World Traveller 73 About
An executive based in Vancouver, Canada, he enjoys maximizing the use of airline and hotel award points in order to “Upgrade Your Travels”. His travels have led him to over 75 countries and over 1,000,000 miles flown. When he’s not on the road, he can often be found in his second adopted home in Whistler, Canada. He chronicles his personal and business travel adventures, advice, upgrade tips, tricks and secrets here…
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Air Canada offers a variety of business class cabins and aircraft to cross Canada on a trans continental trip. With Toronto being a major business centre for Air Canada, it’s part of Air Canadas’ business strategy to offer a flagship Air Canada Signature Business Class Cabin when departing Canada’s largest city. Air Canada Signature Class offers an end to end experience which offers a fully flat bed in an executive pod. While… Read More
Plaza Premium Lounge has a strong footprint across Canada. When their main lounge at Toronto Pearson International Airport Domestic Terminal One would close for a much needed renovation at the start of the pandemic, Plaza Premium set up this Concept Pop Up Lounge in Terminal One Toronto Pearson so that travellers departing this terminal would still have access to a lounge. I would get the opportunity to test out it’s features on… Read More
After my car was rear ended in a car accident coming home after a weekend of skiing, it came time to find a new car. It wasn’t as easy as I expected buying a car in today’s environment for a whole host of modern day reasons that included a messed up supply chain, a global climate change wet weather flood and lack of vehicles in the market place today. How did I… Read More
When I needed a night to stay in Toronto on a brief trip, The Toronto Airport Marriott Hotel was the best off airport option of the Marriott hotel brands. In addition to offering everything that is expected from a Marriott, including a pool, gym and a concierge lounge, the property offered very pleasant interactions with it’s staff who genuinely made my stay more pleasant. Review: Toronto Airport Marriott Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada…. Read More
Air Canada offers a variety of business class cabins and aircraft to cross Canada on a trans continental trip. One of the best ways to do it is in their flagship Air Canada Signature Business Class Cabin. Air Canada Signature Class offers an end to end experience which offers a fully flat bed in an executive pod. While we’ve taken this trip several times, it would be our first time travelling this… Read More
This different trip report outlined a trip that I took for a most unusual reason: to purchase a unique car all the way across the other side of one of the largest countries in the world. This report outlines the story of my unfortunate recent car accident, and my efforts to locate a replacement car. I would end up heading all the way across Canada to find the exact car that I… Read More
A recent business trip to Victoria led me to the Delta Hotels Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort located steps away from downtown Victoria, Canada on the Victoria Inner Harbour. The Delta Hotels offering in Victoria offered world class Inner Harbour views, which set off a pleasant and relaxing stay in the provincial capital of British Columbia. If you enjoyed this post, please follow us here or on social media through Facebook, Twitter or… Read More
Our returning flight from Hawaii had us coming back to the mainland in terrific lie flat seats. Unfortunately, it ended up taking us to San Francisco which required a short flight to get back home to Canada. Our short return positioning flight was on United Airlines Express between San Francisco and Vancouver on their smaller Embraer 175. Review: United Airlines Business Class E175, San Francisco International Airport – Vancouver International Airport We… Read More
United Airlines has a very large footprint at San Francisco International Airport and runs four separate lounges at this airport. The United Club “E” Gates is the smallest United Club at the San Francisco International Airport. The lounge served many of the United Airlines regional destinations that depart from San Francisco. We would end up checking out this lounge on our circuit of the United Club’s in San Francisco. Review: United Club… Read More
United Airlines has a few unique lounges in it’s worldwide system. One of these oddities is the United Club Lounge in San Francisco “G” International Terminal. This lounge started off life as the United Airlines Global First Class lounge when United Airlines expanded into the International Terminal and operated a First Class Cabin. Since United Airlines opened a United Polaris Business Lounge in 2019, and removed all of it’s First Class cabins,… Read More
An overnight flight back from Hawaii often requires scrunching yourself up in an uncomfortable seat until the morning flight. We were lucky to have found a deeply discounted business class fare that would allow us to return to the mainland in a fully flat bed. Our experience in a United Airlines Polaris Business Class Seat would have us travelling back home in style. Review: United Airlines First Class B777-2 Polaris, Honolulu Daniel… Read More
Flights departing from Hawaii to the mainland United States typically leave in the late evening, making having access to some form of a lounge a necessity. Our United Airlines flight from Honolulu, USA to Vancouver, Canada would afford us access into United Clubs along the way. We would get the opportunity to visit their United Club Honolulu prior to the departure on our flight to San Francisco. Review: United Club Lounge –… Read More
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