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Month: December 2022

Year in Review

My Top 10 Flights In 2022

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 31, 2022December 31, 2022 7 Comments
Top Flights 2022

As 2022 draws to a close, it is time for my annual “Top 10” series. Here, I’ll look back on my 10 favorite flights from 2022. As a reminder, this is not a top-10 all-time list nor does it...

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Year in Review

The 10 Most Popular Live And Let’s Fly Posts Of 2022

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 31, 2022December 31, 2022 16 Comments
Most Popular Posts 2019

What is “popular” should help you understand why I tend to focus on the stories that I do. As we close out the year of 2022, I’m looking back at the 10 most popular posts of 2022 in terms...

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HotelsYear in Review

My Top 10 Hotel Stays In 2022

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 31, 2022 5 Comments

As 2022 draws to a close, it is time for my annual “Top 10” series. Here, I’ll look back on my 10 favorite hotel stays from 2022. As a reminder, this is not a top-1o all-time list, but only...

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Law In TravelSouthwest Airlines

Shocking: Police Threaten To Arrest Passengers For “Trespassing” During Southwest Airlines Meltdown

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 31, 2022 13 Comments
Airport Trespassing

If your flight is canceled and you are left standing in the airport gate area trying to rebook, are you trespassing? Police at Nashville Airport say yes. Southwest Airlines Gate Agent Calls Cops To Get Rid Of “Pesky” Passengers...

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NewsUnited Airlines

United Airlines 787-9 Diverts To Pago Pago

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 31, 2022December 31, 2022 8 Comments
United Airlines 787-9 Pago Pago

As Sydney rings in the new year this hour, passengers on a United Airlines 787-9 flight from Los Angeles to Sydney are holding a very different and unexpected New Year’s celebration on Pago Pago in American Samoa. United Airlines 787-9...

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Meal of the WeekYear in Review

My Top 10 Airline Meals Of 2022

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 30, 2022December 31, 2022 21 Comments
Top 10 Airline Meals 2022

For this year’s final Meal of the Week, I count down my top 10 airline meals of 2022. To be clear, these are only the best meals I have enjoyed over the last year, not my top 10 all-time...

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Southwest Airlines

4 Ways Passengers Can Hold Southwest Airlines Accountable

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 30, 2022December 30, 2022 3 Comments

The US Department of Transportation has published a helpful guide of specific expectations for holding Southwest Airlines accountable for its operational meltdown over the last week. Impacted passengers should use this guide as a blueprint for seeking compensation for...

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Year in Review

My Top 10 Airline Lounges Of 2022

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 30, 2022 30 Comments
Top 10 Airline Lounges 2022

As 2022 draws to a close, it is time for my annual “Top 10” series. Here, I’ll look back on the top 10 airline lounges I visited in 2022. Note, this is not my all-time “top 10” list, but...

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United Airlines

How I Secured United Airlines Premier 1K Status For Another Year

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 30, 2022December 30, 2022 29 Comments
United Premier 1K Status

Thanks to a late push this year and a pricey trip to Africa, I was able to qualify for Premier 1K status again in the United Airlines MileagePlus program. A Bit Of Irony In Securing United Premier 1K Status...

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Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines Promises “Normal Operations” Will Resume Today

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 30, 2022December 30, 2022 7 Comments
Southwest Airlines Normal Operations

Today marks a day of reckoning for Southwest Airlines. The carrier has promised a return to normal operations today, but can it keep its word? Southwest Promises A Return To Normal Operations Starting Now…But Can It Keep Its Word?...

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DenmarkLounge Reviews

Review: Aviator Apartment Business Lounge Copenhagen (CPH)

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 30, 2022December 30, 2022 3 Comments
Aviator Apartment Business Lounge Copenhagen Review

The Aviator Apartment Business Lounge in Copenhagen was a cozy little lounge that felt like a comfortable Danish apartment. Aviator Apartment Business Lounge Copenhagen Review (CPH) I visited this lounge ahead of my Finnair business class flight to Helsinki....

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Southwest Airlines

I Won’t Condemn Southwest Passenger Who Paid $100 To Cut In Line…

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 29, 2022December 29, 2022 16 Comments
Southwest Airlines Line Cut

If there is one thing I’ve seen in my travels around the world (with one glaring exception in Iran), it is that money talks. Money is the conduit through which we do business and having money, wherever you are,...

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Hyatt

How I Secured Hyatt Globalist Status For Another Year…With 20 Nights

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 29, 2022December 29, 2022 18 Comments
Hyatt Globalist Fast Track

I’m ending the year with only 41 nights in the World of Hyatt program, yet I will retain my Globalist status for another year thanks to a 20-night Hyatt Fast Track challenge. Hyatt Globalist Fast Track – How I...

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Southwest Airlines

162 Hours Later…I’m Still Waiting For A Reply From Southwest On Twitter

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 29, 2022 14 Comments

I often recommend people reach out to airlines on Twitter as a “trick” to save long hold times on the phone. That is not excellent advice for Southwest Airlines, though, considering I am still waiting for a Twitter reply...

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Meal of the WeekQatar Airways

Tasting Menu In Qatar Airways Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 29, 2022December 29, 2022 6 Comments
Tasting Menu Qatar Airways

My Meal of the Week feature examines an airline meal from my travels over the years. This may be a meal from earlier in the week or it may be a meal served over a decade ago. I recently reviewed a...

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Denmark

Where To Smoke At Copenhagen Airport (CPH)

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 29, 2022December 29, 2022 9 Comments
Smoking Copenhagen Airport

I am not a smoker, but provide airport smoking guides in an effort to help smokers and reduce second-hand smoke. My views on smoking at airports remain unchanged. Copenhagen Kastrup International Airport (DOH) offers convenient airside smoking lounges post-security,...

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chinaNews

Official: US Adds Testing Requirement For Air Passengers From China

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 28, 2022 24 Comments
US Negative Test China

Rumors have been swirling that the United States will add coronavirus travel restrictions for China and that policy has now been announced. Travelers, regardless of nationality, flying to the United States from China will be asked to present a...

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Flight ReviewsQatar Airways

Review: Qatar Airways 787-9 Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 28, 2022December 28, 2022 25 Comments

While not as spacious as its flagship Qsuite product, I found the Qatar Airways 787-9 business class suite quite user-friendly and very comfortable for my overnight journey from Doha to Copenhagen. Qatar Airways 787-9 Business Class Review When there...

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Southwest Airlines

Influential Captain Accuses Southwest Airlines Of Pride And Avarice, Predicts Total Collapse

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 28, 2022 35 Comments
Southwest Airlines Pilot Assault

A harsh note from the union representing Southwest Airlines pilots throws down the gauntlet, blaming the meltdown on “pride” and “avarice” by management and predicting a total collapse if concrete changes are not made as a result of this...

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Law In TravelSouthwest Airlines

Pete Buttigieg Promises To Hold Southwest Airlines Accountable

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 28, 2022December 28, 2022 41 Comments

US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made media rounds last night, pledging that the Department of Transportation would hold Southwest Airlines accountable for what he called a “complete meltdown.” Pete Buttigieg: We’re In A Position To Hold Southwest Airlines Accountable...

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