Originally Posted by
hofo_mofo
I am at present booked on AC797 to LAX (from Montreal), and then connecting to AC5204 to Vegas (which is really UA378). Now after reading the website (
http://www.aircanada.com/en/travelin...stminutes.html) until my eyes bleed, is it safe to conclude that I will NOT be offered a LMUP when I do OLCI? When I go to the airport, could I ask for a LMUP solely for my LAX leg, or is it still not possible?
The website information does not imply that you will
not be offered an LMUP for the YUL-LAX leg, assuming you are in T+ or Latitude, simply because there is a non-AC segment in the itinerary. After all, you are on an AC operated flight leaving from a Canadian or US airport on a flight with J service. In fact this paragraph seems to imply that the customer can make the decision
by segment even if on an all-AC metal itinerary:
Price is based on each individual flight segment for which a Last Minute Upgrade Purchase is requested; the customer will have final purchase decision for all eligible flight segments of his itinerary;
As I mentioned, I am going with my brother, however two different routings. My brother and his entourage are taking AC575 (Vegas direct). I am contemplating about doing a sameday standby to shift my flight to their routing (for 50 CAD plus GST and QST [anything else?]).
There is no such thing as same-day standby for 50 CAD. You mean you want to make a
confirmed change to another flight for 50 CAD.
When you make the same day change using OLCI, it is done at the very beginning of the OLCI process. If AC has set things up in a rational manner, there is no reason why you couldn't first make the same day confirmed change, and
then be offered (if available) the option of an LMUP on the new flight.
But I don't know for sure. Only AC could confirm whether it has been set up that way. I don't see why not.
Now, say I did get to purchase an upgrade at OLCI for my YUL-LAX leg, if I inquire/request at the airport for that sameday standby and get it, would my LMUP transfer over as well, providing there is still space in J? - I know logically if you get the upgrade don't switch, but just wondering none the less.
The website says the LMUP is non-refundable, which would suggest that you probably can't transfer it to another flight, whether via standby (which you are
not planning to do since you appear to be on a T+ ticket) or via confirmed same-day change. Again, only our friendly neighborhood AC insiders could confirm for sure.