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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

【Hotel Review】Calgary Marriott Downtown Hotel

June 06, 2017 0


Introduction

Marriott has redesigned and renovated many of its hotels since last year, and Calgary Marriott Downtown is a great example. This hotel is located in the heart of the city: right across the Calgary tower and by the Stephen Avenue, you are literally within walking distance to many great restaurants, shopping centers. And if you are lucky enough, there would be some parades near that area on weekends if a major event is held.

You can find a list of redesigned Marriott Hotels here.

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Sunday, May 14, 2017

Air Canada Being Arrogant about Denying Boarding

May 14, 2017 0
CBC has the exclusive news on my experience here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/air-canada-passenger-bumped-wants-compensation-1.4114718

I have reported the "overbooking" story of United Airline on my Simplified Chinese version of website before, but have never thought of that I would personally encounter overbooking myself. Here is a brief recap of what I have witnessed and experienced myself: 

My girl friend and I were supposed to take the Air Canada (AC8297) from Winnipeg to Saskatoon on May 13, 2017. We were at the airport an hour or so before departure time: and it proved to be plenty of time ahead given the fact that YWG was not busy at all on Saturday morning. When we were checking in, I was told that since I used United Airline Silver Status, they need to clear my identity before giving me the boarding pass. So I waited for around 20 minutes until they finally managed to get the phone call through and "clear my identity". 

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