Tag: vancouver | SingleFlyer

Cathay Pacific Lounge (YVR)

July 23, 2022July 27, 2019

Cathay Pacific Lounge Vancouver Review The Cathay Pacific Lounge at Vancouver Airport is located across from the SkyTeam Lounge near Gate 67. During my mileage run, I had a 3 hour layover at Vancouver before my flight back to Hong Kong in Cathay Pacific First Class. An elevator takes you … Read more

SkyTeam Lounge (YVR)

July 23, 2022June 23, 2019

SkyTeam Lounge YVR Before my Icelandair flight, I had a five hour layover in Vancouver. The international departure area has two lounges accessible with Priority Pass — the Plaza Premium Lounge and the SkyTeam Lounge. As I had already visited the Plaza Premium Lounge on a previous trip, I decided … Read more

Hilton Vancouver Airport Review

July 23, 2022December 6, 2017

Hilton Vancouver Airport Review After arriving around midnight in Vancouver after my fantastic flight on Cathay Pacific, I hoped on the shuttle and was taken to the Hilton Vancouver Airport. Located about 6km from the airport, the shuttle ride takes about 15 minutes. It is south of downtown Vancouver in Richmond … Read more

Cathay Pacific First Class JFK-YVR

July 23, 2022November 29, 2017

Cathay Pacific First Class JFK-YVR I find Cathay Pacific First Class to be one of the best ways to travel. Their service is fantastic and their planes are luxurious but not flashy (looking at you Emirates). Best of all, you can fly Cathay Pacific First Class using Alaska Airlines miles. … Read more

Qantas 747-400 Business Class YVR-SYD

July 23, 2022December 29, 2016

Qantas 747-400 Business Class YVR-SYD Qantas doesn’t fly out of Seattle, so my options to fly to Sydney from the west coast were out of San Francisco, Los Angles, or Vancouver. I was unable to find premium award seats with Alaska miles out of LAX or SFO, but there was … Read more

Hyatt Regency Vancouver Review

July 23, 2022May 16, 2015

I purchased tickets to U2’s tour opener in Vancouver late last year and knew I would want to spend a couple days in Canada. There is only one Hyatt option in Vancouver; the Hyatt Regency Vancouver, so I booked it. I am a Hyatt loyalist after all. This would be my first stay at a Hyatt property as a Diamond member after completing my Elite Tier Offer.

Location: Hyatt Regency Vancouver is located in the heart of downtown next to the Burrard SkyTrain station that you can access via the Expo or Millennium lines. It is no more than a 15 minute walk to anywhere in downtown. The hotel lobby is connected to a small mall that has a drug store and fast food restaurants. A few blocks away is the shopping area of downtown in one direction and the waterfront in other. Vancouver is a very cosmopolitan city and you can easily find anything you are looking for.

BoltBus Seattle to Vancouver

July 25, 2022May 14, 2015

BoltBus Seattle to Vancouver I am writing this post on my BoltBus Seattle to Vancouver trip. While I have taken coach type buses in other countries; this is my first time using a Greyhound type service in the states. BoltBus is owned by Greyhound but markets itself as the cooler … Read more

Hyatt Best Rate Guarantee can save you money

March 22, 2015February 25, 2015

Learn how to use the Hyatt Best Rate Guarantee to save yourself money on your next hotel booking.

One of my favorite websites is flyertalk.com, particularly their forum section. It has great reviews, tips on finding deals and guides on how to navigate frequent flyer programs. One of the threads talks about Hyatt’s Best Rate Guarantee. Basically the idea is that if you book on hyatt.com and find a cheaper rate on another website, they will match the price AND reduce it by 20%. It is a great idea to get customers to book direct instead of through other travel websites. The other benefit of booking direct through Hyatt is that you earn Hyatt Gold Passport points, not so if you book through another source. I have a number of Hyatt reservations coming up over the next few months, so I decided to see if I could find cheaper rates from other websites.