• Podcast

DLD 454: Is there such a thing as real loyalty program enhancements?!?

• October 18, 2023
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, American Airlines, AMS, Amsterdam, ancillary fees, Beond, Bermudair, carbon offsets, Delta Air Lines, economy class, elite status, Emirates, engines, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Haneda, HND, ITA Airlines, Italia Trasporto Aereo, Japan, jetblue, JFK Airport, KLM, loyalty, Mosaic, points, Portsmouth, premium cabin, promotions, PSM, Rapid Rewards, Rolls Royce, routes, slots, Southwest Airlines, Tokyo, TrueBlue, United Airlines

Can loyalty programs actually make changes that seem to make things better for customers, without taking benefits away elsewhere? Tune in to find out.

• Podcast

DLD 332: I always feel like somebody’s watching me

• May 6, 2021
• Tagged as: A220, Air Transat, Canada, El Al, frequent flier, frequent flyer, jetblue, points, promotions, routes, Sun Country, United Airlines, Vistara

Maybe we went a little too far off the rails talking about privacy and ad tech and where they intersect. Including on board JetBlue’s newest A220 fleet.

• Airlines
• Hotels
• Podcast

DLD 70: A Christmas Miracle

• December 25, 2014
• Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, american, American Airlines, bonus, IHG, Intercontinental Hotel Group, Kimpton, merger, podcast, promotions, upgrades, US Airways

Merry Christmas from the DLD crew! This week we’re talking fuel hedges, hotel buyouts and just how compelling mega bonus miles can be. Plus, we’ve got a special guest, David Huberman, on the show.

• Hotels
• Points
• Promotions

Get 500 bonus United miles this week with PointsHound

• June 24, 2013
• Tagged as: bonus, hotels, points, PointsHound, promotions

Through the end of June PointsHound, the hotel booking site where you earn airline points for bookings, is offering up 500 bonus United points per booking. Not the biggest bonus, not a huge booking window…

• Airlines
• Mileage Run
• Points
• Promotions

Bonus AAdvantage miles for Portland-Chicago service

• May 31, 2013
• Tagged as: AAdvantage, american, American Airlines, bonus, Chicago, ORD, PDX, points, Portland, promotions

American Airlines is launching twice-daily non-stop service between Chicago and Portland, Oregon on 12 June 2013. To celebrate they’ve loaded a bonus miles promotion into the system offering double miles (100% bonus over the base…

• Airlines
• Points
• Promotions

Earn 50% bonus miles on United's new Denver-Tokyo route

• May 25, 2013
• Tagged as: bonus, DEN, Denver, narita, NRT, points, promotions, Tokyo, United, United Airlines

United Airlines has announced a promotion for the new (and finally maybe actually flying) Denver-Narita route, scheduled to enter service on 10 June 2013. Alas, the promotion is only for 50% bonus miles and, even…

• Airlines
• Points
• Promotions

JetBlue adds TrueBlue promo listing page

• May 23, 2013
• Tagged as: airlines, bonus, jetblue, points, promotions, TrueBlue

Want a single place to find all the promotions available from your loyalty program of choice? Most don’t have such available. And until today JetBlue didn’t either. Fortunately for TrueBlue members that has changed. There…

• Hotels
• Points
• Promotions

Earn 2,500 bonus HHonors points for bookings made today

• May 23, 2013
• Tagged as: bonus, HHonors, hilton, hotel, hotels, points, promo, promotions

Hilton has a slightly convoluted promotion out this morning with marginal potential upside. Still, if you’re going to be booking a Hilton hotel today anyways for a stay this summer it is at least worth…

• Hotels
• Points
• Promotions

Get 10,000 bonus points for 2-night Club Carlson stays through July 21, 2013

• May 13, 2013
• Tagged as: bonus, Club Carlson, points, promo, promotions

Got any Club Carlson-related stays coming up in the next 9 weeks? If so, you might be in line for a nice chunk of bonus points. From now through July 21, 2013, every 2-night or…

• Lounge
• Promotions

Use your Klout for a free day pass to the Admirals Club

• May 7, 2013
• Tagged as: American Airlines, lounge, promo, promotions

American Airlines and Klout have teamed up to offer online influencers a free entry to an Admirals Club lounge. The promotion also includes the opportunity to win a free annual subscription. The gist of the…