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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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Take Advantage of Hyatt’s "Welcome Back" Promotion

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 20, 2010 Leave a Comment

Lucky sums up Hyatt’s latest promotion very nicely: Add it all up and I’m looking at one free night at any Hyatt hotel in the world and 6,000 points for every $160 in stays. One free night at a...

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Escape to the Madrid Airport Hilton

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 20, 2010December 6, 2016 Leave a Comment

Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal Day...

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City Tour of Madrid on Foot

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 18, 2010December 6, 2016 3 Comments

Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal Day...

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Sun Country Airlines to start Seasonal Transatlantic Service to London Stansted

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 17, 2010 Leave a Comment

Sun Country Airlines will begin seasonal once-weekly service from Minneapolis to London Stansted on June 11. The flights will be operated by a two-class 737-800 and require a stop in Gander, Canada for refueling. Arriving in Standsted will allow...

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Plane Strikes and Kills Jogger in South Carolina

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 17, 2010 Leave a Comment

My brother always laughs at me for jogging, saying I’m wasting my time and burning out my knees. Now he has another argument against jogging: you might get hit by an airplane: HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Robert Gary...

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Paperless Boarding Passes now Available on United Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 16, 2010 Leave a Comment

In a shocking move for UA’s crack IT department, you can now use your web-enabled mobile phone to check in for your flight and obtain a boarding pass. You can also check schedules, flight status, and flight availability on...

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RIP Captain Oveur

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 16, 2010 Leave a Comment

Peter Graves, the infamous and hilarious Captain Ovuer in Airplane! and Airplane! II has passed away. Most will remember him for his work on Mission Impossible, but I’ll remember him for this: RIP.

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Hot Nuts Gone on United?

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 16, 2010 5 Comments

Two recent posts in the omnibus "Let’s Eat" thread on Flyertalk, where travelers post what meals they were served on UA, suggest that United may be phasing out hot nuts. A LAX-ORD and LAX-LIH flight last week featured a...

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End of an Era: Continental to Eliminate Complimentary Food on Most North American Flights

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 15, 2010 6 Comments

An end of an era. Continental announced today that it will phase out complimentary meals in Economy on all North American flights under six hours. Continental Airlines Inc., the last big U.S. airline to operate catering kitchens and to serve...

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My biggest concern with United’s new upgrade program

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 15, 2010 4 Comments

We’re just five days away from the start of United’s new unlimited domestic upgrade program. I’m looking forward to it, though in the back of my mind there is a lingering concern that my perfect upgrade record since I...

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United FA prohibits Internet communication on p.s. flight for "security reasons"

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 13, 2010 1 Comment

It seems a lot of bloggers on the Huffington Post fly on United. Yesterday, tech journalist John Battelle was minding his own business, video chatting with his wife and children from 30-plus thousand feet in the air, when a...

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Marrakech to Madrid on Royal Air Maroc in Economy

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 12, 2010December 6, 2016 Leave a Comment

Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal Day...

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Corendon Airlines’ Pilot Arrested for Flying with Fake License for 13 Years

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 11, 2010 6 Comments

Catch Me If You Can is one of my all-time favorite movies. I never thought we’d see another Frank Abagnale, Jr. though. A pilot has been arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for flying passenger planes for 13 years with...

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UAUA hits $19+

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 11, 2010 2 Comments

I can’t even bear to to track UAUA anymore. 

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Stay Two Nights at a US/Canadian Westin and get a $100 Amazon Gift Card (through May 13th)

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 11, 2010 Leave a Comment

I just noticed this ad in the Wall Street Journal today, but apparently it has been around a couple weeks. Earn a $100 Amazon gift card after every two Westin Hotel stays arriving Sunday – Thursday now through May 13, 2010. This...

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My Five Star Hotel Room in Marrakech

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 8, 2010December 6, 2016 Leave a Comment

Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal Day...

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Three Minute Connection in SFO

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 8, 2010 Leave a Comment

I posted last night that two of my three flights were zeroed out for my trip back to Philadelphia and I hoped to spend the night at SFO with a $600 voucher in my pocket. Things did not go...

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Time for Another Trip on United

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 8, 2010 Leave a Comment

Man, that 36 hours on the ground in Southern California went quickly. I’m off in a few hours to Philadelphia again via SFO and IAD. Loads look full for my redeye, so let’s see if I get a bump...

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Smooth Sailing on United Today

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 7, 2010December 6, 2016 2 Comments

I was scheduled to fly from PHL-ORD-SNA this evening, but becuase I have been under the weather the last few days and just wanted to get home ASAP, I showed up early at PHL this morning to try to...

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Monkeying Around in British Gibraltar + Ferry to Tangier, Morocco + Overnight Train to Marrakech

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 5, 2010December 6, 2016 2 Comments

Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal Day...

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