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Month: March 2011

Continental AirlinesUnited Airlines

Guess Who Didn’t Get the Upgrade?

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 31, 2011November 14, 2023 4 Comments

The screenshot below was grabbed four hours prior to departure on Monday. Guess who didn’t get the ugprade? If you gussed me, you guessed correctly. Unfortunately, I still suffer from upgrade phobia and was quite angry when I was offered the...

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Hotel ReviewsHyattPark Hyatt

Review: Park Hyatt Milan

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 30, 2011November 14, 2023 7 Comments

Stepping out of the bustling Galleria Vittorio Emanuele and onto a small side street nestled away in the thriving heart of Milan, I spied the Park Hyatt sign. A bellman stood outside the door and welcomed me as I...

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United Airlines

A First For Me: I Slept Through Meal Service on United

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 29, 2011 3 Comments

This is not really anything to be proud of, I suppose, but it was a first for me: I slept through a transcon redeye on United last night, consuming no food or drink onboard. While this might be trivial...

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Air New ZealandQantas

Air New Zealand Does it Again: Check Out Their New Safety Video

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 28, 2011 Leave a Comment

Air New Zealand continues to win accolades in the creativity department. The airline that has brought us rugby safety videos, peverted fuzz balls, and offensive billboards, now has a new humorous 737 safety video out starring fitness-guru Richard Simmons....

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NewsTSA

Flawed Radiation Readings Force TSA to Reevaluate Full Body Scanners

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 27, 2011 6 Comments

I have flown through Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington Dulles, and San Francisco the last couple days and been (pleasantly) surprised that each time I have come across a full body scanner, it has not been in operation. In Chicago...

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ChicagoUnited AirlinesUnited Club

Would You Have Spoken Up? Biting My Tounge in the Chicago Red Carpet Club

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 27, 2011 10 Comments

I find that it is generally a good idea to mind my own business. Sometimes, however, it is quite difficult.  Yesterday I entered the United Red Carpet Club in Terminal C at Chicago O’Hare where a Lufthansa Senator flying...

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JapanMusingsUnited Airlines

Trip to Japan Postponed – I’m Coming Home!

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 25, 2011 4 Comments

When disaster struck Japan, I waivered over whether to take my planned trip to Tokyo next week. Despite dire warnings of radiation contamination, empty shelves at grocery stores, and rolling blackouts, I determined that media reports were overblown (to...

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Delta AirlinesNews

Delta Downsizes Memphis Hub

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 24, 2011 1 Comment

Only 330 miles away from Delta’s fortress hub and world headquarters in Atlanta, it was only a matter of time before service cutbacks at Memphis would occur after the Northwest/Delta merger. Although Delta promises that Memphis will remain a...

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American AirlinesNewsUnited Airlines

Flight Lands Without Guidance in Washington, DC While ATC Sleeps

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 24, 2011 2 Comments

Isn’t it a comforting thought that air traffic controllers at major airports sleep on the job? It is not the first time this has happened and I know it won’t be the last, but it is always newsworthy when it does occur. Earlier today, just after...

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British Midlanddiamond club

British Midland Yanks Star Alliance Silver Status from New Members

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 23, 2011 5 Comments

Last week, I blogged about British Midland (bmi) offering free Star Alliance Silver status to new members of their Diamond Club program. Apparently, that offer was not meant for everyone. James, a reader of this blog, just forwarded me the following e-mail he...

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Continental AirlinesUnited Airlines

Jeff Smisek Hints at Major Changes for United

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 22, 2011 1 Comment

United CEO Jeff Smisek has been making his rounds lately and spoke today at the J.P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation & Defense Conference in New York City. I just listened to it and offer my notes from his ~30 minute...

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Continental AirlinesUnited Airlines

Continental Plans Wi-Fi Expansion to 737s, 757s – Will United Follow?

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 22, 2011 2 Comments

United announced today that its fleet of Continental domestic 737s and 757s (over 200 planes) will be equipped with Wi-Fi starting in 2012. Unlike the Gogo land-based system that UA currently uses, Continental will use satellite provider Ka-band, which purportedly will utilize world’s highest-capacity satellite to provide...

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LufthansaMileage PlusTipsUnited Airlines

L-Class Lufthansa Intra-Europe Fares Earn 100% RDMs/EQMs on United

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 21, 2011November 14, 2023 2 Comments

I flew on Lufthansa from Milan to Frankfurt Staurday evening on a cheap fare that I thought would earn zero miles. For the heck of it, I added my Mileage Plus number when checking in and was shocked to...

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Qantas

John Travolta’s Qantas Safety Video Irks Flight Crews

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 21, 2011 4 Comments

Qantas flight crew are not happy about a new safety video starring John Travolta that is now featured on most Qantas flights. [S]taff are up in arms. It’s "corny", apparently, and "tacky". Why an American? And, very particularly, why does Travolta refer to them as the...

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LufthansaUnited Airlines

Lufthansa Proves United isn’t the only Website with Problems

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 20, 2011November 14, 2023 Leave a Comment

For reasons which I will discuss later this week, I decided to skip my return flight to Frankfurt on Ryanair and book with Lufthansa instead. The LH fare itself wasn’t bad, but booking it turned out to be a huge...

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Hotels

Why I am Finished with Hotel Bidding on Priceline and Hotwire

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 20, 2011 11 Comments

I flew into Pisa, Italy on Wednesday and spent much of the afternoon there, before boarding a train to Rome. Arrival in Rome was not scheduled until around 9pm, so with a very busy day of sightseeing to follow,...

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JapanMusingsUnited Airlines

My Japan Dilemma – To Go or Not to Go?

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 19, 2011 14 Comments

To be clear, compared to what the Japanese people are going through right now, my dilemma is quite unsubstantial, but because this is my travel blog, I trust you won’t find it in poor taste to speculate about my...

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Hot DealsLufthansa

€40 Off Your Next Lufthansa Flight

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 18, 2011 Leave a Comment

Save €40 off your next Lufthansa flight by requesting a free voucher through this link. This deal has been around a couple weeks, but many countries, including Germany, returned error messages stating that the supply of vouchers had been...

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Award TravelContinental AirlinesMileage PlusUnited Airlines

United’s New Award Chart a Better Deal for the Savvy Traveler

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 18, 2011 5 Comments

It came a complete shock to me when United updated their award chart this week and did not introduce across the board price increases. On the contrary, United cut the number of miles needed to fly to Europe or...

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emiratesUnited Airlines

United to Eliminate Emirates as Award Partner on May 28th

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 18, 2011 Leave a Comment

Following Continental’s lead, United’s partnership with Emirates will end on 28 May. You can still accrue award miles miles through that date and have until 28 November to request missing mileage credit for flights taken on or before 28...

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