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• Trip Reports

DLD 532: The Trip That Didn’t Happen

• May 1, 2025
• Tagged as: 737 MAX 10, A330-900, A330neo, Adient, Air Inuit, awards, business class, Canada, flyadeal, JAL, Japan Air Lines, Jason Rabinowitz, Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, jetblue, lie-flat beds, Malaysia Airlines, Montreal, premium cabin, Quebec, Real ID, rewards, special guest, Virgin Atlantic

Flying the Air Inuit 737-200 Combi to Puvirnituq’s gravel runway is an AvGeek bucket list item. Alas, the 47-year old plane had other ideas. But we still had an interesting/good time.

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DLD 527: Power Up!

• March 27, 2025
• Tagged as: Air France, Allegient Air, Canada, crash, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, Endeavor, first class, Frontier, GlobalX, Heathrow, Korean Airlines, lounges, Porter Air, premium cabin, Premium Economy, Southwest Airlines, Starlink, United Airlines, WestJet

Got power? That’s usually not an issue for airlines and airports, but this week is different.

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DLD 523: Thanks, I hate it

• February 27, 2025
• Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, business class, Cape Town, Choice Privileges, Dallas, Delta Air Lines, DFW, diversion, electric aircraft, Flagship Suite, hotels, lie-flat beds, loyalty, premium cabin, San Francisco, SFO, South Africa, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines

New seats, nicer hotels, and crazy photos from a diversion are three of the five bullet points we talk about in this week’s show.

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DLD 515: Droning on and on

• December 26, 2024
• Tagged as: 787, A220, A320neo, A350, Air Canada, Air India, Air Traffic Control, Allegris, ATC, business class, dining, ExpressJet, Heathrow, LHR, Lufthansa, Malaysia, Pegasus, premium cabin, SIN, singapore, United Airlines

Fortunately not too much drone chatter this week; we’ve got more important stuff to talk about.

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DLD 514: Hub Plays: Alaska’s Long, Southwest’s Short

• December 19, 2024
• Tagged as: AAdvantage, Air Canada, AirTags, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, credit card, credit cards, drones, elite status, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, first class, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Hawaii, Hawaiian Airlines, hubs, IFC, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, jetblue, PDX, premium cabin, Premium Economy, Qatar Airways, routes, SEA, Seattle, Southwest Airlines, Spain, United Airlines

Two very interesting and very different sets of route announcements caught our attention this week. Plus premium seats and lots more.

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DLD 513: We Try Harder(ish)

• December 12, 2024
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 757-200, A321LR, A321XLR, Air Canada, Allegris, American Airlines, ancillary, ancillary fees, Avis, Basic Economy, Boeing, business class, Citi, co-brand, cobrand, credit card, credit cards, Department of Justice, Department of Transportation, DOJ, DOT, first class, Frontier, Icelandair, Lufthansa, premium cabin, privacy, rental cars, routes, Swiss, TAP Air Portugal, Tulum

Is it finally time for some passenger rights in the USA? And why does air travel feel more unbundled than ever, in every class of travel?

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DLD 512: Branching out

• December 5, 2024
• Tagged as: A350, A350 XWB, A350-900, A380, Aer Lingus, Alaska Airlines, Asiana, Atlanta, British Airways, Bus, charter, Delta Air Lines, DFA, Eastern Airlines, EasyJet, elite status, Emirates, Etihad, ETOPS, Europe, Eva, first class, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Frontier, Heathrow, Korea, Korean Air, LHR, merger, Norse Atlantic, Orly, Paris, premium cabin, regulators, slots, Spirit Airlines, T'way, United Kingdom, Virgin Atlantic, visas

It was Thanksgiving week in the US, so we shifted our gaze to Europe and the Middle East, with plenty of news being made.

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DLD 510: Riddled with trouble

• November 21, 2024
• Tagged as: A321XLR, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Bermudair, engines, first class, Iberia, premium cabin, Rolls Royce, slots, Spirit Airlines

Wayward bullets are bad. Ditto for rodents on planes and a handful of now infamous travelers.

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DLD 509: Worth the EXPOsure?

• November 14, 2024
• Tagged as: Air France, American Airlines, BNA, British Airways, business class, Cancun, Delta Air Lines, Department of Transportation, dining, DOT, fines, FlightPath3D, HNL, Honolulu, Lufthansa, MAN, Manchester, MCO, moving map, Nashville, Orlando, premium cabin, Riyadh Air, routes, Virgin Atlantic

Trade shows and fines and AI and aircraft orders and lots, lots more…

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DLD 507: Lounge Life

• October 31, 2024
• Tagged as: Air Canada, AirBaltic, American Airlines, Boeing, business class, Dulles, first class, flyDubai, Greenland, IAD, Nepal, premium cabin, Premium Economy, Qatar Airways, SAS, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, strike, union

Doing our best to prove that there’s no such thing as a quiet airport lounge anymore, and part of the problem, too.