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First time flying Air Canada in a year or so, but happy to do so more now that my primary airline (Continental) has joined *A. Flying LAX-YYZ on Nov 20 (in T+) on AC 788, which I think means I need a SSWU.
I also know this is probably the wrong place to be asking this, but does anyone know if *G (from a partner airline obviously) can book in the elite-only reservable seats in the forward part of the economy cabin?
First time flying Air Canada in a year or so, but happy to do so more now that my primary airline (Continental) has joined *A. Flying LAX-YYZ on Nov 20 (in T+) on AC 788, which I think means I need a SSWU.
You are correct, a Tango Plus ticket will require a SSWU certificate for upgrade, unless it is an "M" or "U" class until Feb 2010 (in which case a SWU or even a NAU wold do). Do you happen to know what fare class you are flying?
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Originally Posted by PeaSouper
I also know this is probably the wrong place to be asking this, but does anyone know if *G (from a partner airline obviously) can book in the elite-only reservable seats in the forward part of the economy cabin?
Not sure. I know when I book through my corporate TA and choose my seats online I can choose seating for top-tier passengers only, but unsure if that is something my company has arranged or it is available for others via other means.
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Originally Posted by PreferBulkhead
You are correct, a Tango Plus ticket will require a SSWU certificate for upgrade, unless it is an "M" or "U" class until Feb 2010 (in which case a SWU or even a NAU wold do). Do you happen to know what fare class you are flying?
Looks like my fare basis is W7ORSTP, so I'm guessing W.
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Not sure. I know when I book through my corporate TA and choose my seats online I can choose seating for top-tier passengers only, but unsure if that is something my company has arranged or it is available for others via other means.
Okay, thanks - FWIW I tried adding my CO OnePass number as my FF# to the reservation, which I thought might enable *G to be recognized on ac.com (it's already working this way on the UA website), but it turns out that ac.com won't accept OnePass numbers yet. I called in to the AC queue and the guy who answered the phone didn't even know what I was talking about.
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He didn't know what OnePass was or he didn't know about the *G access to priority seats? Sorry about that, they are usually quite good!
Yeah, called back a couple more times - was finally able to get my OP# added (though it still doesn't show online), and last customer rep said that the elite seats are held for only AC elites, not *G of other partner airlines. So that's that, it would seem.
I guess this is a little last minute, but I'm flying from CDG-YYZ tomorrow (Nov 10, 2009) on the AC881 flight. I have potentially up to 3 SW certificates. PM me if you're interested.
Alternatively, I'm flying back to Paris (YYZ-CDG) on Sun Nov 15th AC 880 (i think), I probably would still have these SW certificates left.
Thanks for the warm welcome. I will definitely try to be more active. I got lots of useful information from this forum over the years. I feel that it's my time to give back now that I've finally achieved the Elite status =)
Thanks for the warm welcome. I will definitely try to be more active. I got lots of useful information from this forum over the years. I feel that it's my time to give back now that I've finally achieved the Elite status =)
Egggggggggggcellent! Now SE is the next plateau for 2010!!
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