We haven’t had much to say about travel to Asia in recent months. That changes this week, as we’re joined by Michael Traeger from TravelZork to share some thoughts. A lot of thoughts, really.
DLD 392: Heat wave
- July 14, 2022
- Tagged as: 737 MAX 10, A220, Akasa, bankruptcy, Boeing, Brazil, Breeze Airways, Cathay Pacific, Connect Airlines, credit card, credit cards, E190, Eva, frequent flier, frequent flyer, GIG, HKG, Hong Kong, India, NFTs, points, routes, SAS, United Airlines
As if airport crowds and luggage SNAFUs aren’t enough, summer heat waves are adding to the challenges in travel.
DLD 390: Back from Europe
- June 30, 2022
- Tagged as: A321XLR, A380, Airbus, alliance, alliances, American Express, AUS, Austin, Blade, business class, co-brand, cobrand, credit card, credit cards, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, first class, Gatwick, Heathrow, helicopter, jetblue, LGW, LHR, London, Lufthansa, New York City, Norse Atlantic, Oman Air, Oneworld, Polaris, premium cabin, routes, slots, Trip Report, United Airlines, WestJet
Summer travel is definitely here. Good luck with that.
Change happens. But it gets way worse if the airline forgets to tell you.
DLD 386: Intel(ligence?) Inside
- June 2, 2022
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 10, 737 MAX 8200, A220, A350, Aeroflot, Alaska Airlines, Breeze Airways, Cape Town, CPT, Delta Air Lines, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, IAG, KLM, loyalty, Norse Atlantic, Northern Pacific Airways, podcast, premium cabin, Premium Economy, Qatar Airways, reciprocity, slots, transcon, Turkish Airlines, union, United Airlines, Virgin Australia
Some terribly dorky jokes get us started this week, but eventually we manage to transition to terribly dorky conversations about airplanes, so that’s mostly a win.
DLD 385: Worst birthday party ever
- May 19, 2022
- Tagged as: Air France, Avianca, Brazil, business class, credit card, credit cards, EWR, flat beds, GOL, Hawaiian Airlines, Heathrow, IFC, ife, IFEC, inflight connectivity, inflight entertainment, inflight wifi, LHR, lounge, lounges, merger, Newark, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, pilot shortage, podcast, Southwest Airlines, Star Alliance, United Airlines, Viasat, wifi
Sure, the conversations were great, but our plans for birthday festivities came up short.
Hard to believe we’re still saying this, but please stop being an asshole on airplanes. Or anywhere else, really. But definitely not on airplanes.
DLD 378: Plus-ing it up
- March 31, 2022
- Tagged as: 737 MAX, 737 MAX 10, A321XLR, Aeroflot, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, AKL, Alaska Airlines, Auckland, Boeing, certification, China Eastern, crash, Dallas, DFW, MEL, Melbourne, podcast, Qantas, Rossiya, routes, Russia, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines
At some point “Plus” has to not be the default naming of whatever new thing a company comes up with, right? Alas, this is not that week.
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 374: Your airline is intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your ticketing plan
- February 24, 2022
- Tagged as: 787, A380, Airbus, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, ATL, Atlanta, Avelo, awards, BDL, Boeing, Breeze Airways, British Airways, California, Cape Town, Cathay Pacific, certification, CPT, Delta Air Lines, EWR, Hartford, Hawaii, Heathrow, HKG, Hong Kong, HVN, LHR, New Haven, Newark, podcast, rewards, routes, Trip Report, United Airlines
Should you subscribe to an airline’s recurring payment offerings? Probably not. But we’re going to talk about it a bit.