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DLD 432: You want fries with that

• May 11, 2023
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, Air Canada, Air Tahiti Nui, Alaska Airlines, awards, Bermuda, Bermudair, Breeze Airways, business class, Delta Air Lines, dining, Etihad, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, flyDubai, Frontier, Haneda, HND, JFK, LaGuardia, Mexico, New York City, Norse Atlantic, premium cabin, rewards, routes, Saudia, seating, seats, SLC, slots, Tahiti, Trip Report, United Airlines

Can fries be reasonably served as a side on board? And, quite frankly, why not tater tots instead??

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DLD 428: Squeeze play

• April 13, 2023
• Tagged as: American Airlines, AMS, Amsterdam, British Airways, credit cards, Dubai, DWC, EWR, immigration, JFK Airport, Newark, Norse Atlantic, OTG Experience, points, routes, SEA, Seattle, slots, Upgrade

Trying to squeeze more planes into a terminal is rarely an easy task. When the terminal is brand new and someone screwed up the design work it is even worse.

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DLD 423: Are you aware??

• March 9, 2023
• Tagged as: 737 MAX 8, 787-9, A350, A350 XWB, A350-1000, A350-900, Air India, Allegris, Asiana, business class, China, Delta Air Lines, emissions, first class, Greater Bay Airlines, Hong Kong, hydrogen, Korean Airlines, lawsuit, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Group, Luxair, merger, Norse Atlantic, premium cabin, routes, union, Universal Hydrogen, Vistara

Hydrogen is flying, at least on one engine. And that’s way better for awareness than some of the other stuff we’ve seen lately.

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DLD 412: Dollar dollar bills, y’all

• December 8, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 787, Air France, Air India, Airbus, American Airlines, Avelo, award, British Airways, certification, cobrand, congress, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, FAA, first class, hydrogen, JAL, jetblue, JFK, JFK Airport, lounges, merger, Norse Atlantic, podcast, reward, singapore airlines, Sky Club, TATL, Thai Airways, Transatlantic, union, United Airlines, Vistara

Singapore Airlines is out spending cash like it is 2019 again, so that seems to be good news for other airlines.

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DLD 400: We suck at travel

• October 6, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX 10, Aer Lingus, Air France, AirBaltic, airbnb, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Antitrust Immunity, ATI, awards, Boeing, Brexit, business class, C919, China, CLE, Cleveland, COMAC, Delta Air Lines, Delta One, Eurostar, JFK, JFK Airport, joint venture, KLM, LATAM, lawsuit, lounges, Norse Atlantic, premium cabin, rewards, routes, SkyTeam, slots, TATL, train, Transatlantic, Virgin Atlantic, WestJet

It was supposed to be a quick weekend getaway for the crew. That didn’t work out so well. Also in this episode: Virgin Atlantic joins SkyTeam Eurostar’s Brexit capacity cuts Cleveland gets its European nonstop…

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DLD 390: Back from Europe

• June 30, 2022
• Tagged as: A321XLR, A380, Airbus, alliance, alliances, American Express, AUS, Austin, Blade, business class, co-brand, cobrand, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, first class, Gatwick, Heathrow, helicopter, jetblue, LGW, LHR, London, Lufthansa, New York City, Norse Atlantic, Oman Air, Oneworld, Polaris, premium cabin, routes, slots, Trip Report, United Airlines, WestJet

Summer travel is definitely here. Good luck with that.

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DLD 388: A last-minute change

• June 16, 2022
• Tagged as: Australia, BER, Berlin, BNE, Comair, COVID-19, Krisflyer, Norse Atlantic, pilot shortage, routes, Russia, San Francisco, SFO, singapore airlines, South Africa, Trip Report, United Airlines, Vueling

Change happens. But it gets way worse if the airline forgets to tell you.

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DLD 386: Intel(ligence?) Inside

• June 2, 2022
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 10, 737 MAX 8200, A220, A350, Aeroflot, Alaska Airlines, Breeze Airways, Cape Town, CPT, Delta Air Lines, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, IAG, KLM, loyalty, Norse Atlantic, Northern Pacific Airways, podcast, premium cabin, Premium Economy, Qatar Airways, reciprocity, slots, transcon, Turkish Airlines, union, United Airlines, Virgin Australia

Some terribly dorky jokes get us started this week, but eventually we manage to transition to terribly dorky conversations about airplanes, so that’s mostly a win.

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DLD 383: Gettin’ Flighty with it

• May 5, 2022
• Tagged as: Australia, New York City, Norse Atlantic, Project Sunrise, Qantas, routes, seaplanes, special guest, SYD, Sydney, Tailwind, TATL, Transatlantic, ultra long haul, ultra longhaul, Washington DC

Flight status. Travel history. Connection updates. And lots more. That’s the promise from Flighty, and we’ve got founder Ryan Jones on this week’s show to talk about it.

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DLD 381: Masks begone!

• April 21, 2022
• Tagged as: 787, Air Europa, AirBaltic, American Airlines, business class, Condor, Eurowings Discover, Finnair, leasing, livery, Norse Atlantic, premium cabin, SAS, seating, seats, Trip Report, Turkish Airlines

The lack of appeal, perhaps, is the most interesting part. But the CDC mask mandate for travel is gone, thanks to a court ruling in Florida.