Happy New Year from all of us on the Upgrd Podcast. In this week's frequent flyer roundtable we discuss the recent irregular airline operations due to weather and some recent trips including: Matthew's first class award on Swiss Airlines The northeast bl

In this frequent flyer podcast we discuss travel news and recap the mergers between Delta / Northwest and Continental / United. We discuss: The new slimline seats on Lufthansa Keep your passwords safe on airline and hotel sites Boingo giveaway - make sur

In this week's frequent flyer podcast we answer listener questions, questions from airlineanswers.com and talk about some recent news including: $20 in free american express spending Aeroplan to require segments for status on AC New Cathay Pacific seats

In this week's travel gift podcast we discuss some recent news and ideas for the hard to buy for traveler including: Matthew on abcnews. American Express $25 Small Business Promotion Mark's Tech Travel Gift suggestions Some of our suggestions including:

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 infli

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

This week our frequent flyers discuss the meanest of the mean - or at least one person's interpretation of this. In addition we discuss Mean Airlines What About American Airlines? Missing Hot Nuts Delta delays 787s to 2020 Which airline is meanest in you

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... Th

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 par

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 No