A loyalty points scheme not worth buying in to and another that surprisingly is. Plus an airline disappears, a very long flight returns, and lots more!
DLD 311: Farewell to the 580s
- October 1, 2020
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737MAX, airbnb, business class, co-brand, cobrand, Convair 580, COVID-19, COVID19, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, elite status, Emirates, Europe, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Korean Airlines, New Zealand, PC-24, Pilatus, podcast, premium cabin, routes, singapore airlines, transcon, United Airlines
No, that’s not a typo. We’re mourning the loss of the Convair 580s from commercial service, now slated for next year, among many other things in this week’s episode.
DLD 273: Outsourcing your holiday mess making
- January 2, 2020
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, Alaska Airlines, Boeing, India, routes, SAsiaTrek, singapore airlines, Trip Report
Ending a trip early, ending a career early and making a holiday mess thanks to outsourcing. Here’s hoping that 2020 is better than the end of 2019!
DLD 218: Smoothing connections
- November 8, 2018
- Tagged as: 787-10, A330-800, A330neo, Alaska Airlines, alitalia, American Airlines, Brexit, Delta Air Lines, EasyJet, elite status, engines, Ethiopian Airlines, EXP, IATA, Icelandair, lawsuit, LFW, Lome, merger, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, SEA, SIN, singapore, singapore airlines, Togo, United Airlines, WOW Air
A smooth connection in Seattle was unexpected. Smoothing connections in Africa might be useful. And Brexit likely means rough connections for millions. Hooray!
Engines, engines, everywhere! Even more of which are now broken. Plus many inaugurals and maybe your biometric security data will be sold to an airline or airport soon.
DLD 207: Second guessing Singapore
- August 23, 2018
- Tagged as: A350, Air Canada, China, EWR, Los Angeles, Newark, SIN, singapore, singapore airlines, Twitter, ULH, United Airlines, Washington DC
Will the Singapore-Newark route really fly? Some of us are more skeptical than others. Plus, United’s new elite status for corporations, body scanner cameras for the subway, gentrification sucks, Twitter sucks, US traffic from China tanked and more.
DLD 196: Some long ones
- June 7, 2018
- Tagged as: Air France, Bombardier, Brussels Airlines, elite status, EWR, IATA, IATAAGM18, Newark, O'Hare, ORD, PaxEx, PIT, Pittsburgh, PVG, Shanghai, SIN, singapore, singapore airlines, Star Alliance, United, United Airlines
We mean long routes, not an extra long episode, so don’t worry too much about that. Then again, some of our conversations are pretty long rambles. Enjoy!
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.
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.
Since Singapore Airlines installed their Suites product as the first class seating on some of their aircraft getting one reserved using points has been rather difficult, if not ridiculously expensive. When they initially started to…
