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In this airline meal inspired podcast our talk comparing United and Continental quickly devolved into a chat about food. In addition our frequent flyers discuss:

  • The recent updates to the combined United/Continental mileage programs
  • A comparison of inflight service and food between United Airlines and Continental Airlines
  • Randy Peterson's announcement of his departure from FlyerTalk
  • and more...

Do you fly both Continental and United? Any comparisons you would like to add? Let us know below!

Last week many of attended the frequent traveler awards in Houston. In this week's frequent flyer podcast our panelists discussed the event itself as well as the results. We also discussed:

Free Gogo Wifi Charging your phone and other gadgets on the road TSA Body Scanners (again) Laptop size matters when heading through airport security The dinner and reception at the Frequent Traveler awards The winners (and losers!) of the night

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This week our frequent flyers discuss the meanest of the mean - or at least one person's interpretation of this. In addition we discuss

Which airline is meanest in your book? Let us know below...

In this week's travel podcast we are joined again by our newest blogger Gene to discuss the new Delta Airlines now that the Northwest merger has been in progress for some time. Play along and try to guess Gene's thoughts that finish these sentences...

The Delta Airlines Diamond Medallion customer service is ... The ability to upgrade domestic awards for free, after paid Diamonds/before paid Platinum's is ... Rollover Delta MQMs are .... The old terminal at JFK is ...

Continuing on from our discussion of hotels in India, we discuss Indian airlines including Kingfisher, Jet Airways, and Air India.  David joins us again to discuss travel in the region along with some other discussions including

  • The lack of participation in an airline alliance by some India based airlines
  • Recent Hyatt hotel stays
  • The nightmare that is transiting Heathrow airport
  • and more...

 

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In this frequent flyer episode we are joined by Reb, who along with Gary are two of the organizers of this year's Frequent Traveler Awards. Voting is currently open (vote here) and winners will be announced at the award dinner in Houston in early November. We discussed:

  • How the award program came about
  • The differences from other previous loyalty program award events
  • How to attend and more about planned costs
  • and we expressed our disappointment at the lack of a "favorite podcast" category at the awards.