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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.
NewsUnited Airlines

United Airlines Upgrades Guam Fleet With 737 MAX 8 Aircraft, Boosting Island Hopper

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 26, 2025September 26, 2025 13 Comments
a woman standing in an airplane

United Airlines is upgrading its Guam-based fleet with new Boeing 737 MAX jets, marking the first major refresh for its Micronesia operation in decades. This will transform both the island-hopping experience across the Pacific and the daily service United...

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IsraelLaw In TravelNews

Why Netanyahu Flew Such An Odd Route To New York

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 26, 2025September 25, 2025 22 Comments
a map of the world with a route

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s flight to New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly took a highly unusual path that has raised eyebrows and fueled a lot of speculation. Rather than taking the standard route over...

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NewsUnited Airlines

United Globe Club and Lounge, A New Lounge Concept By United Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 25, 2025September 25, 2025 16 Comments
a room with a bar and chairs

United Airlines is bringing its lounge concept out of the airport and into the sports arena with an ambitious new project in Washington, DC. Inside United’s New “Globe Club” And Lounge At Capital One Arena United Airlines is taking...

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Delta Air LinesNews

Delta Air Lines Drops Geneva Flights In Latest JFK Pullback

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 25, 2025September 25, 2025 18 Comments
Delta Air Lines Geneva flights JFK pullback

Delta Air Lines will end its nonstop service between New York (JFK) and Geneva (GVA) at the end of the IATA summer season in late October 2025. This follows the recent news that the New York–Brussels (BRU) route will...

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KLMNews

KLM Plans Major Longhaul Cabin Changes: More Seats, Fewer Galleys

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 25, 2025September 25, 2025 4 Comments
KLM longhaul cabin changes

KLM will introduce a new longhaul “service concept” starting in 2027 that it says will create more room for personal contact while also increasing the number of seats across its intercontinental fleet. The plan spans World Business Class to...

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Ryanair

Ryanair Eliminates Paper Boarding Passes, Requires Smartphone To Fly

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 25, 2025September 25, 2025 13 Comments
people boarding an airplane at an airport

Paper boarding passes are about to become history at Ryanair. Starting November 12, 2025, the Irish low-cost giant will require all passengers to use digital boarding passes, with no option for paper check-in. Ryanair Goes 100% Digital Boarding Passes...

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Family Travel

Paid For Extra Legroom, Ended Up Babysitting Strangers’ Kids At The Exit Row

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 24, 2025 8 Comments
paid extra legroom babysitting kids exit row

We often talk about families demanding seat swaps or premium rows without paying for them. But this case was different: a traveler paid extra for an exit row seat, only to spend four hours with children hovering in his...

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American AirlinesFlight Reviews

Review: American Airlines 787-9 Flagship Suites Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 24, 2025September 24, 2025 14 Comments
a sign on the side of a plane

It’s rare these days to see widebody jets on domestic routes, but I enjoyed flying a brand new American Airlines 787-9 from Los Angeles to Chicago in Flagship Suites, the carrier’s latest business class product. American Airlines 787-9 Flagship...

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Lufthansa

Lufthansa Project FOX: What It Will Take To Be A Premium Airline Again

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 24, 2025September 24, 2025 13 Comments
Lufthansa Project FOX

Ahead of its 100th anniversary next year, Lufthansa is pulling back the curtain on an ambitious overhaul of its onboard experience. The airline’s new “Project FOX” (Future Onboard Experience) aims to reset expectations across all cabins, not just the...

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American AirlinesLaw In Travel

American Airlines Ordered To Pay $9.6M After Flight Attendants Ignored Passenger’s Stroke

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 24, 2025September 23, 2025 16 Comments
American Airlines stroke lawsuit

American Airlines has been ordered to pay nearly $9.6 million after a jury found it ignored its own medical protocols when a passenger experienced a stroke mid-flight. American Airlines Must Pay $9.6 Million: Jury Finds Crew Ignored Stroke Warning...

