Limo service at YYZ for domestic to international transfers
Jul 31, 2017, 6:50 am
#227
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SE packages from 2015 for example.I get how leaving a car sitting around a few weeks without being used, especially while it's cool is not a great idea but are VIPs that rare? I guess I don't see where the advantage is for AC to provide this service to the lowly Elites... or lower.
Jul 31, 2017, 8:41 am
#228
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I was being facetious... yes, VIPs are rare, and if one is a true AC VIP, their BP will show VIP - AC*G.
Jul 31, 2017, 12:01 pm
#229
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Even things AC claim to have sent do not always arrive SE packages from 2015 for example.
I get how leaving a car sitting around a few weeks without being used, especially while it's cool is not a great idea but are VIPs that rare? I guess I don't see where the advantage is for AC to provide this service to the lowly Elites... or lower.
SE packages from 2015 for example.I get how leaving a car sitting around a few weeks without being used, especially while it's cool is not a great idea but are VIPs that rare? I guess I don't see where the advantage is for AC to provide this service to the lowly Elites... or lower.
I'd say 50% of the time I'm in the YYZ concierge office (which, granted, means something's wrong, so it's not a quick in-and-out), I see at least one VIP.
The incremental cost of driving a J passenger is very low for AC (or the other partners who contribute to the program), but the "wow AC drove me!" factor, or the chance that they might buy a BMW, etc., can contribute to future revenue.
Jul 31, 2017, 12:32 pm
#231
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I'm having trouble understanding this. What's the point of a limo service for connecting pax. Isn't it easier to walk?
Aug 2, 2017, 8:38 am
#235
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Location: YHZ
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I had the the private service at EWR last year going from A to C. Driver saw that I was Star Gold and offered my wife and I a ride. Got lots of looks when we went through the gate we were supposed to depart from at Terminal C. I guess that made me a "quasi-VIP"
Aug 2, 2017, 9:48 am
#236
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2) Some might feel insulted at being selected as being a prospective buyer of a mid/low-end product such as a BMW.
Aug 26, 2017, 11:21 am
#237
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Any estimates in terms of what % of J passengers get this service? I have yet to experience it. (Though perhaps that's because most of my connections are US-to-Int'l.)
Aug 26, 2017, 11:32 am
#238
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My guesstimate would be along the lines of
(2 cars x 2 transfers/hour x 10 hours) / (30-50 int'l flights* x 20-40 J pax per flight x 50% connecting pax) = ~5% of pax
* depending on which flights are eligible for the service
Of course the estimate is somewhat skewed since the service is mainly targetting at AC VIPs. While I'd assume that most VIPs fly J (and the % may therefore still be accurate), the odds of getting the car transfer as a non-VIP J pax are probably much lower.
Aug 26, 2017, 11:43 am
#239
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I believe the car transfer is only available for select pax connecting from domestic to int'l destinations.
My guesstimate would be along the lines of
(2 cars x 2 transfers/hour x 10 hours) / (30-50 int'l flights* x 20-40 J pax per flight x 50% connecting pax) = ~5% of pax
* depending on which flights are eligible for the service
Of course the estimate is somewhat skewed since the service is mainly targetting at AC VIPs. While I'd assume that most VIPs fly J (and the % may therefore still be accurate), the odds of getting the car transfer as a non-VIP J pax are probably much lower.
My guesstimate would be along the lines of
(2 cars x 2 transfers/hour x 10 hours) / (30-50 int'l flights* x 20-40 J pax per flight x 50% connecting pax) = ~5% of pax
* depending on which flights are eligible for the service
Of course the estimate is somewhat skewed since the service is mainly targetting at AC VIPs. While I'd assume that most VIPs fly J (and the % may therefore still be accurate), the odds of getting the car transfer as a non-VIP J pax are probably much lower.
Aug 26, 2017, 12:11 pm
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