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 Nice, France holds a great memory in my heart. Having previously visited the city during my time in business school at Grenoble – France, it was a place that I’d always known that I would return to at some point in the future. I never knew exactly when that was going to be. However, on this trip, I would get that opportunity to revisit some of the places that… Read More
The city of Nice, France on the Côte d’Azur remains one of the most popular old world European holiday gateways. It’s long shoreline along the Promenade des Anglais is one of the greatst sights in the region. We would end up basing ourselves in Nice for seven days while we toured around the region. We would end up at the Le Méridien Nice for our five day tour of the area. Hoping… Read More
On our trip to Nice, France, we flew British Airways and connected through London Heathrow airport. After a comfortable wide body flight in British Airways Club Suite Business Class product, it was time to enjoy their narrow body intra Europe option of British Airways Club Europe. In a continent where airlines are trying to compete against more convenient trains, you might think that air carriers might be trying to make business class… Read More
The Plaza Premium Lounge network operates over sixty lounges under the Plaza Premium Name worldwide. The Plaza Premium Lounges typically offer a consistent lounge experience with a broad food presentation, even when visiting outside of regular meal hours. Today’s travel took me through the Plaza Premium London Heathrow Lounge on a connecting flight from London Heathrow Terminal Five. How would the Plaza Premium Lounge London Heathrow fare for a connecting traveler ?… Read More
British Airways’s route network takes it through one of London’s two airports; its primary base at London Heathrow and it’s secondary base at London Gatwick. London Heathrow’s Terminal Five represents the flagship of it’s lounge network. British Airways offers its primary business class lounges, it’s first class lounges and it’s exclusive Concorde Room First Class Lounge. As connecting passengers like we were, we’d stop in to visit the British Airways Galleries South… Read More
British Airways has re-invited their business class product into a newly designed British Airways Club Suite. The British Airways Club Suite product is currently featured on their new Airbus 350-1000 series and Boeing 787-10 aircraft, in addition to select other aircraft that are under refurbishment. These include the Boeing 777-200 ER’s and the Boeing 777-300 ER’s. Each Club Suite offers what had been missing from the old Club World Product; direct aisle… Read More
The Plaza Premium Lounge network operates over sixty lounges under the Plaza Premium Name worldwide. The Plaza Premium Lounges typically offer a consistent lounge experience with a broad food presentation, even when visiting outside of regular meal hours. Today’s travel took me through the Plaza Premium Vancouver International lounge where they have constructed a temporary pop up lounge during their transition to their new Plaza Premium Vancouver International space. How would their… Read More
The South of France always holds a special place in my heart. The Rhônes Alpes Region was my home to business school residencies in Grenoble, France. During that period in my early thirties, I was able to spend some time exploring the Cote d’Azur region, including travels through Nice and Monaco. I am happy that I get to return to this region for a repeat visit. Trip Introduction: Cote d’Azur, France &… Read More
Marriott typically offers a spring and fall promotion that aligns with the business travel season. Last year, we saw a spring promotion that was pretty reasonable with a double elite qualifying night credit. We are happy to report that the double elite qualifying night credit is back for Spring 2024, which should make Marriott Bonvoy status chasers very happy. It only takes a moment to register for a Marriott promotion, so read… Read More
After seventeen years of travel on the road, and approximately seven hundred and fifty four nights in Marriott affiliated hotels, I’m happy to report that I’ve finally achieved Marriott Bonvoy Lifetime Platinum status. Marriott Bonvoy Lifetime Platinum status offers a set amount of upgrades for the life of the program and the life of the participant. It’s been quite a journey to get to this point. This post is about the next… Read More
My final flight on this trip was on Air Canada’s smallest Airbus 300 series aircraft; the Airbus 319. Air Canada only has a few of these Airbus 319’s in the fleet, so it marked a special occassion to have flown them. Despite the smaller size, Air Canada has maintained the same size of business class for this size of cabin. Let’s take a look at what a short haul business class flight looks… Read More
Air Canada has been fairly reliable with offering a Maple Leaf Lounge through it’s major centre cities in its airline network. The Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge Edmonton represents an example of its smaller format lounge. Despite the City of Edmonton not being a major hub or focus city for Air Canada, Air Canada has operated a Maple Leaf Lounge at this location for years. My recent visit to the lounge would… Read More
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