Monthly Archives: February 2014

Vancouver

From the train station, we took to walking around Vancouver until it was time to head to the airport to catch our flight back to Seattle.

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Amtrak Cascades Business Class Seattle to Vancouver

With Vancouver so close to Seattle, how could I pass up the opportunity to visit Canada? From Seattle to Vancouver, there are three realistic options:  Planes, trains, and automobiles.  (Sadly, “boat” is unlikely to be very timely.)  As a truck … Continue reading

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Hyatt at Olive 8

For Memorial Day weekend, I decided to go to Seattle (with a small dash of Canada added in as well).  For our three nights in Seattle, we stayed at the Hyatt at Olive 8. I had booked this reservation speculatively … Continue reading

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Colorado Springs

I’m often told that I don’t showcase the photos of my destination enough.  Back in May, I went to Colorado Springs.  Here are a few, with a very minimal trip report as a lead-in: I flew a very delayed, but … Continue reading

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American Airlines First Class Honolulu to Los Angeles

As I wanted to get back to New York in the early morning, I wound up booking an early afternoon departure from Honolulu, connecting in Los Angeles.  United’s nonstop to Newark was scheduled to arrive too late and connecting in … Continue reading

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The Moana Surfrider Waikiki

As I discussed in March, I successfully booked two nights at the Moana Surfrider Waikiki under the old award chart by calling when the website began showing the new rates prematurely.  I spent 24k points for two nights when the … Continue reading

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This Isn’t The End?

I was just about to write-up my “it’s February 1st in the Central Time zone” post commemorating the devaluation (and the hundreds of thousands of miles that I’ve booked in the last 36 hours)… …but Matthew at upgrd.com is reporting … Continue reading

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