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DLD 397: Scavenger Hunt

• August 18, 2022
• Tagged as: A330-900, A330neo, Airbus, Akasa, Allegient Air, AMS, Amsterdam, AraJet, business class, Delta Air Lines, EAS, Emirates, Essential Air Service, Eurostar, first class, Haneda, Heathrow, HND, India, jetblue, LAX, LHR, Los Angeles, Malaysia Airlines, Mint, Northern Pacific, Northern Pacific Airways, points, Premium Economy, routes, Schiphol, seaplanes, Sun Country, SYD, Sydney, Tailwind, Tokyo, Uber

Scavenging for spare parts, profitable routes, or just good travel ideas? We’ve got it all in this week’s show.

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DLD 389: Back at AIX

• June 23, 2022
• Tagged as: Aircraft Interiors Expo, AIX, AIX22, business class, economy class, lie-flat beds, premium cabin, Premium Economy, seating, seats, special guest

Trade shows are back, and so are we. Greetings from Hamburg and the 2022 edition of the Aircraft Interiors Expo.

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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 373: Cocoon or carpet?

• February 17, 2022
• Tagged as: Boeing, business class, certification, Condor, Finnair, Frontier, merger, PDX, Portland, premium cabin, Premium Economy, SpaceX, Spirit Airlines, Starship, TATL, Transatlantic, ukraine, union, United Airlines

New seats, new routes, and a comeback of quality flooring round out this week’s top stories.

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DLD 361: Thanks time

• November 25, 2021
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, ADS-B, AI, Akasa, artificial intelligence, ATL, Atlanta, Barcelona, cargo, China, Connect Airlines, DAS21, Dubai Air Show, Emirates, indigo Partners, Norse Atlantic, podcast, Premium Economy, slots, Stansted, STN, Waltzting Matilda

What are you thankful as the Thanksgiving holiday arrives once again? Probably not being involved in any of our first few topics is a good start.

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DLD 342: Red, Green, or Christmas??

• July 15, 2021
• Tagged as: Bilt Rewards, BlueOrigin, E195-E2, Embraer, loyalty, New Mexico, podcast, Porter Air, Premium Economy, Santa Fe, space, SpaceX, Swiss, Trip Report, Virgin Galactic

Points for paying rent? That’s the underlying premise of the new Bilt Rewards program and, well, it is very different from others that came before.

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DLD 295: Vegas is back!

• June 11, 2020
• Tagged as: British Airways, COVID-19, COVID19, Heathrow, Las Vegas, podcast, Premium Economy, Trip Report

The Las Vegas strip is open again. Or at least open-ish. It is a far cry from the typical levels of action and activity, but things are starting to come back and it is very different. But also very the same. Here’s a first-hand report from the Strip on opening weekend.

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DLD 291: The Cheese Soup test

• May 14, 2020
• Tagged as: Avianca, bankruptcy, COVID-19, Department of Transportation, DOT, elite status, Emirates, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Iran, LifeMiles, lifetime, Mahan Air, Premium Economy, refunds, regulators, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Australia

We’re deep in the throes of learning what requirements will exist for passengers to prove they’re healthy and resume travel. This week’s episode has a very unlikely candidate for one such test.

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DLD 281: A Boycott!

• February 27, 2020
• Tagged as: American Airlines, amtrak, ATR, ATR 42-600, coronavirus, Delta Air Lines, E145, economy class, Embraer, Hawaiian Airlines, ICN, KLM, premium cabin, Premium Economy, Qatar Airways, routes, Seoul, Silver Airways, Streaming IFE, Trip Report, United Airlines, United Express

Major cuts extending beyond China and beyond planes. Plus old enemies are friends and another dream of beds in long-haul economy…C’mon in!

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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?!?