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Matthew Klint

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.
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A $932 “Fee” From Thrifty Car Rental For Returning Car To Wrong Airport Terminal?

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 30, 2021November 14, 2023 25 Comments
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Please check out this update to the story. > Read More: This Is Why People Hate Rental Car Companies… A story from consumer advocate Christopher Elliott caught my eye detailing how a man was purportedly charged $932 for returning...

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EgyptAirFlight Reviews

Review: EgyptAir 787-9 Economy Class

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 30, 2021November 14, 2023 20 Comments
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I slept through most of my journey from Cairo to London and enjoyed a much better meal than I had in business class on my preceding flight. While legroom in EgyptAir economy class onboard the Boeing 787-9 is tight,...

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News

Couple Apprehended After Sneaking Out Of Quarantine Hotel In Amsterdam To Board Flight To Spain

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 30, 2021November 14, 2023 15 Comments
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A couple was arrested at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport for violating their coronavirus quarantine after they slipped out of their hotel to try to catch a flight to Portugal. At least one of them had tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival...

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Uganda

Passengers Hawk Grasshoppers Onboard Flight To Dubai

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 29, 2021November 14, 2023 8 Comments
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A high-ranking government official has called for the immediate sacking of the flight crew who let two men sell grasshoppers onboard a Uganda Airlines flight to Dubai. The hawkers are also facing trouble of their own. But Uganda Airlines...

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Allegiant

Woman Screams “Let’s Go Brandon” As She Is Pulled Off Flight For Refusing To Wear Mask

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 29, 2021November 14, 2023 44 Comments
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Katrina Alspaugh had a rough day at Las Vegas Airport last weekend after getting into a fight at the security checkpoint and eventually being hauled off her Allegiant Airlines flight screaming, “Let’s go Brandon!”…all because she refused to wear...

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Spirit

Chaos Onboard: Woman Attacks Two Spirit Airlines Flight Attendants

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 29, 2021November 14, 2023 7 Comments
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An intoxicated Spirit Airlines passenger was arrested after attacking two flight attendants on a flight from Florida. Intoxicated Woman Attacks Spirit Airlines Flight Attendants With Punches And Hair Pulling The incident occurred Saturday evening on Spirt Airlines 222 from...

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Law In Travel

Man Pleads Guilty To Orchestrating $500,000 Lost Luggage Scam

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 29, 2021November 14, 2023 9 Comments
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UPDATE: Pernell Anthony Jones, pictured above, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and one count of committing mail fraud for his role in orchestrating a phony lost luggage scheme that sough to defraud over...

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EgyptAirLounge Reviews

Review: EgyptAir Alioth Lounge Cairo (CAI)

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 29, 2021November 14, 2023 1 Comment
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The EgyptAir Alitoth Lounge in Cairo Terminal 3 is easily the best EgyptAir lounge in the airport. Bright and spacious, it certainly beats the nearby Almeisan and Gienah lounges. EgyptAir Alioth Lounge Review Rather than offer a huge, central...

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KLM

10% Of KLM Passengers Test Positive For COVID-19 Upon Arrival From South Africa – What Are The Ramifications?

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 27, 2021November 14, 2023 103 Comments
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10% of passengers onboard a pair of KLM flights from South Africa to Amsterdam tested positive onboard for COVID-19 upon arrival. The ramifications for international travel are not comforting. 10% of KLM Passengers From South African Flights Test Positive...

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EgyptAirLounge Reviews

Review: EgyptAir Almeisan Lounge Cairo (CAI)

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 27, 2021November 14, 2023 5 Comments
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After breakfast in the EgyptAir Gienah Lounge, I walked to the Almeisan Lounge, which turned out to be almost a mirror image lounge, but provided space and tranquilly for me to get some work done during my extended layover. EgyptAir...

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Africacovid-19News

UPDATE: U.S. To Restrict Travel From South Africa, 7 Other Nations

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 26, 2021November 14, 2023 51 Comments
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Starting on Monday, the United States will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other nations in southern Africa as concerns mount over the “Nu” COVID-19 variant. UPDATE: We now have further details concerning the entry restrictions USA Restricts...

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KLMNews

KLM 777-300ER With 350 Passengers From South Africa Trapped On Tarmac In Amsterdam

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 26, 2021November 14, 2023 91 Comments
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KLM592 took off on time from Johannesburg (JNB) last night, but during the flight Europe went into “variant panic.” When the Boeing 777-300ER landed in Amsterdam (AMS), Dutch officials did not know what to do with the passengers onboard…so...

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South Africa

“Nu” Coronavirus Variant Is Already With Us – Can We Not Panic, Please?

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 26, 2021November 14, 2023 71 Comments
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I’m not in a great mood this morning considering South Africa has been made a pariah state overnight for being transparent and countries are quickly shutting borders once again. My point is not to downplay or dismiss the new...

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Lounge ReviewsPriority Pass

Review: First Class Lounge Cairo (CAI)

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 26, 2021November 14, 2023 19 Comments
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The only thing first class about this lounge is the name. If you thought the EgyptAir lounge in Cairo was bad, this takes “bad” to a whole different level. First Class Lounge Cairo (CAI) Terminal 3 Review I’m really...

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Musings

My Thanksgiving Blessing At New Orleans Airport

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 25, 2021November 14, 2023 19 Comments
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It was 2015 around Thanksgiving time. I was trying to get home from Chicago and routed through Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans. That turned out to be a big mistake, but led to a moment I will...

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United Airlines

United Airlines CEO Woos Employees In Thanksgiving Day Message

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 25, 2021November 14, 2023 26 Comments
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In an upbeat message directed at employees, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby focused his Thanksgiving Day message on thanking employees for their service. United Airlines CEO 2021 Thanksgiving Video While Oscar Munoz was much loved by United employees during...

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News

Thanksgiving Travel Meltdown Fails To Materialize

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 25, 2021November 14, 2023 2 Comments
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Perhaps I am speaking a bit prematurely, but it is already approaching late morning on the U.S. east coast and it is shaping up to be a largely drama-free Thanksgiving travel day. What a difference a year makes. Thanksgiving...

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EgyptAirLounge Reviews

Review: EgyptAir Gienah Lounge Cairo (CAI)

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 25, 2021November 14, 2023 6 Comments
EgyptAir Gienah Lounge Review

After stepping off my EgyptAir flight and then dealing with the drama at the transit desk, I was famished. Upstairs, I quickly found the Gienah Lounge, one of several EgyptAir lounges in Terminal 3. EgyptAir Gienah Lounge Review Rather...

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Meal of the WeekUnited Airlines

Taste Test: Beatrix Market Mediterranean Grain Bowl On United Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 24, 2021November 14, 2023 8 Comments
Mediterranean Grain Bowl United Airlines

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. My upgrade did not...

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EgyptAirFlight Reviews

Review: EgyptAir 787-9 Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 24, 2021November 14, 2023 28 Comments
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While EgyptAir has a lot to offer in terms of friendly service and a great business class seat, the unacceptable catering on my Boeing 787-9 flight from Washington to Cairo in business class really left me with a poor...

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