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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This Air Canada Signature Business Class flight offered on an Air Canada Boeing 787-9 was during an unusual industrial action Gate Gourmet strike impacting Toronto Pearson International Airport. While the airline tried to mitigate some of the food and beverage shortages, they were not very organized in this effort. What would normally be a flight full of Air Canada’s best domestic product, would end up being dry and empty of any food…. Read More
Air Canada launched it’s newest lounge concept as the Air Canada Café Toronto. The Air Canada Café Toronto was designed to allow business travellers a space to collect some take away food, pickup a quick coffee, or send off a few emails. It also had a secondary objective of alleviating a little bit of pressure on the larger Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge Toronto Domestic upstairs. The Air Canada Café has been… Read More
In order to save my employer about $1000, I ended up taking a connection on my flight home from Ottawa to Vancouver. This flight would route me Ottawa – Toronto – Vancouver. I would end up experiencing the Air Canada Café in Toronto, in addition to a large Air Canada Signature Business Class pod for no extra cost. Read on to see how this short flight fared. Review: Air Canada Business Class… Read More
Occasionally, while travelling, the stars align and you have the opportunity to dine at a top-notch establishment. It usually takes some research, but the time and effort invested can pay off with a really fun evening. On my recent trip to Ottawa, I would end up discovering Soif Bar à Vin. Soif Bar à Vin happened to be run by Veronique Rivest; known for being Air Canada’s wine sommelier. I would be… Read More
With another trip to Ottawa, I ended up visiting the last Marriott Bonvoy property I had yet to experience in the downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The nation’s capital offered many Marriott Bonvoy properties. Most were built from the same generation and era. My stay at the Delta Ottawa City Centre would be in a hotel similar to the other Marriott Bonvoy stays, but marked with the best executive lounge available… Read More
Today’s flight was on my usual commuting route from Vancouver to Ottawa. I was booked into an Air Canada Business Class Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, which features their newest narrow body business class experience. Today’s flight was pretty straightforward; the usual product related to Air Canada’s Fleet along with their usual professional crisp Service. I reviewed this product several times before, including only two months ago. Today’s flight was not much… Read More
Alaska Airlines offers connecting service from Bellingham International Airport to its hub in Seattle Tacoma International Airport. Our first flight today was on Alaska Airlines Embraer 175 aircraft, operated by Skywest Airlines. As always, we would experience a quick and no nonsense flight before we landed in Seattle Tacoma and connected over to our flight to Anchorage. Review: Alaska Airlines First Class E175: Seattle Tacoma International Airport – Bellingham International Airport Much… Read More
Alaska Airlines offers the most frequencies of service to the state of Alaska from many departure cities in the United States. We would get the opportunity to fly from Anchorage in Alaska Airlines First Class on their flagship service to Seattle. We were a little late departing Anchorage due to a medical emergency on board however Alaska may best efforts to recover for this incident which was beyond their control. Read on… Read More
MBNA involuntarily converted all of it’s MBNA Alaska Airlines World Elite Mastercard holders over to the MBNA Rewards Mastercard. MBNA had initially promised a conversion feature for MBNA Rewards points over to Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan points within the first year of card ownership. MBNA has now announced details of that conversion within the first year. However, the transfer details are much more limiting than we would normally expect. Read on to… Read More
The start of today’s flight would offer a short haul connecting flight from Fairbanks to Anchorage on Alaska Airlines. There are multiple frequencies of this flight on a daily basis connecting Alaska’s largest cities. Our flight departing Fairbanks International Airport would take us over Denali National Park. The experience was pleasant and quiet journey, lasting only an hour and two minutes. Read on to see how our first flight of the day… Read More
With a spare day around Fairbanks, we had a few extra hours to kill before flying back home. We had an afternoon of dog sledding set up. Since that only took a few hours, we had a few hours to kill around Fairbanks and the surrounding area. We ended up exploring North Pole, Alaska and the giant Santa Claus House. We also took in the adventure of getting Chena Hot Springs for… Read More
It wouldn’t be a trip to Alaska without getting a taste of the local outdoor activities. On our list to experience while we visited Alaska was dog sledding. After researching a few guides, we ended up booking with Rod’s Alaskan Guide Service in North Pole, Alaska near Fairbanks. We were able to get out on the dog sled for a fun adventure in Alaska’s wilderness all while getting to know some entertaining… Read More
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