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DLD 450: Wait, there’s now lounge elite status??

• September 21, 2023
• Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 8, 757-200, A350, Allegiant, American Express, Boeing, co-brand, cobrand, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, elite status, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, lounge, lounges, medallion, merger, Mexico, Mexico City, New York City, podcast, premium cabin, Premium Economy, seating, seats, Sky Club, SkyMiles, slots, Spirit Airlines, Swiss, Trip Report, United Airlines, Upgrade, Vietnam Airlines

Delta made waves with its SkyMiles/SkyClub rules changes last week. Plus, new seats, new routes, and an end to revenge.

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DLD 410: Many millions of milers

• November 24, 2022
• Tagged as: A320neo, Alaska Airlines, Avelo, Breeze Airways, British Airways, Canada, CDG, crash, CVG, Delta Air Lines, elite status, Flair, Frontier, jetblue, LATAM, LIM, Lima, lounges, Paris, Qantas, routes, SkyMiles

How many million milers is too many? Plus a crazy crash and new transatlantic routes on the horizon.

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DLD 379: Bucket o’ squirrels

• April 7, 2022
• Tagged as: A321neo, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, business class, Delta Air Lines, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Mexico City, podcast, SEA, Seattle, SkyMiles, TATL, Transatlantic

No squirrels were harmed in the making of this episode. And we cannot explain why that is even remotely relevant. But here we are anyways.

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DLD 286: Back to the Future!

• April 9, 2020
• Tagged as: Aeroplan, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, Altitude, COVID-19, Delta Air Lines, EasyJet, elite status, loyalty, marriott, MileagePlan, mileageplus, podcast, routes, SkyMiles, special guest, United Airlines

What will the future of airline route networks look like? We dig deep into the past with special guest Ned Russell as we look to the future.

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DLD 265: A luxury CRJ200 experience

• October 24, 2019
• Tagged as: 777X, 787-9, A220, A350, Airbus, Boeing, business class, Companion Pass, CRJ200, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, LAX, London, Los Angeles, loyalty, Lyft, New York City, PaxEx, premium cabin, priority boarding, Project Sunrise, Qantas, routes, SkyMiles, SkyMiles Select, Southwest Airlines, subscription, Swiss, SYD, Sydney, Uber, ULH, ultra long haul

Is there such a thing as a nice CRJ200 ride? And why might a new world’s longest flight be a bad idea?? Plus another top tier got harder to realize and LAX is moving its pickup zone outside the terminal loop.

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DLD 242: Cutting profits, cutting losses

• May 9, 2019
• Tagged as: Aer Lingus, Aeroflot, awards, bankruptcy, Bombardier, business class, crash, Delta Air Lines, Etihad, EuroBiz, first class, Heathrow, Jet Airways, Korean Air, LHR, Moscow, premium cabin, rewards, SkyMiles, SSJ100, sukhoi

Cutting money-losing programs makes sense in many cases. Selling off a profitable segment of the business is less normal. But here we are.

• Airlines
• Podcast
• Points

DLD 87: With a Globetrotting Guest

• July 23, 2015
• Tagged as: awards, Delta, Delta Air Lines, Etihad, first class, podcast, rewards, SkyMiles

All sorts of changes in the past week or so with the Delta SkyMiles program, plus a special guest talking recent premium cabin travel on a handful of airlines.

• Airlines
• Podcast
• Trip Reports

DLD 83: The Allure of Older Planes

• May 28, 2015
• Tagged as: american, American Airlines, awards, Cuba, Cubana, Delta, Delta Air Lines, Japan, rewards, SkyMiles, Trip Report, United, United Airlines

Old planes sent to the graveyard and a few new apps/websites we wish were similarly fated. Plus a look at the new pseudo-award chart for SkyMiles.

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DLD 75: That day SHARES was more accurate than SABRE

• February 19, 2015
• Tagged as: 787, Air France, american, American Airlines, awards, Delta, Delta Air Lines, PaxEx, podcast, Premium Economy, rewards, SkyMiles, Southwest Airlines, United, United Airlines

How did SHARES best Sabre? Ask American Airlines and its 787 inaugural flight. Plus a lost wallet, two programs going variable on award prices and a mistake fare which raises all sorts of questions.