Flight status. Travel history. Connection updates. And lots more. That’s the promise from Flighty, and we’ve got founder Ryan Jones on this week’s show to talk about it.
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 369: Northern Pacific’s new paint job
- January 20, 2022
- Tagged as: 757, 757-200, livery, Northern Pacific Airways, podcast, special guest
A special report from San Bernardino, California where Northern Pacific unveiled its new livery on a freshly painted 757-200.
DLD 367: A Farewell to R32s
- January 13, 2022
- Tagged as: 5G, 737 MAX, 737 MAX 7, 737 MAX 8200, 737MAX, Air India, Allegiant, Boeing, FRA, frankfurt, ITA Airlines, lawsuit, Lufthansa Group, PEOPLExpress, podcast, Ryanair, special guest
Slightly bizarre to have the lead topic for an aviation podcast to be a subway story, but we’ve never really been a normal group. Plus, we’ve got Jason on to talk about that and many other airplane-related bits.
DLD 344: 49 States, and then some
- July 29, 2021
- Tagged as: A380, Aer Lingus, Aer Lingus UK, BizAv, Boston, business aviation, cruise, Eurowings, Florida, Malaysia Airlines, New York City, seaplanes, special guest
We’ve got a guest on this week, mixing educational fun with a likely new world record!
We’ve got a special guest on the show this week, talking about a very special topic. There’s a new aviation-themed children’s book out, Aya and Avi’s Airplane Adventure, and we’ve got the author on to talk about his inspiration for pulling it together and a few other things.
DLD 329: Dots, Lines & Losers
- March 25, 2021
- Tagged as: Cancun, cargo, Cathay Pacific, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, Dulles, elite status, FedEx, FreeSpirit, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Frontier, HKG, Hong Kong, IAD, Iceland, loyalty, quarantine, routes, special guest, Spirit Airlines, taxes, tourism
Is this a good episode title? Probably not. Is it a good episode, though??
DLD 321: Psssst….I’ve got a great JetTip for you
- December 17, 2020
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737MAX, A340-200, Aeromexico, Aeroplan, Air Canada, Chase, co-brand, cobrand, COVID19, credit card, credit cards, frequent flier, frequent flyer, JetTip, podcast, points, special guest
Where have all the cool planes gone? If you frequently find yourself wondering about that JetTip.net might help with some answers, at least in the US and Canada.
DLD 320: MAXimum effort
- December 10, 2020
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737MAX, American Airlines, drones, grounding, photography, special guest
Is it a race to be first, or just normal business to get the planes back into the sky? Just one of many questions surrounding the 737 MAX return to service now that the grounding has been lifted in the USA.
DLD 318: Building the new Aeroplan
- November 19, 2020
- Tagged as: Aeroplan, Air Canada, frequent flier, frequent flyer, loyalty, special guest
How do you build a new airline loyalty program? We’ve got a couple guests this week from Aeroplan to talk about how their team pulled it all together.
