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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It’s not very easy to get from North America to Cuba. Many flights exist from Canada and there are occasionally flights available from the United States. Today’s flight had us departing from Western Canada’s Calgary International Airport on a non stop to the resort town of Varadero, Cuba. It would be a flight ending in undeveloped views on arrival, of a country yet to fully blossom. Review: Westjet Airlines B737-8, Calgary International… Read More
Our first flight for this trip would have us departing from one of Vancouver’s smaller regional airports located in the suburban Fraser Valley and outer Lower Mainland regional district. Canada’s second airline: Westjet Airlines came in as an underdog and has pretty much emerged as Canada’s second national carrier. We’d be flying with them extensively on this trip on a carrier that I don’t typically fly on. Review: Westjet Airlines B737-6, Abbotsford… Read More
The Caribbean country of Cuba has always been an interesting travel proposition. As one of the few countries in the world still to identify as communist, it’s always been on my list as a travel destination that I had yet to realize. After being able to tag onto a girls’ trip, I was able to accompany MrsWT73 and her friends for a week of exploring Cuba. Trip Introduction: Havana and Varadero, Cuba… Read More
Our travels home would have us departing from Europe’s largest Skyteam hub at Paris Charles de Gaulle. With a competitive overseas marketplace, Air France goes head to head against Lufthansa from their co-bases in Frankfurt / Munich, and British Airways from their busy hub at London Heathrow. How would Air France stack up against these heavy weights? Review: Air France Business Class B777-200 ER, Paris Charles de Gaulle – Vancouver International Airport…. Read More
There are many cities to connect through when travelling from North America to Europe. This particular flight would be my first experience departing Europe on a Skyteam carrier. This would allow us to experience the Salon Air France Lounge located in Paris Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2E. It’s always neat to experience a flagship lounge for a flag carrier and we’d come to appreciate this lounges wine program as one of it’s… Read More
Our connecting flight on Air France from Munich to Paris Charles de Gaulle had us travelling on one of the most unique Airbus aircrafts in the world; the Airbus 318. We would enjoy a short hop over to the Air France Hub in Paris Charles de Gaulle prior to connecting onwards to our international flight home. Review: Air France Business Class A318, Munich Franz Joseph Strauß Airport – Paris Charles de Gaulle… Read More
The Air France KLM Lounge in Munich, Germany is in the heart of a Star Alliance stronghold dominated by founding carrier Lufthansa. Today’s flight experience would have us departing from Munich’s other terminal; Terminal One. We would have a short visit to the joint SkyTeam Air France KLM Lounge prior to a short hop to another European SkyTeam hub at Paris Charles de Gaulle on an Air France Business Class flight. Review:… Read More
The city of Munich has a number of great spaces in its inner urban centre, including some attractions surrounding the Olympic Games of 1972 that were held in Munich, Germany. We’ve always taken the time to take in its various sights and explore all that Munich has to offer in its lifestyle. Activity: Taking in BMW Welt and Taking in BMW Welt and Neuhaser Straße, Munich, Germany. We took the train from… Read More
The city of Munich has a number of great tourist attractions. In addition to great tourist attractions, they have a number of great themed tourist attractions like Munich’s Christmas Markets or Munich’s Oktoberfest. We’d get an opportunity to take in Oktoberfest through a little accidental planning that would have us visiting Munich during the fall months. Activity: Drinking at the Biergarten at Oktberfest, Munich, Germany. When we arrived to Munich the night… Read More
Our visit to Munich happened to be timed with Oktoberfest; a period when the hotels fill up and room rates can get surprisingly expensive. A sample of room rates around Munich had prices around 400€ during the famous fall beer festival. We ended up getting outsized value by using annual certificates from American Express cards to stay for free during Oktoberfest at the Westin Grand Munich. Review: The Westin Grand Munich, Germany…. Read More
In order to pick up our return flight home on Air France Business Class Munich – Paris – Vancouver, we had to connect back to Munich on Air Domolti; a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Airline Group. Our experience with Air Domolti would have us on a convenient evening one hour flight direct from Venice to Munich with a timing that would allow us to experience the most of Venice during the day,… Read More
One of the most popular tourist attractions in Venice, Italy is the ability to take a gondola ride around the canals of Venice. It’s not a cheap experience, with rides costing upwards of 80€ ($93 USD) for 30 minutes. Having been to Venice before, and not having experienced the rides, I wasn’t going to miss out on this experience. Was it all worth it? We outlay our experience riding a Venice Gondola… Read More
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