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DLD 280: Alliance dalliances

• February 20, 2020
• Tagged as: Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Bangalore, BLR, British Airways, business class, carbon offsets, Delta Air Lines, emissions, EuroBiz, India, Oneworld, podcast, premium cabin, Premium Economy, Project Sunrise, Qantas, routes, SEA, Seattle, Trip Report, ULH, ultra long haul, ultra longhaul, union

A new alliance affiliation, a new secondary cities airline in the USA and unblocking EuroBiz middles: What does it all mean?!?

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DLD 278: ICAOn’t even figure out WHO is managing China policies

• February 6, 2020
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737MAX, A220, Airbus, alliances, American Airlines, Boeing, China, LATAM, Oneworld, podcast, routes, Royal Air Maroc, United Airlines

As governments and the traveling public continue to respond to the corona virus outbreak in China it is spectacularly unclear who, if anyone, is coordinating a coherent global response. Hooray!

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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.

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DLD 183: A Tibet Temper Tantrum

• March 8, 2018
• Tagged as: 787, American Airlines, Chicago, China, Delta Air Lines, E175, Embraer, marriott, O'Hare, Oneworld, ORD, Tibet, United, United Airlines

Clicking the like button costs one Marriott employee his job. American is crying foul in Chicago and Delta’s efforts to remain neutral aren’t working out so well. Plus, an awful way to motivate employees comes to United Airlines!

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DLD 169: When will then be now? Soon! (2)

• December 1, 2017
• Tagged as: American Airlines, business class, Cathay Pacific, China, China Southern, Hong Kong, Lufthansa, Oneworld, podcast, routes, SkyTeam, Star Alliance, Switzerland, United Airlines

Is it possible to introduce a new product too soon? Also, survival of the fittest can be bad if you’re named Darwin. Plus big potential moves in China.

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DLD 85: El Ocho Cinco

• June 11, 2015
• Tagged as: American Airlines, American Express, Dubai, Oneworld, Qatar Airways, spg, starwood, Starwood Preferred Guest, Sydney

Australia is in for American and the SPG AmEx is improved for many. Dubai is hot and water is wet. Lots of fun on this week’s show.

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• Lounge
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• Points

PointsHoarder 27: Breaking news!

• May 30, 2013
• Tagged as: AAdvantage, american, American Airlines, Avios, British Airways, Delta, elite status, EWR, JFK, LAN, New York City, Newark, Oneworld, Sky Club, United, United Airlines

Does it actually count as breaking news if it happened 2 days ago and we’re just reporting it now? What if it probably isn’t all that important of a story anyways? What say ye, listeners?…

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PointsHoarder 20: Are there more than three ways to earn points??

• February 7, 2013
• Tagged as: 787, award, Boeing, Brazil, Denver, Dreamliner, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Malaysian, Oneworld, points, reward, Sao Paulo, TAM, Tokyo, United, United Airlines

Did you know that there are only three ways to earn points? Reading a thread on MilePoint a couple weeks ago, that was one of the views presented. As Gary has listed, the three ways…

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PointsHoarder 18: The year in review

• December 27, 2012
• Tagged as: Air Berlin, Air Canada, airlines, Airtran, American Airlines, Deals, Delta, elite status, Emirates, Hawaiian Airlines, hotel, hotels, jetblue, Malev, Mileage Run, Oneworld, points, promo, promotions, Qantas, Qatar, Singapore Air, SkyTeam, Southwest Airlines, Star Alliance, United, United Airlines, Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic

Dear 2012: So long, and thanks for all the incredible experiences! This week’s episode is a (relatively) quick trip down memory lane for the PointsHoarder crew. We’re talking about a few quick news pieces (Air…

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PointsHoarder 15: Exploring oneworld Explorer awards

• November 15, 2012
• Tagged as: Air France, airline, airline miles, American Airlines, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Oneworld, points, United, United Airlines, Upgrade

Welcome to episode 15 of the PointsHoarder podcast. This week we’re exploring an award type that none of us know anything about. OK, maybe that is a bit dramatic, but we’re talking about the oneworld…