The industry gathered in Rio to discuss its future, and things are awfully murky right now. Plus an update on the UA 764 incident at EWR, lounges, dynamic award pricing, and more.
DLD 412: Dollar dollar bills, y’all
- December 8, 2022
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 787, Air France, Air India, Airbus, American Airlines, Avelo, award, British Airways, certification, cobrand, congress, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, FAA, first class, hydrogen, JAL, jetblue, JFK, JFK Airport, lounges, merger, Norse Atlantic, podcast, reward, singapore airlines, Sky Club, TATL, Thai Airways, Transatlantic, union, United Airlines, Vistara
Singapore Airlines is out spending cash like it is 2019 again, so that seems to be good news for other airlines.
DLD 376: Point.Me to the awards
- March 10, 2022
- Tagged as: award, awards, Cape Town, CPT, Delta Air Lines, dining, jetblue, merger, podcast, points, reward, rewards, Russia, special guest, Sunwing, ukraine, United Airlines, WestJet
A good award search tool is something of a holy grail in the miles & points space. Point.Me is pretty darn close, if not entirely there.
DLD 375: Lasha Tumbai
- March 3, 2022
- Tagged as: AAdvantage, American Airlines, Avios, awards, Eastern Airlines, ETOPS, frequent flier, frequent flyer, podcast, Qatar Airways, reward, rewards, ukraine, Upgrade, upgrades
A bit of a challenge this week to get past the very real suffering of war and have a conversation about what it means in the context of aviation. But we’re trying.
Booking inaugural routes is almost as fun as flying them, right?? Plus A321Ts parked, AirAsia Japan dying and United’s November growth plans.
DLD 299: Openings and closings
- July 9, 2020
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 747, 747-8i, Air Canada, American Airlines, award, awards, bankruptcy, Boeing, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, EasyJet, Finnair, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Heathrow, joint venture, lavatory, LHR, lounge, lounges, Norwegian, points, Qantas, reward, rewards, Ryanair
More openings than closings should be good news for lots in the industry, though things remain precarious on many fronts.
DLD 298: Mixed awards, mixed messages
- July 2, 2020
- Tagged as: Air Canada, Air China, award, awards, bankruptcy, cash & points, China, China Eastern, China Southern, jetblue, LIAT, Pakistan, podcast, refunds, reward, rewards, routes, TSA
When an airline says it is concerned about passenger safety and then increases the number of seats sold that can be hard to reconcile. But at least they’re leaving it members of their cabin crew to keep posting anti-mask FUD on social media, right??
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;…
Welcome to episode 22.5 of the PointsHoarder podcast. Why the half number? Mostly because I rounded up from where it probably belongs. One of the problems with a show about travel put on by folks…
Did you know that there are only three ways to earn points? Reading a thread on MilePoint a couple weeks ago, that was one of the views presented. As Gary has listed, the three ways…
