DLD 258: Some LaGuardia Love
No, really, some love for the old LaGuardia leads off this week's show. Plus some new plane types, strike compensation and a mistake connecting in...
Mileage Run
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DLD 217: The Dumpling Run
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...
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DLD 192: It’s Delta sir, She’s gone Plum!
Fozz almost got stuck in Berlin this weekend, but quick thinking saved the day. Also, errors bring lawsuits, The ME3 are all sorts of crazy...
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Lufthansa wins big against "Error Fares"
Don't use the words "Error Fare" when talking about great bargains. That's the message handed down this week by a German court. Lufthansa doesn't like...
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The mileage run is dead; Long live the mileage run
Mileage runs are dead and have been for years. Except the part where they are not at all and won't be for some time yet....
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Get paid as a travel mule
Can you make money on international mileage runs as a mule? And not get arrested doing so?? Backpack is a new startup which aims to...
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Mistake fares really are mistakes in Canada
Airlines are permitted to make mistakes when it comes to pricing in Canada. And they get 72 hours to notify passengers that tickets won't be...
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Because connecting is more fun than flying non-stop
With an impending work trip to Hamburg, Germany on the horizon it was finally time to book my flights. There is a non-stop option from...
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Just how big was Delta’s Boxing Day sale??
As sale/mistake fares trickle through the GDS systems and then through online communities the scale can be hard to measure, especially as an outsider looking...
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Watching a mileage run explode and bailing out
Good morning from Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station where, after ~26 hours, I’m finally back where I’m supposed to be in this travel adventure. To say...