DLD 236: One Lucky Podcast
- March 21, 2019
- Tagged as: Book Review, podcast, special guest, Trip Report
How do you close out a 20+ year journey? Try a 53-day trip across the USA to see 40 pro teams play.
DLD 234: Paine with Pizza
- March 7, 2019
- Tagged as: airports, Alaska Airlines, E175, Everett, Horizon Air, inaugural, PAE, Paine Field, PaxEx, podcast, Seattle
Is it as aggressive a crossover as Avengers: Infinity War? Maybe not. But this week’s show has DLD and MilesToGo producing a joint episode to relive the inaugural festivities at Paine Field and it sure was fun.
The US government shutdown finally took its toll on a pair of inaugurals, and a few others are giving up, too.
DLD 228: Sassy stories from Croatia
- January 24, 2019
- Tagged as: A320, Air India, Avianca Brazil, bankruptcy, Bonvoy, China, Croatia, Croatia Airlines, FAA, first class, marriott, Marriott Rewards, Norwegian, PaxEx, podcast, Trip Report, TSA, United Airlines, Zagreb
Telling tales and enjoying a winter holiday in Zagreb, Croatia. The sass mostly comes from others, not us.
DLD 227: Not so fast!
- January 17, 2019
- Tagged as: Air Asia, Air New Zealand, Brexit, business class, Cathay Pacific, engines, first class, GE9X, Iberia, lounge, podcast, Polaris, TSA, United Airlines
A government shutdown and slowing airline expansion both take their toll. Plus an airline brand dies. But mistake fares live on!
Perhaps our most coherent episode yet. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
DLD 219: A rough triple for Boeing
- November 15, 2018
- Tagged as: 747, 757, Air Astana, American Airlines, Boeing, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, E190, Embraer, Lion Air, New York City, podcast, Ryanair
Bad things come in threes, right? Hopefully that’s the case here as Boeing wraps a pretty bad run of incidents with its aircraft. Plus, a 3 day delay and a seized plane!
Is American’s new LAX terminal a bet against JFK? Why is Hertz joining SkyTeam? And what the heck is going on at British Airways??
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?
DLD 212: No changes, unlikely merger, little fuel
- September 28, 2018
- Tagged as: Air India, American Airlines, Emirates, Etihad, EU261, merger, podcast, United Airlines
Will a Middle East merger happen? Did a plane run very low on fuel? Is the new UA boarding process a joke? Lots of answers in this week’s show!
