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DLD 286: Back to the Future!

  • April 9, 2020
  • Tagged as: Aeroplan, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, Altitude, COVID-19, Delta Air Lines, EasyJet, elite status, loyalty, marriott, MileagePlan, mileageplus, podcast, routes, SkyMiles, special guest, United Airlines

What will the future of airline route networks look like? We dig deep into the past with special guest Ned Russell as we look to the future.

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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.

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DLD 239: Charts? We don’t need no stinkin’ charts!

  • April 11, 2019
  • Tagged as: 737MAX, A350, A350-1000, Austrian Airlines, awards, Boeing, business class, insurance, Mileage Plus, mileageplus, points, rewards, robbery, United Airlines, Upper Class, Virgin Atlantic

As award charts disappear is loyalty following them out the door? Plus a new A350 cabin and more MAX grounding discussions.

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DLD 217: The Dumpling Run

  • November 1, 2018
  • Tagged as: business class, Cathay Pacific, China, dining, dumplings, Hong Kong, Mileage Plus, Mileage Run, mileageplus, Trip Report, United Airlines

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.

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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?

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DLD 71: Merry New Year!

  • January 8, 2015
  • Tagged as: mileageplus, podcast, United, United Airlines

Happy new year! Today we’re talking about airline PR blunders, plans for 2015 and how the new mileage earning rules are changing behavior (or not).

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Wyndham giving away 1 million United MileagePlus points (and more!)

  • June 5, 2013
  • Tagged as: contest, giveaway, mileageplus, United, United Airlines, Wyndham

Wyndham hotels is hosting a contest this summer where they are giving away 1 million points from United in the form of four prizes of 250,000 points each. Register by entering your Wyndham Rewards number…

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PointsHoarder 22.5: A decidedly Danish affair

  • March 21, 2013
  • Tagged as: AAdvantage, American Airlines, award, mileageplus, reward, United, United Airlines

Welcome to episode 22.5 of the PointsHoarder podcast. Why the half number? Mostly because I rounded up from where it probably belongs. One of the problems with a show about travel put on by folks…

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United offering bonus miles for new SFO-Taipei route

  • January 16, 2013
  • Tagged as: airlines, frequent flier, frequent flyer, mileageplus, points, United, United Airlines

As is typical for the introduction of new routes United Airlines is offering bonus miles for passengers this spring when they reintroduce their non-stop service between San Francisco and Taipei. The bonus is available for…

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PointsHoarder 7 – Dividend Miles and MileagePlus

  • July 26, 2012
  • Tagged as: dividend miles, mileageplus, rewards, United, US Airways

In episode 7 of the PointsHoarder podcast we are discussing the ins and outs of US Airways’ Dividend Miles and United’s MileagePlus programs. We talk about the benefits and difficulties of redemptions within each program….

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