By Roberta Lasky Our three-hour Amtrak Train ride from Seattle to Vancouver afforded us the opportunity to see the beautiful landscape along the way. After checking into the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, we took a short walk over to Cactus Club Café on Davie Street in the Yaletown section of this charming city. We had […]
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Breakfast In The Plaza Premium Lounge At Vancouver Airport-A Priority Pass Select Lounge
We had a 6am flight out of Vancouver after our recent FREE ski trip to Whistler this past spring break. We heeded to the 2 hour in advance rule for international flights and everything went smoothly, so we found ourselves with extra time in the airport. The Plaza Premium Lounge (a Priority Pass Select […]
TSA Pre√ Experience- JFK To Vancouver
Our TSA experience at JFK before our flight to Vancouver, for our ski trip to Whistler, was a successful one. There was a medium sized line for regular security and NO line for TSA. We whizzed through with our shoes on and laptops stored away in our carry-ons! […]
A Visit To The American Express Centurion Lounge In Seattle
We had a short layover in Seattle on our way to Vancouver for our ski trip to Whistler. Thank you to my American Express Business Platinum card for giving me and my family access to the Centurion Lounge at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. Don’t forget, complimentary lounge access is one of the benefits of the […]
Free Delta Flights Back To Vancouver For A Spring Break Ski Trip And A Savings of $3,600
I just booked our flights to go back to Whistler for spring break, 2016. All of the mileage redemptions, on every airline that I looked at, were very high. It was nothing like last summer when we flew to Vancouver for a mere 25,000 miles per flight. I finally settled on some Delta […]
Our $120 Dinner At The Hilton In Vancouver Yielded us 3,180 Hilton HHonors Points
Our last night in Vancouver, we stayed by the airport because we had a very early flight the next day. We had dinner at the Vancouver Hilton Airport Hotel in their restaurant CAVU Kitchen Bar, which was actually really good! The dinner bill for the 5 of us was $120, before tax and tip. This […]
The Grouse Grind In Vancouver Deserves Its Name
We absolutely loved Vancouver. After years of wanting to travel there, my expectations were met and it was as beautiful as I had expected it would be. While in the city, we had 2 rooms at one of the least expensive Four Seasons that I have ever encountered. Recall that I used my Chase Ultimate […]
A Last Free Night In Vancouver And A Savings Of About $250
As a trade off for our really low redemptions for our Air Canada flights, I booked us a 6:40 am flight home. We will need to be at the airport at about 4:30 am. Ugh! Because our flights are so early and we will not be able to […]
A 3 Night Stay At THE FOUR SEASONS! In Vancouver For 2/3 Free And A savings of $1,200
Since I recently used most of my Starpoints for Hawaii for this coming December, and now Whistler, I did not have enough to book a Starwood hotel in Vancouver. Could I have raised the Starwood points? Yes, I could have transferred American Express Membership Rewards points into my Starwood account. (Starwood is a transfer partner […]
Free Flights To Vancouver And A Savings of $3,000!
I have to admit, I was a little late to the game (so unlike me) and when I went to book flights, many of the award flights to Vancouver were in the range of 40,000 to 60,000 miles per ticket on various airlines…no thanks! However, by leaving a day earlier than I would have […]