Paul Papadimitriou
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Creator and host of LayoversAppears in 153 Episodes
133 ALA - Bundling the unbundling, Condor Brewdog, BER secret door, overhead bin booking, inaugural JetBlue, LH sneakers, with Alex Vukolova
At Layovers, we keep our promises: long time listener Alex Vukolova waited 5 years to be a guest, and this is the day, she's been awesome, for a very special show — we...
132 BLQ - Finnair hippos, IST hugeness, fast track lounge, Super NES passport, Midfield Tom Cruise run
We visit Bologna, Istanbul, Bari, Birmingham, Brindisi, we are in a Mission Impossible movie, and we're running like Tom Cruise over the new Midfield Terminal in Abu D...
131 NRT - The Amazing Zipair Race from London to California to Tokyo to Osaka and back
It's a lot about Japan in this episode. And the two dings, the ominous two dings, they will make robots of flight attendants.
130 MSP - Cheap travel and the hamster wheel of miles and status in the post-Covid devaluation times, with Kyle 'Hello Kitty' Potter
Kyle Potter, Executive Editor at Thrifty Traveler, all-around awesome dude, Hello Kitty enthusiast, and long time Layovers listener and friend, tells us all about why ...
129 GVA - Attaché bromance, Air Force Ones, 777X windows, fly with film, Covid weight, Vomit Pro, Brian Shul
We ate a lot of chocolate, lots of cheese, and laughed a lot — how we traveled to Geneva to record Attaché for YouTube (the airline didn't put us on a scale for the re...
128 AUH - Etihad 2.0, Midfield mirage, Swiss cheeseboard, 40000ft silent floating, Louis Vuitton lounging
What rookie mistake did Alex do this time? A story involving cheeseboards, Star Wars mirages, and a hot air balloon.
127 JFK T8 - Mint Studio wow, airfare inflation, BEY dual time, increased turbulences, why do you go to a lounge?
Alex finally flies something else than BA/AA to the US, and Paul has so many questions (but no ceiling).
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 MADrid dash from T4S to T4 never does.
125 CDG T2 - The 747 is forever, a London NY bridge at JFK T8, Air France lounge joie de vivre, 777 guillotine, the airport game
The romantic rendez-vous in Charles de Gaulle — and yes, we finally give you our answers to: airports we think are overrated, airports we like, airports you love, airp...
124 LAX — In and out LAX, the rise of Turkish Airlines, frequent flyer free agents, airline consulting, LA celebrity handling, with Hakan aka LAFlyr
Our friend Hakan, aka LAFlyr, is opening 2023 with us — from going early at the airport as a kid to see the planes, to, err, going early to the airport as an adult to ...
123 BRR — Flying the Concorde, visiting all the Concordes, accessing the Concorde Room, a Concorde episode with GGL Ed Parsons
Ed heard the Concorde prototype as a kid, flew on the Concorde before it got retired, explored all the Concordes in existence around the world since, and now accesses ...
122 FLR — Joyful Norse, Doha Changi Gardens, in-flight 5G, A380 returns, Avios loot boxes, limitless UK liquids, nacho cheese lounge
A few snowy destinations, a few Italian destinations, some airport gardens, and everything in between — be excellent to each other.
121 JED — Flying to Saudi Arabia to see AlUla, Jeddah airport aquarium, Emirates cost cutting, desert driving, Indy travel philosophy
The adventure of flying to Saudi Arabia to see the Nabataeans tombs of AlUla.
120 YUL — World Cup flights, Avios stash, Alaska royalty, Nein to AirTags, Upper First Class, Trudeau Dorval or Mirabel
Alex needed to be in Quebec City, so he obviously flew to Montreal — or maybe Paul did send him there so he can have an excuse for STILL not having been to Canada.
119 KHI — Flying in and around Pakistan, Queen NOTAMs, Japan rush, United x Emirates, ticket inflation, Virgin plusgrade, Argo escape
Paul flies in, out, and around Pakistan. Alex gets plusgraded to Upper Class.
118 LAP — Victorville overfly, 2bn Emirates refresh, Star losing Lufthansa, taxiing EWR for 9hrs, Windsor Suites, smuggling McMuffins
The Southern/Baja California Alex & Megan 2022 Tour, and the air travel stories of the summer. (And no, it's the other La Paz, everyone).
117 VLC - Summer of discontent, Alitalia hit-and-run, AirTag anxiety, A380 comeback, so long Comair, Vuelinggedon
Strikes add to the travel chaos, for a summer of discontent, and Alex experiences it all first hand — are we back to the 1970s? Two hours of air travel stories to unra...
116 MDE - Brace for travel chaos, turbulence forecast, Medellin missed approach, 747-200m fine, air-bus routes, cascading wet leases
Brace brace brace, travel chaos ahead! Another two hours fly by between Alex and Paul, going to Medellin and back, with a million stories in between.