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.
DLD 263: A Hong Kong connection
- October 10, 2019
- Tagged as: American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong, Mileage Run, podcast, Trip Report
With 4.5 hours to connect in Hong Kong there are a few options on the table. Sure, the first class lounges call, but a quick trip into town to chat with a friend can also be a smart play.
DLD 258: Some LaGuardia Love
- September 5, 2019
- Tagged as: airports, business class, CAI, Cairo, EU261, Irkut, LaGuardia, LATAM, LGA, MC-21, Midwest Express, Mileage Run, mileageplus, Milwaukee, MKE, PaxEx, routes, SAS, strike, Trip Report, union, United Airlines
No, really, some love for the old LaGuardia leads off this week’s show. Plus some new plane types, strike compensation and a mistake connecting in Cairo.
Fly for the food, stay for the company, collect (or burn) some points along the way. Just a quick weekend trip to Hong Kong and Beijing from the USA, because we can.
Fozz almost got stuck in Berlin this weekend, but quick thinking saved the day. Also, errors bring lawsuits, The ME3 are all sorts of crazy and purple is coming to Delta’s uniforms.
Is it episode number 2 or number 48? And why the new name? Also, do any of us know what the heck is going on?? Answers to these questions and more in this week’s episode…
PointsHoarder 46: Staten Island to the Island Hopper
- March 6, 2014
- Tagged as: Cleveland, Delta, Frontier, Mileage Run, Qantas, United, United Airlines, wifi
Welcome to episode 46 of the PointsHoarder podcast where we spend much of our time working to bully/pressure Stephan into taking a trip half way around the world, mostly in coach, for no apparent reason…
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…
Lots of “new” going on in this episode, which I suppose is a good thing. After all, if we were talking about old stuff it probably wouldn’t be quite as interesting. Much of the discussion…
Virgin America has a promotion available for either double or triple miles on 13 routes from their west coast hubs at Los Angeles and San Francisco. The promotion runs through 30 June 2013 (it started…
