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Reciprocal Upgrades Coming for United and Continental Elites and UA to Keep Regional Upgrades for 1Ks

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 17, 2009 Leave a Comment

Great news today for top-tier United flyers. First, 1K members will continue to earn confirmed regional upgrades. Details here: 1K® members will continue to earn Regional Upgrades Sometimes no change is good news. After our last announcement, we heard...

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Almost Another $600 Bump on United Airlines from San Francisco to Chicago

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 17, 2009December 6, 2016 Leave a Comment

Yesterday evening I flew from Burbank to Philadelphia via San Francisco and Chicago and almost got another $600 bump at SFO. I got to the gate in San Francisco and peered up at United’s EasyInfo screen in the gate...

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Picture of the Week #4: Surveying Greenland in Lufthansa First Class

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 15, 2009December 6, 2016 Leave a Comment

The photo of Greenland below was taken from my window on a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Denver in August. Maybe it was just a hot day, but if the warm weather continues, maybe there will be a lot...

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Denied Exit Row on Avianca Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 14, 2009 Leave a Comment

Ironically, Avianca really impressed me yesterday when they refused to seat me in the exit row on my flight from Lima to Bogota. During check-in with Latin airlines, I can usually use my *very* limited Spanish to state my name, where I...

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Travel

Rethinking Passport Control in America

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 13, 2009 5 Comments

Earlier this week I flew from Mexico City to Lima with a two-hour connection in Bogota. When I landed at BOG, I noticed two signs: one for passport control and one for international connections. I followed the international connections...

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Drinking and Flying on Both Sides of the Flight Deck

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 12, 2009 Leave a Comment

With another arrest of a "drunk" pilot, this time a United Captain on a flight from LHR bound for ORD, should passengers be worried about their safety in the skies? The LA Times featured an interesting discussion of pilot...

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Breathless Machu Picchu – A Mandatory Addition to your Destination List

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 12, 2009 2 Comments

Need I say more? Full trip report upon my return.   This article uses a picture from icelight on wikimedia and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license (I`ll post my own picture upon my return at the...

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Join me in Lima for $245 a/i on LAN Peru from JFK

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 11, 2009 Leave a Comment

Well, not really join me since this deal is only good for May and June next year, but LAN is offering round-trip fares from JFK to LIM for $245 including taxes. Book it on AA.com and be sure to...

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Off to South America for the Week!

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 9, 2009 Leave a Comment

In a few hours, I will be returning to LAX for another long day of travel. Today I will be flying from LAX to Bogota, Colombia via Mexico City on Mexicana, than from BOG to Lima on Avianca. After...

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United Airlines

Riding in the "Non-Rev" (First Class) Cabin on UA 947

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 9, 2009 2 Comments

After getting some work done at TPA, I boarded my flight back to IAD, this time a 757. First Class was only about 80% full and although the purser said this was a "completely full" (don’t you love the...

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Bumps and Upgrades: A Great Day of Flying

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 7, 2009 4 Comments

I will be leaving for South America from Los Angeles Monday morning and needed to get from Philadelphia to Los Angeles this weekend. Naturally, I wasn’t going to fly PHL-LAX! Last night I was scheduled to fly from PHL-IAD-TPA...

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UPDATE: United Kicks Man Out of First Class for Wearing a Jogging Suit

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 6, 2009 2 Comments

It appears that the gate agent who denied Mr. Alvarez a First Class upgrade believed Alvarez was a non-rev, was dealing with another customer during the interaction, and is a non-native English speaker. From Robin Urbanksi, United’s spokesperson: We...

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Surprise Birth Leads to Free Flights for Life for Mother and Son

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 5, 2009 2 Comments

Sometimes, it pays to be in the right place at the right time. KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – A baby boy who made a surprise arrival on board an AirAsia flight this week will be given free flights for life...

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United Kicks Man Out of First Class for Wearing a Jogging Suit

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 4, 2009 1 Comment

Stories pop up all the time about gate agents making up their own rules or selectively enforcing others. This story takes the cake though: apparently a man’s upgrade cleared at the gate for his IAD-BDL flight on United (Express), but...

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$40 Surcharge if You’re Flying Home for Thanksgiving or Christmas

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 3, 2009 Leave a Comment

Delta, American, United, and US Airways have recently added $20 o/w surcharges for flights during peak holiday travel this year. I have not bought my tickets to LAX yet for Christmas, so this is disappointing news. At the same...

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United Returns Hot Meals to Domestic Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 2, 2009 1 Comment

About a year ago United eliminated hot meals from domestic Business Class (except on premium service routes between JFK and LAX/SFO), even on 5+ hour transcon flights. The rationale was to reduce costs and attempt to distinguish First Class...

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Picture of the Week #3: Our Tax Dollars at Work and the TSA

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 1, 2009 2 Comments

I try to fly out of Burbank when I can because you can literally show up 25 minutes before departure and make it the the gate with time to spare–even if you are checking bags.  United shares T2 with...

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Don’t Let Your Frequent Flyer Miles Expire!

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 31, 2009 Leave a Comment

Earlier this year I nearly lost all my American Airlines miles due to account inactivity. With AA, your miles expire after 18 months of dormancy and to reinstate them, AA charges $50 for every 5,000 miles plus a 7.5%...

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United Airlines

What do the Gas Company and United Airlines have in Common?

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 30, 2009 Leave a Comment

I had to address a problem on my gas bill this week that required a trip to one of Philadelphia Gas Works’ offices. Thinking that it would be a quick visit, I hopped on the Market-Frankford subway line and...

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Continental/United IAD-SFO r/t $105 a/i

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 29, 2009 4 Comments

If you’re up at this late hour, you might want to take advantage of Continental’s IAD-SFO r/t fare for $105-115 including taxes–this deal will probably be gone by morning. Codeshares on United available if you route through Chicago or...

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