Three Ways to Upgrade to the Executive cabin
Air Canada eUpgrades
Air Canada eUpgrade Credits allow you to enjoy the comfort of our Executive cabin, especially if you're traveling on an intercontinental flight featuring our Executive First Suites, which are complete with lie-flat beds, multi-course meal service and personal touch-screen TVs with hundreds of hours of on-demand entertainment. Your eUpgrade Credits are deposited directly to your eUpgrade account soon after you qualify for them, giving you access to them at all times through aircanada.com.
For more information on:
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How to request an upgrade
• How to report eUpgrade discrepancies
• How eUpgrade Credits are calculated
• How to earn eUpgrade Credits
• eUpgrades to Share
• Terms and conditions
Last Minute Upgrade (LMU)
Last Minute Upgrades
Air Canada Bid Upgrades
Air Canada bid upgrade FAQ
Upgrading to the Premium Economy cabin
Air Canada has launched eUpgrades to Premium Economy, which allow Altitude members to upgrade from an eligible Economy Class fare to Premium Economy, giving them even more flexibility in how they wish to use their eUpgrade Credits. eUpgrades to Premium Economy are available for eligible flights operated by Air Canada, Air Canada Express and Air Canada rouge which feature a Premium Economy or Premium rouge cabin.
Other eUpgrade requirements
Altitude members will benefit from the same eUpgrade Booking Window as they do today, and eUpgrade Add-ons will not apply for eUpgrades to Premium Economy.
Requesting an eUpgrade to Premium Economy
As an Altitude member, you will continue to be able to request your upgrades:
•through your eUpgrade account,
•by contacting Air Canada Reservations or
•with an Air Canada agent at the airport.
Note that eUpgrades to Premium Economy will not be available when checking in online, via your mobile device or at airport self-service kiosks.
Itineraries with flight connections
If you request an upgrade for one cabin (i.e. entirely in Premium Economy or Business Class) for an entire one-way itinerary that contains flight connections, you will continue to be charged the lesser of the number of eUpgrade Credits required for an upgrade between your origin and destination, or the sum of the number of eUpgrade Credits required per flight segment, as is the case today.
However, if you request your eUpgrade for different cabins for connecting flights on a one-way itinerary, you will be required to make separate eUpgrade requests and the requirements for each of your flights will be assessed separately.
Availability and seat allocation
You will always be given the ability to sit in the best available seat. Should you originally request an upgrade to Business Class but do not receive an upgrade, you will automatically be placed on standby for Premium Economy and offered a seat based on availability.
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