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Category Archives: SWISS

Flight ReviewsSWISS

Review: SWISS A320 Business Class Zurich to Rome

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 24, 2018June 1, 2020 5 Comments

This flight review is more about the journey than the flight itself. I was treated to incredible views of the Alps that made this one of the most beautiful flights I’ve ever taken. After an early departure from the...

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Lounge ReviewsSWISS

Review: SWISS First Class Lounge Zurich (A Gates)

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 23, 2018June 1, 2020 4 Comments
SWISS First Class Lounge A Gates Review

SWISS recently opened a beautiful new lounge in the A Gates area of Zurich Airport (ZRH). Here’s a detailed review. For questions on access, read this. The lounge is open daily from 5:30a to 10:30p and seats 86 people....

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Accessing Lufthansa or SWISS First Class Lounge With a Double Connection

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 21, 2018April 21, 2018 11 Comments

Can you access a Lufthansa or SWISS First Class lounge with a double connection? Depends upon whom you ask. I was traveling on a Lufthansa First Class ticket (LAX-MUC-ZRH-FCO) and had reached Zurich. Per Lufthansa’s lounge access guidelines, first...

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LufthansaSWISSTrip Reports

Introduction: A First Class Business Trip

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 19, 2018April 19, 2018 Leave a Comment
Lufthansa first class trip report

My next trip report will chart my recent trip to Italy and France. As I explained here, I took a rather circuitous route to reach Rome. All for you. All so I could review two first class lounges I...

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Live and Let’s Fly Weekend Digest: April 08, 2018

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 8, 2018April 8, 2018 2 Comments
SkyCouch

Buona sera from Milano. I’m in the midst of a fast-paced business trip through Italy. I’ll provide some detail on it in the days ahead…it will not be a typical trip report. It was a fairly light week of...

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Airport LoungesSWISS

No Lounge? No Problem! A Creative Solution from SWISS

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 6, 2018April 6, 2018 10 Comments
SWISS Coffee to Fly Voucher

SWISS is currently remodeling its Business Class and Senator Schengen lounges near the A-Gates in Zurich. As a result, these lounges will be closed until at least July. But that’s actually a GOOD thing. In the interim, SWISS provides...

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Stunning: Pictures from the New SWISS First Class Lounge in Zurich

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 5, 2018April 5, 2018 6 Comments
SWISS First Class Lounge A Gates

Leave it to SWISS to create a sophisticated, beautiful new first class lounge now open in the A Gates (Schengen) area of Zurich Airport. Like the E-Gates First Class Lounge, the bar design resembles a plane fuselage–made of beautiful...

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A SWISS First Class Settlement

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 22, 2018March 22, 2018 26 Comments

I wasn’t the only one who took advantage of the incredible SWISS First Class award space made briefly available last fall. Hundreds did, including many other bloggers. Robert from Milenomics shares of his settlement reached with Aeroplan. He had...

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Live and Let’s Fly Weekend Digest: February 11, 2018

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 12, 2018February 12, 2018 Leave a Comment

A pleasant Sunday evening to you from Los Angeles. It was a quiet week on the blog, but a busy week in life. I’m looking forward to the week ahead, but especially looking forward to a special family trip...

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LufthansaSWISS

First Class: Lufthansa vs. SWISS

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 9, 2018February 9, 2018 19 Comments

I’ve recently flown both SWISS and Lufthansa First Class. Which product is better? Certainly there is subjectivity in what I value and how I compare the two products, but I’d like to think this is not an arbitrary comparison....

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Flight ReviewsSWISS

Review: SWISS 777-300ER First Class Zurich to Los Angeles

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 8, 2018June 2, 2020 44 Comments

After a nice meal in the first class lounge, it was time to board our SWISS First Class flight to Los Angeles. Unlike my usual reviews, where I line up to board well before announced boarding time, this time...

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Lounge ReviewsSWISS

The Most Comfortable Bed I’ve Ever Slept in…was in an Airport Lounge!

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 6, 2018February 6, 2018 21 Comments
SWISS Lounge Hästens Bedding

One footnote to my SWISS First Class Lounge review from Zurich. The Hästens bed was truly the best bed I’ve ever slept in. There are many reasons to visit the SWISS First Class Lounge in E Gates area in...

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SWISSTrip Reports

The SWISS First Class Ground Experience

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 6, 2018February 6, 2018 15 Comments

The day had arrived. It was time to fly SWISS First Class. This wasn’t my first time flying SWISS First Class, but it was my first time flying SWISS First from Zurich. Had I been flying alone, I would...

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Aeroplan Sent Me a Certified Letter…

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 1, 2018February 1, 2018 22 Comments

After traveling in Europe for nearly two weeks, I returned home to find a certified letter from Aeroplan delivered by FedEx. Here’s the unedited letter, concerning my cancelled first class tickets on SWISS: Dear Mr. Klint: Thank you for...

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aeroplanLaw In TravelSWISS

Update: SWISS Sends Second, Nasty Letter Blaming Bloggers

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 29, 2018January 29, 2018 43 Comments

My ongoing battle over cancelled first class tickets on SWISS is a two-front war: one with with SWISS and the U.S. Department of Transportation, the second with Aeroplan. In the case of SWISS, recall that I filed a DOT...

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Live and Let’s Fly Weekend Digest: January 14, 2018

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 15, 2018January 15, 2018 Leave a Comment
Finnair A350 Business Class

I’ve just begun my next trip…it will be a busy week and much of it is still unplanned. It has been a relatively quiet week in industry news, with Alaska and Virgin now operating under a single certificate. A...

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MusingsSWISS

Was SWISS First Class Worth It?

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 11, 2018January 12, 2018 39 Comments

It has been nearly two weeks since my trip from Zürich to Los Angeles in first class. Many have asked me, now that I’ve had time to reflect, was it worth it? Let’s put aside the lawsuit for a...

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Live and Let’s Fly Weekend Digest: January 7, 2018

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 7, 2018January 7, 2018 Leave a Comment
SWISS First Class Photos

A very happy Sunday evening to you from Los Angeles. It’s been a horrible weekend in one respect. I’ll explain tomorrow. For now, I’ll just leave you with the top stories of the week and a link to each...

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Amazing Flight in SWISS First Class!

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 4, 2018January 4, 2018 37 Comments
SWISS First Class Photos

I’m home and happy to report a smooth and most excellent flight in SWISS First Class! My family traveled from Zurich to Los Angeles and the superior service started service directly at check-in. We were traveling with a great...

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aeroplanLaw In TravelSWISS

Update from Aimia (Aeroplan) RE: My Demand Letter

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 3, 2018January 3, 2018 6 Comments
Aimia Demand Letter

Literally minutes after posting yesterday about purchasing SWISS First Class tickets, I received an email from the legal department of Aimia, parent company of Aeroplan. I do not believe that post and this response are at all related. I’ve spoken...

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