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