With a blizzard bearing down we’re reliving prior diversions and other cold weather travel tales, all the way to Antarctica.
This week’s episode is a little different. It’s just Fozz and Stephan, as Seth is soaking in all the avgeekery he can at the Dubai Airshow and there hasn’t been a ton of news. But, some of the highlights are:
DLD 355: Weather Gone Wild
- October 14, 2021
- Tagged as: Air Belgium, Air India, AirAsia, American Express, biometrics, British Airways, business class, credit card, credit cards, Gatwick, LGW, lounge, lounges, Membership Rewards, podcast, points, premium cabin, routes, singapore, singapore airlines, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines
We faced a couple mechanicals getting this week’s episode recorded, but are willing to admit that truth, rather than blaming weather, unlike some airlines.
They might all be terrible ideas, but we’re still going to talk about them and figure out if any of it makes sense.
DLD 299: Openings and closings
- July 9, 2020
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 747, 747-8i, Air Canada, American Airlines, award, awards, bankruptcy, Boeing, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, EasyJet, Finnair, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Heathrow, joint venture, lavatory, LHR, lounge, lounges, Norwegian, points, Qantas, reward, rewards, Ryanair
More openings than closings should be good news for lots in the industry, though things remain precarious on many fronts.
DLD 293: Turn around or a turnaround??
- May 28, 2020
- Tagged as: Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Air Transat, BER, Berlin, Cape Town, COVID-19, COVID19, CPT, Delta Air Lines, Eurowings, Hertz, India, JNB, lounge, lounges, Lufthansa, merger, podcast, rental cars, routes, SXF, TATL, Tegel, Transatlantic, TXL
An airport closes, possibly forever. Another was already closed when the plane showed up. And airlines are still planning their financial turnarounds as demand starts to creep higher.
DLD 275: Well-informed opinions
- January 17, 2020
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737MAX, Boeing, Delta, Delta Air Lines, grounding, Heathrow, Las Vegas, LAX, LHR, Los Angeles, lounges, Oneworld, podcast
Live from London, we’ve got a special guest smart enough not to talk about things where he doesn’t know what’s going on. It was a very strange conversation on many levels.
New Dreamliner configurations, a new deal for collusion and an awesome 747 fly-by, all part of the excitement in this week’s show!
Biometrics are big these days. But what benefits do they bring to travelers? Ryanair makes a move in Austria and United makes more cuts to Polaris. Plus plenty more…
It isn’t always about the planes. Well, I mean it is, but occasionally other bits creep in to the conversation, too.