Originally Posted by
theworld
I am contemplating a trip to YYC. AC HKG-YVR-YYC is about HKD22k per person while with BR HKG-TPE-YVR (and then YVR-YYC with AC) works out at HKD15k per person. With two of us, that is quite a bit of a saving. Obviously longer flying time, but the main long haul sector i.e. to YVR would be in PE.
Any thoughts on how the AC PE compares to the BR PE?
How much is your time worth to you? No one can answer these $ questions...
If it were me, solely based on my experience of BR in J, I would take BR. I don't fly PE at all (no, i'm not paying for the tickets, just redeeming, and I only redeem J). If the question was posed as AC vs BR for J, BR, even if it means that routing...which by the way doesn't add that much time to your itin.
See my post that went relatively viral on AC when I compared them to BR.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/23913489-post1.html