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Well the cruise terminal is in downtown Vancouver. As you walk about of the terminal your in the middle of the city. Lots of museums, galleries, shops, restaurants, attractions and nature. Just located above the cruise ship terminal is the Pan Pacific Hotel. I have never done it but many have reporting being able to leave their bags there with a bell hop and for a modest tip they will look after them until your ready to go to the airport. If your taking skytrain (subway system in Vancouver), you can get off at Templeton Station and there is a large outlet mall. There are free lockers where you can leave your bags near customer service counter. Skytrain is free between stations on Sea Island, that includes YVR Airport Station and Templeton Station. About $3-55/adult from downtown to the airport depending on time of day. Or $11.25 for all day. There are some flights going out of Vancouver around 10 om to 2 am. Some of the redeyes back east and a few flights to Asia. However it is generally not very busy at that time.

You will likely find the flight is cheaper with Air Canada, WestJet and Porter having multiple flight through the day. Once your in open ocean, the weather is going to be driven by what front happens to be moving through the area at the time. Hard to predict either way.

I would not do this. If you book separate tickets then your responsible for the connection and any financial costs to rebook if a flight is late and you miss your connection. You want it all on one ticket. If it is on a single ticket and your first flight of the day is late, the airline is responsible to rebook you to your final destination at their costs. I had a look at JetBlue website and they are able to sell singe tickets that combine Porter and JetBlue. They should be able to do it.

AMEX has a deal with Plaza Premium. You don't use Priority Pass to get into those lounges. You show your AMEX card. AMEX also pays for some membership in the Priority Pass program for its members. Most Priority pass lounges have 3 hour limits. WestJet does not have a deal with AMEX for lounge access. WestJet does have a deal with Priority Pass. It can also be different if your connecting. The AMEX Centrium lounges in the US allow you to get in from 3 hours if your originating at the airport. No limit is in place if your making a connection.

While I am a fan of De Dutch, they are not quite very close to YWCA. As a kid my parent use to take me to the one in Kingsgate Mall (that has now long closed). Still a favourite. Jam Cafe 556 Beatty St, is closer. They have a southern US theme to them. (https://jamcafes.com/).

There is a weird relationship between AMEX and Plaza Premium in Canada. I usually show my AMEX Canada Platinum card to get into Canadian Plaza Premium lounges. I have never had an issue with the 3 hour limit. They don't list an 2-3 hour limit on the AMEX website. If you use the Priority Pass card then there is a 3 hour limit in most lounges. At Vancouver Airport there are Plaza Premium lounges in all three zones. Two lounges in Domestic, one in US Transborder and 1 in International. There is also a Skyteam lounge in International that you can usually get into with the Priority Pass card.

If your traveling on a single ticket, the rules for the overseas flight generally override the rules for the connecting flights. So as an example, your flight to Boston to say Newark mighty normally have a baggage fee but if your connecting on to Lisbon then its is the rules for Newark to Lisbon that take precedence. TAP has a few different types of economy fares. Between North America and Europe everything except "Discount Class" fares includes a checked bag. That would extend to any local connecting flights if sold as part of the same ticket.

Yes, there is online checkin that gives you a choice to print a boarding pass or e-mail it your phone. There is also an app that lets you check in online. My experience with connections. WestJet checkin (app or in person) usually generates boarding passes for both Delta and WestJet flights. Delta Check does the same. The one thing they don't usually get right is passport information. You usually get called up at the gate and they ask to see that again. Clearly the OP had a different experience. That is unfortunate.

I have never had the case where all the kiosks don't work. That would be terrible. The airlines these days only have staffing levels assuming most people are self serve ahead of time at home or on the kiosks.

I think this comes down to federal vrs provincial laws. I don't think provincial laws apply to any inter-provincial or international trains, aircraft or ships. The provincial liquor age does not apply. Rules on servers don't apply etc. Taxes don't apply. That removes a lot of the tax. Then on the federal side there is no GST on international journeys. The removes the rest.

Most legacy airlines only discount return flights to Europe. The one way tickets are expense. Air Transact, WestJet and I guess TAP are exceptions to that rule.

Seattle to Portland I would just take the train. The train is going to take 3 hours but you avoid traveling from downtown Seattle to the airport, the lineups and security. I don't think you save much of any time flying.

YWCA Hotel is usually a good deal. Profits made from the hotel go to the non-profit that owns the hotel if that makes you fell good. If your looking for low cost, clean and well maintained hotel that is fairly basic, then the Days Inn on West Pender is walking distance to the pier. The rooms are small and the views are limited, no parking being a 100 year old build. I usually stay at the Sandman Hotel. It is close to YWCA Hotel. Both of those a longer walk from the pier.

That is going to depend on who your carrier is. Here is the map for Bell. https://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Our_network_coverage

It is not mandatory. If you chose to use it, it asks the same question that show up on the kiosk and there is a separate express line you go into. When you get to kiosk and scan your passport it asks if anything has changed from what you entered on the ArriveCAN app, if you indicate no change it prints the receipt and there are no other questions. If your arriving late morning to around 2/3 pm in Vancouver the line up for customer can sometimes be long and it is worth it. Any other time of the day and it is usually not that bad and your not saving a lot of time using ArriveCAN.

Over the last few years western countries have slowly moved towards accepting each others security. It depends, if you arrive in LIS from a country in Africa they would very likely have routed your through security again. From a country that has an equivalent clearance your would skip. My last flight to Portugal was in the spring. YVR-YYZ-FRA-FAO. No security in FRA, just passport control.

If it is row 1-3 it is in the front Cabin. If it is row 4 it is the bulkhead in front of economy.

I fly them all the time. They are mainstream airline these day. Flights are generally on time in the summer. In the winter all airlines in Canada need to deal with weather. Your will find the inflight service comparable to the major US Airlines or Air Canada. As for the credit cards. Yes, if you book on the Canadian websites in CDN$, with a US$ credit card the bank will do the conversion to US$. When you do the booking on WestJet you can add your Delta loyalty program number to the flight and you will earn with Delta. In Canada the front Cabin goes by different names than the US. Air Canada calls it business class. WestJet calls it Premium. It basically the same kind of seat as what the airlines in the US call first class with similar service to First in the US. For WestJet the 737 have 3 premium (aka First Class) rows at the front. The WestJet 787 has an international business class. premium cabin and economy. The 787 mostly operate between Canada and Europe or Japan. It is very rare they use those domestically or to the US.