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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Alaska Airlines operates a large hub of activity from it’s home in the lower states from Seattle Tacoma International Airport. As Canadian travellers who fly Alaska Airlines, we frequently find ourselves connecting through busy Seattle Tacoma International Airport. Today’s connection experience had us departing from the old North Satellite Terminal, which at the time was a pretty utilitarian experience. Review: Alaska Airlines B737-9, Seattle Tacoma International Airport – Los Angeles We were… Read More
Alaska Airlines used to have a light footprint in the Seattle Tacoma N Satellite concourse, previously operating the majority of its flights from the C and D Concourse at Seattle Tacoma International Airport. Through an expansion strategy, the N Satellite underwent an expansion featuring more gates and more available lounge space. In previous years, the Alaska footprint in the N Satellite was much more limited, consistent with the lounge that it operated… Read More
Alaska Airlines provides connector service from Vancouver to Seattle on a fairly frequent basis on either it’s jet aircraft in the Boeing 737 series, or the propellor aircraft in either the Dash 8 or Q400 series. While we’ve reviewed this flight dozens of times, this post had us flying on Alaska’s newest Boeing 737-900 series aircraft. Review: Alaska Airlines First Class B737-9, Vancouver International Airport – Seattle Tacoma International Airport We both… Read More
The islands of the South Pacific are among the hardest in the world to get to using frequent flier reward miles. With a remote physical location in the world, a lack of airlines serving this part of the world, and limited airline alliances that allow for connectivity to and from this area, it’s a challenging region to visit on miles and points. This story is how we set out to visit several… Read More
The last flight of our Delta Airlines flights to and from New York had us returning to Canada on a Delta Airlines Embraer 175. We credited this flight to the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan frequent flier program, prior to their program divorce that would cut this terrific earning benefit. Our late evening flight would offer us a full meal, a reasonably comfortable seat and an open bar for most of the trip…. Read More
Delta Airlines is not a carrier that I get to fly with much regularity, as a result of it being aligned in that other Airline alliance of Sky Team. Our travels today would have us through the Delta Airlines Sky Club in the Terminal One F Concourse. While the lounge was under renovation during our visit, it’s likely the start of greater things to come for this particular space. Review: The Delta… Read More
Delta Airlines operates a convenient departure experience from nearby La Guardia New York airport in upper Manhattan. We used Delta First Class Sky Priority Services leaving La Guardia, visited their Delta Sky Club in Terminal C, and travelled on their refurbished McDonnell Douglas MD-90 on our way to Delta Airlines hub at Minneapolis St Paul. Our travels were pleasant, but left us hungry for more… Review: Delta Airlines First Class MD-90, La… Read More
Between the three available airports in New York of John F Kennedy, La Guardia and neighbouring Newark in New Jersey, Delta Airlines has set up operations at convenient La Guardia New York. Although a much smaller airport, Delta Airlines has obtained an advantage of being at an airport that is very close in travel time to Manhattan. We ended up testing out their Delta Sky Club in Terminal C prior to today’s… Read More
One of New York’s best features are it’s various neighbourhoods across Manhattan. Each have their own unique personality and just beg to be explored. During the latter portion of our trip, we spent our time in the southern half of Manhattan exploring So Ho, dining at the famous Balthazar french bistro restaurant, and exploring Little Italy and the Flat Iron Building district. Each area is charming it its own way and has… Read More
A visit to New York during the holiday season wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the shopping district of Fifth Avenue and seeing the skating rink and tree at Rockefeller Square. New York is so full of sights and sounds with something new around every corner. Activity: Viewing the Christmas Lights of Fifth Avenue and Rockefeller Square, New York USA We set out from The W Union Square, and headed up… Read More
The Union Square Holiday Market is a Christmas Market located in Union Square, New York City, New York, United States of America. It offers over one hundred and fifty shops and operates between late November and Christmas Eve during daytime and early evening hours. We would get the opportunity to take in the Christmas Market on our recent stay in New York City. We’d find some interesting and artisanal crafts that really… Read More
The “W” Union Square would be our modernized historic hotel for this particular trip to New York City. It’s well situated on the beautiful Union Square Park in the middle of where you want to be in Manhattan. Conveniently accessible to most attractions, we enjoyed a functional stay in a neighbourhood that was pleasant to be in, in a hotel that was a little average in experience. Review: The W New York… Read More
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