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136 DXB - Vegan First Class, lounge bouncers, jet stream rush, intermittent flying fasting, improper JFK hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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136 DXB - Vegan First Class, lounge bouncers, jet stream rush, intermittent flying fasting, improper JFK

Is Emirates low key encouraging membership to the high mile club? (And how Alex and Layovers...

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135 RAK - Epic tropical lounge, composite burn, full row downgrade, going veg, MAXed out Boeing rant hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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135 RAK - Epic tropical lounge, composite burn, full row downgrade, going veg, MAXed out Boeing rant

Qatar'd? No, that new Al Mourjan Lounge at Doha is stunning — one thing we can't say about that...

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134 HKG - All business class 321neo, biometrics AI airports, Qatar 2.0, boarding group 0, IFE gold standard hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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134 HKG - All business class 321neo, biometrics AI airports, Qatar 2.0, boarding group 0, IFE gold standard

Alex tells us all about his return to Hong Kong, with Cathay setting a new gold standard in IFE...

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133 ALA - Bundling the unbundling, Condor Brewdog, BER secret door, overhead bin booking, inaugural JetBlue, LH... hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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133 ALA - Bundling the unbundling, Condor Brewdog, BER secret door, overhead bin booking, inaugural JetBlue, LH...

So small, cozy, cute, a very special airport, that was Tegel, not BER: can the finally (nearly)...

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132 BLQ - Finnair hippos, IST hugeness, fast track lounge, Super NES passport, Midfield Tom Cruise run hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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132 BLQ - Finnair hippos, IST hugeness, fast track lounge, Super NES passport, Midfield Tom Cruise run

Paul tries multiple Italian airports, Alex finally visits the new Istanbul (and flies Turkish for...

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131 NRT - The Amazing Zipair Race from London to California to Tokyo to Osaka and back hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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131 NRT - The Amazing Zipair Race from London to California to Tokyo to Osaka and back

Combini, tamago sando, Skyliner, vending machines, ekiben, baseball Suica cards, yes we discuss...

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130 MSP - Cheap travel and the hamster wheel of miles and status in the post-Covid devaluation times, with Kyle... hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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130 MSP - Cheap travel and the hamster wheel of miles and status in the post-Covid devaluation times, with Kyle...

Kyle Potter, Executive Editor at Thrifty Traveler, all-around awesome(ly smart) dude, Hello Kitty...

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129 GVA - Attaché bromance, Air Force Ones, 777X windows, fly with film, Covid weight, Vomit Pro, Brian Shul hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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129 GVA - Attaché bromance, Air Force Ones, 777X windows, fly with film, Covid weight, Vomit Pro, Brian Shul

We flew to Geneva to record an episode of Attaché (now on YouTube, link below), so how were our...

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128 AUH - Etihad 2.0, Midfield mirage, Swiss cheeseboard, 40000ft silent floating, Louis Vuitton lounging hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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128 AUH - Etihad 2.0, Midfield mirage, Swiss cheeseboard, 40000ft silent floating, Louis Vuitton lounging

Do you have a number? The saga of Alex trying to beat boarding time at Lisbon (you won't believe...

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127 JFK T8 - Mint Studio wow, airfare inflation, BEY dual time, increased turbulences, why do you go to a lounge? hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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127 JFK T8 - Mint Studio wow, airfare inflation, BEY dual time, increased turbulences, why do you go to a lounge?

Alex gets lost at JFK T8, only to encounter crazy turbulences over the Atlantic (a future...

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126 MAD - Mad dash at MADrid, skip the JAL banana, BA/LHR chagrin, Lufthansa seat Tetris, Emirates is Apple hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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126 MAD - Mad dash at MADrid, skip the JAL banana, BA/LHR chagrin, Lufthansa seat Tetris, Emirates is Apple

How is it we had never actually done MAD as an episode title? This ends today, however the mad...

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125 CDG T2 - The 747 is forever, a London NY bridge at JFK T8, Air France lounge joie de vivre, 777 guillotine, the... hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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125 CDG T2 - The 747 is forever, a London NY bridge at JFK T8, Air France lounge joie de vivre, 777 guillotine, the...

The airport you think is overrated, the airport you like, the airport you love, the airport you...

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124 LAX — In and out LAX, the rise of Turkish Airlines, frequent flyer free agents, airline consulting, LA... hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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124 LAX — In and out LAX, the rise of Turkish Airlines, frequent flyer free agents, airline consulting, LA...

Friend of the show, and very long time listener (since episode 1!), Hakan Yılmaz, aka @LAFlyr on...

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123 BRR — Flying the Concorde, visiting all the Concordes, accessing the Concorde Room, a Concorde episode with GG hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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123 BRR — Flying the Concorde, visiting all the Concordes, accessing the Concorde Room, a Concorde episode with GG

Ed Parsons, the Google Maps guy, is our guest today. He's heard the Concorde prototype noise as a...

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122 FLR — Joyful Norse, Doha Changi Gardens, in-flight 5G, A380 returns, Avios loot boxes, limitless UK liquids,.. hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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122 FLR — Joyful Norse, Doha Changi Gardens, in-flight 5G, A380 returns, Avios loot boxes, limitless UK liquids,..

Alex has a joyful experience to Oslo with Norse Atlantic Airways (he flies to Stockholm too, the...

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121 JED — Flying to Saudi Arabia to see AlUla, Jeddah airport aquarium, Emirates cost cutting, desert driving, Ind hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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121 JED — Flying to Saudi Arabia to see AlUla, Jeddah airport aquarium, Emirates cost cutting, desert driving, Ind

"What are you going to Saudi Arabia for?" asked the puzzled flight attendant — Paul was flying to...

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119 KHI — Flying in and around Pakistan, Queen NOTAMs, Japan rush, United x Emirates, ticket inflation, Virgin... hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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119 KHI — Flying in and around Pakistan, Queen NOTAMs, Japan rush, United x Emirates, ticket inflation, Virgin...

Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, three cities, three cultures, and three airports that correspond them...

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118 LAP — Victorville overfly, 2bn Emirates refresh, Star losing Lufthansa, taxiing EWR for 9hrs, Windsor Suites,. hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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118 LAP — Victorville overfly, 2bn Emirates refresh, Star losing Lufthansa, taxiing EWR for 9hrs, Windsor Suites,.

No, the other La Paz — the Southern/Baja California Alex Hunter 2022 Tour, with Megan as a VERY...

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117 VLC - Summer of discontent, Alitalia hit-and-run, AirTag anxiety, A380 comeback, so long Comair, Vuelinggedon hello@layovers.to (Paul Papadi
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117 VLC - Summer of discontent, Alitalia hit-and-run, AirTag anxiety, A380 comeback, so long Comair, Vuelinggedon

Alex lives and sweats the travel chaos, trying to get to Valencia with Vueling (what was he...

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