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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The City of Chicago in the United States of America is a focus city for United Airlines. Being one of their major mid west hubs for travel within the region, both on United Airlines and other Star Alliance carriers, it offers flights to almost anywhere. During our travel through Chicago O’Hare, we happened to be connecting through to South America. During our lay over, we stopped in at two United Club’s to… Read More
The City of Chicago in the United States of America is a focus city for United Airlines. Being one of their major mid west hubs for travel within the region, both on United Airlines and other Star Alliance carriers, it offers flights to almost anywhere. During our travel through Chicago O’Hare, we happened to be connecting through to South America. During our lay over, we stopped in at two United Club’s to… Read More
The first leg of our journey was on the first flight of the day between Vancouver International Airport and the United hub, George Bush International Airport in Houston, Texas, United States of America. While it was the first leg of our journey, it would also turn out to be the first leg of a fourteen flight adventure on this mostly free African trip. If you enjoyed this post, please follow us here… Read More
The first leg our of trip was in style thanks to car service through Aerocar. We were also able to enjoy my favourite lounge in Vancouver at the Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge US Transborder. This post is one chapter on our trip to South Africa, a Safari in the Maasai Mara in Kenya and Mauritius. This trip was redeemed through Air Canada’s Aeroplan and through Starwood Preferred Guest (Marriott Bonvoy) and… Read More
Trip Introduction: South Africa, Kenya and Mauritius via South African Airways, Swiss Air, United Airlines and Air Canada Business Class. Trip Planning: Time for another great trip – this one taking us from North America to South Africa. I had last been to South Africa in 1998 at the end of Apartheid but the opportunity hadn’t presented itself until now to go again. In addition, it was also timed with a slightly… Read More
We don’t often make a point of staying at Four Points by Sheraton hotels in our personal lives. I get a pretty steady frequency of them on my work travel circuit around various towns throughout Canada. I needed 2 last nights for renewing the next year’s Marriott Bonvoy status. When I looked at the cheapest Marriott Hotel property in the Vancouver area, this property or the Four Points by Sheraton Vancouver Airport… Read More
There is a silver of warmth in British Columbia in the southern center of the province called the Okanagan. The center of this warmth is the city of Kelowna, which sees vacationers inundate the area during the summer months. The winter seasons see cool weather and occasional snows. While there are a variety of family motels and lower end hotels, the Delta Hotels by Marriott is the only major resort franchise in… Read More
Thanks to some other recent reviews of my experiences with United Airlines and their lounges at Chicago O’Hare airport, I recognized that I had also visited the United Club Chicago O’Hare Terminal Two lounge. As the first United Club’s lounges refreshed after the lounges were rebranded from the United Red Carpet Clubs, I thought it was time to compare it with the other Chicago O’Hare Offerings. If you enjoyed this post, please… Read More
The last leg of our travels home was on an Airbus A319 from the East Coast of the United States back to Vancouver. Air Canada had, at one time, upgraded the aircraft from this route to a Boeing 787 with terrific executive pods in business class. We weren’t in that much luxury today and we flew on an Airbus 319 back home. This post is one chapter on our trip to Costa… Read More
After a quick layover at the Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott, we were back at the airport for the last leg of our journey. The Newark airport offers several terminals and concourses and is a United Airlines Hub for the New York area. Our flight today was departing from Terminal “A”. This post is one chapter on our trip to Costa Rica. This trip was booked and credited to Air Canada Aeroplan… Read More
We had an overnight on our trip back thanks to a routing via the East Coast of the United States. With Star Alliance occupying most of the territory in Newark, we ended up overnighting in New Jersey for a brief 10 hours. We ended up at the Marriott Hotel located at Newark international Airport. While it wasn’t an exotic experience, it was pretty straightforward and the most convenient option available. This post… Read More
The first leg of our journey home was a trip via the East Coast of the United States from Liberia, Costa Rica to Newark, New Jersey, USA. This post is one chapter on our trip to Costa Rica. This trip was booked and credited to Air Canada Aeroplan and Starwood Preferred Guest (Marriott Bonvoy). For more information on how this trip was booked, please see our trip introduction here. For other parts… Read More
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