Air Berlin

And then the final big thing, they can be an elite member of certain partners.

Did I ever tell you guys about that delightful year I had Air Berlin gold status? I never flew that airline, not even once.

I actually once tallied up how much extra it would cost to just buy lounge access across the biggest airlines compared to what I would spend being loyal to one and any premium that I would just pay for just flying the cheap seats.

Look, the math looked pretty good before the pandemic when it was like $499 per airline.

There's one to D.C. God,

remember Air Berlin? The Air Berlin days, Tagel to New York.

Beautiful.

Beautiful.

Rest in peace.

I

don't miss Tegel as much as I miss Air Berlin.

They had good chocolate.

Either Europeans are finally gonna realize that there can be something better, that first class or business class on a two, three-hour flight can be better, there can be real seats, or it's gonna, they're gonna do it for a few years and realize, oh, no one's gonna pay extra for this, and they're gonna remove it, and it's not gonna be the first time an airline has done this, uh, not even the first time an airline has done this in Germany.

Air Berlin back in the day, where it was still a thing out of Berlin, ironically since the first route this was launched on was Berlin-Dubai, Air Berlin offered, uh, when Etihad put its ill-fated investment, they put on business class requirers just like this on a few of its dedicated A320s that went out to the Middle East.

That did not really save the airline, did it? I think BMI had a few Airbus narrow bodies with a, a legit, like, actual business class product that BA absorbed, and they were just kinda out there.

You got lucky if you got them.