when we traveled more.
United teams up with Clear, Southwest leaves Newark and CapOne has a data breach. Plus, a new(ish) airline flying a pretty old little Fokker.
DLD 244: Records, Slots and Partners
- May 23, 2019
- Tagged as: American Airlines, BizAv, Bombardier, business aviation, Dassault, Delta Air Lines, EWR, Gold Passport, Haneda, Hawaiian Airlines, HND, hyatt, JFK, JFK Airport, LCY, London, London City, Newark, routes, Tokyo, TWA, TWA Hotel, United Airlines
Speed records and airport news dominate this week’s show. Some sketchy funding stories, too!
DLD 240: It’ll buff right out
- April 18, 2019
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737MAX, A320neo, A330neo, A380, Air Senegal, American Airlines, Avianca Brazil, bankruptcy, Boeing, BOS, Boston, engines, Hi Fly, Jet Airways, jetblue, JFK, London, Midwest Express, New York City, Norwegian, podcast, Stratolaunch, TATL, Transatlantic
London, eventually. Maybe a couple bankruptcies. And a plane that almost tumbled on take-off. Grab on for a fun set of stories this week!
DLD 214: A new Number 1 and new numbers for 1K
- October 11, 2018
- Tagged as: A380, American Airlines, British Airways, China, elite status, Emirates, high-speed rail, HSR, JFK, marriott, Marriott Rewards, merger, mileageplus, New York City, Norwegian, OTG, OTG Experience, podcast, spg, train, United Airlines, upgrades
United has new elite rules, Marriott still struggles, new A380 engines are stalled and Primera is dead. Rough week, huh?