Air Canada Boeing 777-300 at a Vancouver International Airport gate

2022.03 Day trip to Vancouver

Travel had not yet returned because restrictions were still in place.  In response to that Air Canada, or Aeroplan, offered up ways to achieve frequent flyer status for 2023.  After some calculations, I realized I could achieve my goal by adding a round trip to Vancouver.  However, without vacation available, it was going to be a day trip!

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2021.10 Vancouver (Part 1)

In 2021 airfare, even Canadian domestic fares, were very low.  It became so low that I couldn’t pass up the chance to visit Vancouver.  We chose to go in the fall to avoid large crowds and hope that the we would have excellent weather.  After all, we were only going for a long weekend.

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2021.09 – tour of alberta – flight to calgary

We really liked staying at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel.  So much so, that we booked a return trip for April 2021.  Unfortunately that didn’t occur, and we rescheduled our stay to September.  This time though, instead of just visiting Banff, what else does Alberta hold?

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