Flights more expensive on the AC app than on line!
Just booked a YYZ-CUN-YYZ flight using the iPad app for Jan using a 15% discount code. I used the app because of the 500 bonus AE miles. (Yeah, I know. )
It looks like the app doesn't take the full 15% off. The total cost for my flights was $555.31, but if I had booked online, it would have cost me $547.31. So I paid an $8 scam charge for a lousy 500 aeropennies.
I will be complaining to AC, but buyer beware!
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The biggest problem with AC is they don't have a loyalty program.
I m sure its just collected on behalf of the developer by Air Canada -
because the developer asked them to due to increasing costs of fu... err development.
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I have used the app on my iphone a few times now. Have found price differences going both ways, and managed to grab some cheaper fares on the app, with bonus miles which have appeared in my account. No bungled reservations, either My biggest complaints are that you can't see seat availability before booking on the app, and also can only book a one-way or return flight but nothing multi-city (which matters price-wise if flying internationally). Otherwise, happy, but buyer beware and check both sources for price!
Just booked a YYZ-CUN-YYZ flight using the iPad app for Jan using a 15% discount code. I used the app because of the 500 bonus AE miles. (Yeah, I know. )
It looks like the app doesn't take the full 15% off. The total cost for my flights was $555.31, but if I had booked online, it would have cost me $547.31. So I paid an $8 scam charge for a lousy 500 aeropennies.
I will be complaining to AC, but buyer beware!
Isn't that like the orbitz thing where mac user were charged more?
I know with grocery shopping, price differences are illegal. Not with flight prices? (I know it isn't the best parallel, but close enough)
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Originally Posted by margarita girl
I figured out that the prices on the app were $274 and $204 for my flights, while they were $269 and $199 respectively online.
A new low for AC with their nickel and diming.
I noticed this one time when simply shopping for fares on my iPhone. I found it was harder to find the cheapest fare. In addition, not as many different flight options (and corresponding fares) were displayed. This was my first and last time using the iPhone to shop and book...I like the variety and clarity of the website.
Oh yes! Tried to cancel the flight I booked last night on the app and cannot cancel on the app or online. I'm in ZRH using my iPad and don't have Skype loaded, so had to email a friend in Cda to call in and cancel my reservation.
AC you are so hopeless.
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The biggest problem with AC is they don't have a loyalty program.
Isn't that like the orbitz thing where mac user were charged more?
I don't think Orbitz was charging Mac users more for the same hotels; they were just listing higher-priced hotels at the top of their lists on a Mac than on a PC. Nothing illegal about that; in fact, it's using whatever minimal demographic information you have about the customer to target what they may be more likely to be interested in.
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Originally Posted by margarita girl
Oh yes! Tried to cancel the flight I booked last night on the app and cannot cancel on the app or online. I'm in ZRH using my iPad and don't have Skype loaded, so had to email a friend in Cda to call in and cancel my reservation.
AC you are so hopeless.
Thankfully 1-2 airlines besides AC fly YYZCUN daily. No need to deal with this, right?
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My biggest complaints are that you can't see seat availability before booking on the app, and also can only book a one-way or return flight but nothing multi-city (which matters price-wise if flying internationally). Otherwise, happy, but buyer beware and check both sources for price!
