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DLD 573: A Flying Fancy Feast

• February 12, 2026
• Tagged as: Air Traffic Control, American Airlines, ATC, business class, dining, economy class, Economy Plus, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, jetblue, JetStar Japan, lawsuit, LCC, LCCs, O'Hare, ORD, premium cabin, Qantas, singapore, Singapore Air, Spirit Airlines, Starlux, United Airlines, Venezuela

Can inflight dining ever really be premium? Or just better in some cabins than others? Plus legal drama over new routes, certification progress, and more.

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DLD 551: Shaking things up

• September 11, 2025
• Tagged as: 737 MAX 10, 787-9, AENA, Air France, Alaska Airlines, Austrian Airlines, awards, bankruptcy, Boeing, British Airways, Capital One, credit cards, Department of Transportation, DOT, Dreamliner, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Frontier, GoWild, HOP!, Horizon Air, Iceland, Icelandair, IFC, IFEC, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, jetblue, KEF, Kuiper, LATAM, podcast, Qatar Airways, rewards, Ryanair, Singapore Air, Southwest Airlines, Spain, Spirit Airlines, Starlink, Tel Aviv, TLV, United Airlines, WestJet

Routes and partnerships slashed in some areas, while others focus on innovation. Plus Spanish airports fight back against Ryanair and lots more.

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DLD 411: Who needs sleep?

• December 1, 2022
• Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, business class, certification, China Southern, DOH, Doha, Dubai, DWC, EasyJet, FlyAtlantic, freighter, Frontier, GRU, joint venture, LATAM, LAX, Los Angeles, Oneworld, Polaris, premium cabin, Q400, routes, Sao Paulo, Singapore Air, TATL, Transatlantic, Trip Report, union, United Airlines

Long flights, jet lag, and do pilots need to sleep on a trip, too?

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DLD 349: It’s a conspiracy!

• September 2, 2021
• Tagged as: 787, 787-10, 787-9, A321neo, A380, Air New Zealand, alitalia, awards, cash & points, Chicago, cruise, Delta Air Lines, frequent flier, frequent flyer, ITA Airlines, O'Hare, ORD, podcast, points, Qantas, rewards, singapore, Singapore Air, singapore airlines, South African Airways, United Airlines

Kicking off the show with a bad conspiracy theory about hurricanes probably isn’t our strongest play, but here we are. It gets better pretty quickly.

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DLD 143: What and Where for the Whale?

• May 25, 2017
• Tagged as: 737MAX, 787, A320neo, A380, Airbus, Boeing, Dreamliner, Dubai, Haneda, narita, PaxEx, podcast, Singapore Air, Tokyo

What’s next for the A380? Delays in opening at Dubai and tracking new jets, too.

• Podcast

DLD 112: Ultra-long Competition

• June 23, 2016
• Tagged as: Los Angeles, podcast, singapore, Singapore Air, singapore airlines, United, United Airlines

When the fourth longest route in the world suddenly has direct competition something crazy is happening in the industry. Or, you know, airlines gonna airline.

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• Videos

DLD 74: New seats, big and small

• February 5, 2015
• Tagged as: american, American Airlines, KLM, PaxEx, Premium Economy, Singapore Air, United, United Airlines, videos

This week’s episode talks about new seats coming, some much more comfy that others. Also a promo on the horizon from SPG and American gives a nod to its history.

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• Mileage Run
• Points
• Promotions

Double and triple Elevate points from Virgin America on select routes

• March 27, 2013
• Tagged as: airlines, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Mileage Run, points, promo, promotions, Singapore Air, Virgin America

Virgin America has a promotion available for either double or triple miles on 13 routes from their west coast hubs at Los Angeles and San Francisco. The promotion runs through 30 June 2013 (it started…

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• Points

PointsHoarder 22: Just how many points are you hoarding?

• March 7, 2013
• Tagged as: British Airways, Delta, frequent flier, frequent flyer, lounge, points, Singapore Air, TSA, Virgin America

Welcome to episode 22 of the PointsHoarder podcast. Some of our listeners were asking our opinions of the recent hotel program devaluations and if that is changing our approach to holding our points versus burning…

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Virgin America's new partner and 500 free Elevate points

• March 4, 2013
• Tagged as: airlines, frequent flier, frequent flyer, points, promo, promotions, Singapore Air, Virgin America

Virgin America has extended their partnership with Singapore Air to now include frequent flyer reciprocity for travel on each others’ flights. The rates aren’t great on the earning side for Elevate members but the redemption…