Fly for the food, stay for the company, collect (or burn) some points along the way. Just a quick weekend trip to Hong Kong and Beijing from the USA, because we can.
DLD 209: To the Primera Meridian
- September 6, 2018
- Tagged as: 737MAX, Berlin, Brussels, California Pacific, CaribAvia, Caribbean, Carlsbad, Cayman Air, China, CLD, LCC, LCCs, London, Primera Air, Stansted, STN, TATL, Transatlantic, Trip Report, TXL, United Airlines
Real-world experience with a new LCC long haul product and lots of talk about more new LCC routes. Plus China/Taiwan troubles continue and some super-cool landing gear will be flying soon.
DLD 197: Smoke & Mirrors
- June 14, 2018
- Tagged as: BOS, Boston, British Airways, business class, first class, LAS, Las Vegas, PaxEx, podcast, Trip Report
Getting “stuck” on a 10-abreast 777 is about the worst thing ever, right? Then again, maybe not. We’re joined this week by Michael Trager of TravelZork and talking about how some travelers actually prefer the tighter space on board.
DLD 179: When we couldn’t figure out where to go
- February 8, 2018
- Tagged as: Austria, Bulgaria, business class, Germany, hotels, Liechtenstein, Munich, Sofia, spg, Starwood Preferred Guest, Stuttgart, Swiss, Trip Report, United, United Airlines, Vaduz, WizzAir
Every now and then you’ll find us together somewhere around the world. This trip ended up in Sofia, Vaduz, Stuttgart and Munich because we suffered from indecision paralysis. Some fun stories along the way, though.
DLD 173: Where not to stay in Singapore
- December 28, 2017
- Tagged as: business class, hotels, Polaris, singapore, Trip Report, United, United Airlines
Jetlagged and in a crazy hotel room is not quite the ideal trip Fozz and Stephan were hoping for on this Singapore trip but things don’t always work out the way you plan.
DLD 171: They finally made it to Taiwan
- December 14, 2017
- Tagged as: business class, China, PaxEx, podcast, Polaris, Taipei, Taiwan, Trip Report, United, United Airlines
After an aborted effort a few weeks back hosts Stephan and Fozz finally made it to Taiwan. These are their jetlag-influenced ramblings.
DLD 168: Pandas, Hot Pots and a Giant Buddha in Chengdu
- November 25, 2017
- Tagged as: Chengdu, China, Trip Report, UNESCO, World Heritage Sites
This week’s episode is all about Chengdu recorded on location with a special guest. Some Saudi Arabia tourism tips, too, which was surprising to all of us.
DLD 163.5: You’re so (Trip In) Vain
- October 23, 2017
- Tagged as: 787, Airbus, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Hawaii, PaxEx, podcast, Southwest Airlines, Taipei, Taiwan, Trip Report, Virgin Atlantic
A busted trip to Taiwan, busted Rolls Royce engines and an attempt to bust Boeing’s bullying ways are on the agenda this episode. Plus Hawaii and the A330neo (again).
DLD 158: Backing off Basic + LCC Cash Concerns
- September 7, 2017
- Tagged as: A350, A350 XWB, Airbus, Delta, Delta Air Lines, economy class, Gatwick, JFK, LCC, LGW, London, Norwegian, Trip Report, United, United Airlines
Come fly across the Atlantic with the crew on an LCC (in Y!) and talk about United’s newly revised A350 order, the evolution of Basic Economy and many US airlines scaling back revenue hopes for 2017.
We tried to talk about our typical travel topics but six bottles of port wine and Seth’s ramblings derailed that a bit. Still some fun discussions in there, though.
