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Category Archives: Travel

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What is World’s Most Powerful Passport?

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 22, 2017November 14, 2023 8 Comments
a passport on a table

I tend to spend far too much time reading the Daily Mail, and came across a story a few days ago ranking passports. Passport Index is a great resources for passport information and each years ranks countries based upon visa-free...

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Missed Flight, 3hrs on Uber, and the 58th Presidential Inauguration

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 21, 2017 18 Comments
inauguration horror story

The plan was simple enough. Fly to the inauguration and then fly back. But hastily-arranged, last-minute trips a rarely turn out smoothly. This trip was no exception. Award space opened up at the last minute from Los Angeles to...

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How to Obtain a South African Police Report

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 20, 2017November 14, 2023 Leave a Comment
cars driving on a street with purple flowers

If you recall, the whole point of our trip to South Africa was to secure one document, a South African Police Report, so that my wife could immigrate to the USA. While this can be requested via mail, the...

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Enroute to Washington, DC for Trump Inauguration

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 19, 2017 19 Comments
Presidential Inauguration

Let’s start with a disclaimer: this is a non-partisan blog and attending the inauguration of the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, should not be interpreted as an endorsement of him or his policy positions.  I...

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Review: Oasis Lounge Lagos (LOS)

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 18, 2017November 14, 2023 Leave a Comment
a room with chairs and a television

Lago’s Murtala Muhammed International Airport has nine Priorty Pass lounges! I had the chance to visit two of them. The Oasis Lounge was located right next to the NIS office where I spent my entire afternoon and early evening,...

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Street Food Horror Stories?

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 12, 2017January 12, 2017 19 Comments
Street Food Horror Stories

In my travels around the world — 125 countries and counting — I have eaten a lot of street food. Reader Rusty asked me in a recent comment if I ever got sick. Off the top of my head, I’ve...

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Sore Losers: NFL Team Trashes United 767-400

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 10, 2017January 10, 2017 11 Comments
NFL Charters

The New York Giants lost their Wild Card Round playoff game to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday…and took out their anger on a United Airlines 767-400. Airlines are happy to lease out their planes and crews if the...

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Review: Zanzibar Dhow Lounge (ZNZ)

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 9, 2017November 14, 2023 Leave a Comment
a group of chairs and a coffee table

Although the airport is small and half of it is outdoors, I was happy to find a Priority Pass lounge at Zanzibar’s Abeid Amani Karume International Airport. The Park Hyatt granted us late checkout so we left at 6:30pm for our...

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Shooting at Ft. Lauderdale Airport, Five Dead

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 6, 2017January 6, 2017 1 Comment
FLL Shooting

Breaking now — a shooting in the baggage claim area of T2 at Ft. Lauderdale Airport (FLL) has left eight injured and five dead. The airport is currently closed. The shooting occurred around 1pm ET. The shooter has been apprehended but airport exits remain...

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Cool Video of Woman Prancing Through Paris

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 6, 2017January 6, 2017 Leave a Comment
Paris Video

This caught my eye on Facebook last night: a woman playing “Jason Bourne” in Paris. Check out this video: Paris is one of my favorite cities and I just love how this video captures the essence of Parisian architecture and some...

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Heartbreaking: Sisters Thrown Off Flight, Miss Father’s Death

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 5, 2017November 14, 2023 7 Comments
a woman sitting on a couch and crying

A very sad story out of Orlando, where two middle-aged sisters were deemed a “security risk” and thrown off a flight, prohibiting them from saying goodbye to their father on his deathbed. As their Allegiant Air flight prepared to...

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Caution: Avoid This Star Alliance Carrier When Using Miles

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 5, 2017November 14, 2023 15 Comments
a large airplane on a runway

This is not a post about poor service or dirty planes. This is a post about an endemic problem on one Star Alliance carrier that has not been addressed for three years. The consequences are profound: delayed, cancelled, or ruined...

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Ferry from Dar Es Salaam to Zanzibar

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 5, 2017November 14, 2023 18 Comments
a group of boats on water

Frequent ferries connect Dar Es Salaam to Zanzibar. We opted to take an afternoon ferry that took two hours to make the ~80km crossing. Let me start out with a warning: the “porters” at Dar Es Salaam ferry port are the...

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Last United 747-400 Departs from Chicago

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 4, 2017November 14, 2023 4 Comments
a large airplane on a wet runway

UPDATE: United Accelerates 747 Retirement to 2017 The last United Airlines 747-400 has left Chicago O’Hare. I noticed a tweet from United late last night announcing that the final 747-400 departed ORD for Tokyo Narita. That’s quite a momentous...

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United Refreshes Economy BOB Menu

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 3, 2017November 14, 2023 12 Comments
a burger and fries on a white board

Each month United tinkers with its buy-on-board menu, offering a “Snack Shop” on all flights over two hours and a “Bistro on Board” for flights over 3.5 hours. This month, one of my favorites is back — cheeseburgers! I...

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How to Obtain a Visa on Arrival in Tanzania

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 3, 2017January 3, 2017 341 Comments
Visa on Arrival in Tanzania

Obtaining a visa on arrival in Tanzania turned out to be easier than I thought. Follow these steps and you’ll have no trouble securing a visa upon arrival in Tanzania. Note that a visa-on-arrival is available in the following ports...

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Istanbul to Dar Es Salaam on Turkish Airlines 737-900 Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 2, 2017January 2, 2017 10 Comments
Turkish Airlines Dar Es Salaam

Dozens of Award Expert clients each year contact us for help booking their Serengeti safari and that usually requires flights to Kilimanjaro. Over the years, I have discovered that when Kilimanjaro flights are not attractively priced using miles, flying into Dar Es Salaam can...

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Over 40K American EQMs but No Status

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 2, 2017November 14, 2023 2 Comments
a screenshot of a graph

I ended 2016 with over 40K American EQMs. But no status. Thanks to cheap British Airways business class fares, I banked many AA miles, both status and redemption. In fact, by the end of spring I already had earned more than...

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United Flight Diverts After Misogynistic Passenger Rant (Videos)

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 2, 2017November 14, 2023 16 Comments
a group of people holding wine glasses

Another week, another flight diversion. This time a United flight from Sydney to San Francisco diverted to Auckland after a profanity-laced misognystic tirade from an irate passenger over a seat assignment. Anjou Ahlborn Kay, another passenger on the flight, writes...

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A Resolution for 2017 I Can Keep

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 1, 2017December 31, 2016 4 Comments
resolution

Happy Near Year! I slept through it…my wife and I went to bed early last night. I guess we are just an old married couple now! Let’s talk about resolutions for a moment. While I won’t say I felt...

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