New Dreamliner configurations, a new deal for collusion and an awesome 747 fly-by, all part of the excitement in this week’s show!
Bus gates for a new terminal? Ugh. Plus lots of new routes, a blacklisted passenger and $700,000 that should not have been paid.
DLD 187: In it for the (Ultra) Long Haul
- April 5, 2018
- Tagged as: 787, 787-10, Air India, Air New Zealand, Auckland, Australia, business class, Chicago, Dreamliner, El Al, Israel, lawsuit, London, PaxEx, Perth, podcast, Qantas, Saudi Arabia, SIN, singapore, singapore airlines, Sydney, ULH, ultra longhaul, United Airlines
Don’t worry: This episode isn’t nearly as long as the flights we’re talking about. But with Perth-London service launched recently we’re all about the very, very long flights. Plus, special guest Cynthia Drescher is back to join in the conversation.
A blown tire in Newark caused rolling delays and some pretty poor customer service in Portland. Delta struck a nerve in Georgia that could hurt it on the fuel tax front. Also, some talk about battery fires and lots of other news this week.
Southwest has a MAX 8, PIT has more visitors and soon you’ll be able to spend longer than ever inside a plane. But is any of that good news??
DLD 140: Insert Title Here
- May 4, 2017
- Tagged as: 757, 787, Alaska Airlines, dining, Dreamliner, Dubai, JFK, London, merger, PaxEx, Perth, Qantas, United, United Airlines, vaccines, Virgin America
Lots of topics this week but no title for the show…hopefully you’re willing to listen anyways.
Welcome to episode 46 of the PointsHoarder podcast where we spend much of our time working to bully/pressure Stephan into taking a trip half way around the world, mostly in coach, for no apparent reason…
It should come as no surprise that the lead story on this week’s episode is the lead aviation-related story in the news, the crash of Asiana 214 at SFO last Saturday. We don’t dwell too…
Two big bits of news in this weeks episode, though that doesn’t stop us from talking about a bunch of other things, too. Perhaps the most significant event was the landing of a Lion Air…
Partners are a key factor in maximizing value of points. This week’s episode talks about, among other things, two significant bits of partner news. First up, Alaska Airlines is finally offering one-way awards on partners;…