BOS-YUL on Air Canada Express

The good news is that Logan Airport has an in-airport hotel, The Hilton.  The bad news is that it is a mile plus walk from most of the terminals.   

Finally. 

And my room for the night.

Eight hours later, back to the terminals.

And the long, trek.

I'm headed to Terminal B.  But the only way to walk there without going outside, is thru Terminal A.  

Fortunately, Air Canada operates from the first gates in the B terminal.  Oddly, the gates are not connected to the rest of the terminal and has dedicated security for its 2 gates. 

At only $52, this flight was a no brainer and made the entire LAX-BOS-YUL routing atttractive.  AC was selling seats for only $52 as they battle Westjet which just started service between YUL and BOS.   For another $20, I upgraded to Preferred Seating and single seat bulkhead seat 12A.  

The Business Class cabin.

A very light load this morning with only 24 or so passengers.   Only 1 pax in Business and only one other pax in the Preferred seats. 

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Tons of legroom in 12A.

Pretty cool that there is even IFE on this plane.

About 35 minutes after take-off, we begin our descent to Montréal.  Oh yeah, that still looks cold.

As much as I hate Air Canada, this short flight was excellent.  Then again, it wasn't mainline AC.  It helped that there were very few other passengers on the plane and none around me.   

The long hike to Customs and Immigration.

Not much action this morning.   With NEXUS, after the system verified my identity, I was able to walk thru the terminal and enter Canada without speaking to a customs agent. 

After exiting customs, I head back upstairs to the US depatures wing and the Marriott, one of the most convenient in-terminal hotels in North America.

My comfy room for the day and night.

And great views east toward the city.

My Gold elite status gets me Executive Lounge access and a quick breakfast before heading downtown.