Tag: Russia

Podcast

DLD 384: Competition great and small

May 12, 2022
Tagged as: 777X, A321XLR, Air France, Airbus, Avelo, Avianca, Boeing, Breeze Airways, cargo, Colombia, crash, credit cards, Egyptair, elite status, freighter, lounge, lounges, Lufthansa, MCO, Orlando, Russia, Sky Club, Turkish Airlines, Viva

Mergers generally reduce competition. Upstarts increase it. And somewhere in the middle, we like to talk about all of options.

Podcast

DLD 378: Plus-ing it up

March 31, 2022
Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 10, A321XLR, Aeroflot, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, AKL, Alaska Airlines, Auckland, Boeing, certification, China Eastern, crash, Dallas, DFW, MEL, Melbourne, podcast, Qantas, Rossiya, routes, Russia, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines

At some point “Plus” has to not be the default naming of whatever new thing a company comes up with, right? Alas, this is not that week.

Mask rules are changing, maybe too quickly for airlines to keep up. Plus electric news and MAX potential.

Podcast

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.

New boarding groups, new security screening and nearly 50 new airport names in Russia. An “historic” episode comes to life this week!

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