Party Flight - Land YQB in a 767! April 29, 2017
Apr 14, 2017, 4:08 pm
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But Y, its a 767
If I had known earlier I could have rerouted my returning to YYZ with a pit stop in YQB somehow on April 29th ugh/
If I had known earlier I could have rerouted my returning to YYZ with a pit stop in YQB somehow on April 29th ugh/
Apr 14, 2017, 4:09 pm
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Ugh I need to book a flight back from YQB.
I'm thinking doing some crazy Aeroplan routing like YQB-YUL-YOW-YYZ-YYC-YEG-YVR-SFO.
Anyone want to hop around the continent on the Sunday?
I'm thinking doing some crazy Aeroplan routing like YQB-YUL-YOW-YYZ-YYC-YEG-YVR-SFO.
Anyone want to hop around the continent on the Sunday?
Last edited by canadiancow; Apr 14, 2017 at 11:52 pm Reason: specify routing
Apr 14, 2017, 4:15 pm
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maybe YQB-YYZ-ORD-LAX-NRT-BKK-FRA-IAD for Monday?
Last edited by DrunkCargo; Apr 15, 2017 at 1:03 am
Apr 14, 2017, 4:19 pm
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Apr 22, 2017, 3:57 pm
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Okay, this do is cancelled, due to AC not honoring the guaranteed reservations in economy class for Super Elites. We had four people booked.
Apr 22, 2017, 4:04 pm
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Ok, I do have to ask why. Outside of some really expensive Y tickets you'd likely cause some pax to get IDB, not because you need to get somewhere, but for a do?
What rationale did AC have for not honouring the SE reservations?
What rationale did AC have for not honouring the SE reservations?
Apr 22, 2017, 4:08 pm
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They gave a different explanation to the other SE. I'll let him post if he wants to.
They rebooked me onto MBJ-YYZ-YQB, which, on the surface, is fine. Except that when I booked MBJ-YQB, MBJ-YYZ-YQB had some much lower fare classes available. Now it's Y0. I could have saved hundreds of dollars by picking that set of flights in the first place, but now I'm stuck at the premium I paid for a mainline non-stop flight. No thanks.
Next time there's an interesting flight, we'll try this again.
Apr 23, 2017, 10:07 am
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Apr 24, 2017, 11:49 am
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You will enjoy the jw red in the salon VIP. I will tell the cleaning staff to hold off on mopig Theo ensure a full bottle for your arrival 😀
Apr 24, 2017, 11:51 am
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In my case, they said they cancelled the flight (they did not).
They gave a different explanation to the other SE. I'll let him post if he wants to.
They rebooked me onto MBJ-YYZ-YQB, which, on the surface, is fine. Except that when I booked MBJ-YQB, MBJ-YYZ-YQB had some much lower fare classes available. Now it's Y0. I could have saved hundreds of dollars by picking that set of flights in the first place, but now I'm stuck at the premium I paid for a mainline non-stop flight. No thanks.
Next time there's an interesting flight, we'll try this again.
They gave a different explanation to the other SE. I'll let him post if he wants to.
They rebooked me onto MBJ-YYZ-YQB, which, on the surface, is fine. Except that when I booked MBJ-YQB, MBJ-YYZ-YQB had some much lower fare classes available. Now it's Y0. I could have saved hundreds of dollars by picking that set of flights in the first place, but now I'm stuck at the premium I paid for a mainline non-stop flight. No thanks.
Next time there's an interesting flight, we'll try this again.
Apr 30, 2017, 10:55 am
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Yeah, the flight was "cancelled". 
Apr 30, 2017, 11:16 am
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cow, if the guaranteed reservation was full Y, shouldn't it have been fully refundable? If so, when AC shut down the game you guys were trying to play, why not just cancel it, get your refund and be done with it?
Apr 30, 2017, 11:24 am
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So while we were willing to pay the full Y premium for MBJ-YQB, we were not willing to pay the same premium for MBJ-YYZ-YQB, given that we could have had it much cheaper when we originally booked MBJ-YQB.
All I've learned from this is that "guaranteed reservations in economy class" are not actually guaranteed.
They're just lucky my SFO-MBJ and hotel were refundable, and I hadn't booked YQB-SFO yet.
Apr 30, 2017, 6:05 pm
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While I understand you feel cheated, does the privilege say that you gave to get on that flight? Or just from O to D?
Honestly asking, as I've never had my ticket cancelled if I used the benefit before.
Honestly asking, as I've never had my ticket cancelled if I used the benefit before.