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Alaska AirlinesLounge Reviews

Review: Alaska Airlines Lounge Los Angeles (LAX)

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 23, 2025September 23, 2025 21 Comments
a blue couch with wooden stools in a room

The Alaska Airlines Lounge at Los Angeles (LAX) is a cozy oneworld lounge with great coffee and kind staff. Alaska Airlines Lounge Los Angeles Review (LAX) I stopped by the Alaska lounge before my American Airlines flight from LA...

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DenmarkNewsNorway

Drones Shut Down Copenhagen And Oslo Airports, Denmark Suspects Russia

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 23, 2025September 23, 2025 9 Comments
drones Copenhagen Oslo Airports

Late on September 22, 2025, two of the busiest airports in Scandinavia, Copenhagen and Oslo, were forced to shut down for several hours after large drones were spotted in restricted airspace. Flights were diverted, passengers stranded, and authorities are...

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Amenity KitsFiji Airways

Fiji Airways Cuts Business Class Amenity Kits, Claims They Are Wasteful

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 23, 2025September 22, 2025 15 Comments
Fiji Airways Business Class amenity kits

Fiji Airways has quietly taken a bold step in business class by eliminating traditional amenity kits. The airline argues that many kits go unused or discarded, and that offering items individually makes more sense. Is this a reasonable change...

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British Airways

British Airways Eliminates Hot Breakfast In Business Class, Offers Cold Snack In Latest “Trial”

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 23, 2025September 22, 2025 27 Comments
British Airways Business Class hot breakfast

British Airways is back at it with cost-cutting in Club Europe, this time eliminating hot breakfast from the menu on domestic flights. Passengers traveling in business class on routes within the UK will now find a far less impressive...

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Law In TravelRussia

Giving Russia Boeing And Airbus Parts Would Be A Deadly Mistake

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 22, 2025 45 Comments
two men in suits and ties

Russia is now arguing that Western sanctions have created a crisis in aviation safety, pushing the United Nations’ aviation body to take action. With the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) meeting this week in Montreal, Moscow is seeking relief...

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AnalysisLaw In TravelPilots

Should Airline Pilots Fly Past 65? Debate Heats Up Over Raising Retirement Age To 67

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 22, 2025September 22, 2025 20 Comments
American Airlines Pilots Threat

The mandatory retirement age for U.S. airline pilots is back in the headlines. A push is underway to raise the limit from 65 to 67, but this is not a simple matter. Congress set the current age in law...

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Allegiant

“This Is A Scam!” Allegiant Passenger Taken Away In Handcuffs After $5 Boarding Pass Fee Meltdown

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 22, 2025September 21, 2025 22 Comments
Allegiant passenger arrested $5 boarding pass fee

A man was arrested at Punta Gorda Airport after refusing to pay Allegiant Air’s $5 boarding pass printing fee. What makes this so absurd is not the fee itself; it’s the man’s overblown response, which included threatening staff and...

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Trip Reports

Introduction: A Quick Family Trip To Germany With AA’s New 787-9 Flagship Business Class + SAS A330-300

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 22, 2025September 21, 2025 14 Comments
AA 787-9 Flagship Business Class SAS A330 trip report

Welcome to my next trip report series, which will recount my recent, very brief trip to Germany to pick up my kids from their summer holiday with Oma and Opa. This report will include flights on the new AA...

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Musings

Charlie Kirk, Free Speech, And The Reckoning Of Words

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 20, 2025September 20, 2025 91 Comments
a man holding a microphone

“But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.” — Matthew 12:36 Charlie Kirk, Free Speech, And The Hard Work Of Civil Discourse Charlie Kirk’s...

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Flight Reviewssas

Review: SAS A350-900 Premium Economy Class

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 20, 2025September 22, 2025 28 Comments
SAS A350-900 Premium Economy Review

My 11-hour journey from Copenhagen to Los Angeles on the Airbus A350-900 was quite pleasant and productive for a daytime flight, though I’d love to see SAS put a bit more effort into its food and beverages in premium...

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