Funster

AC experts, forgive my ignorance as I am almost exclusively a OW flyer nowadays, so need some advice for a friend who needs to be in LAS at the beginning of June.

Sensibly, he would rather not go economy on the direct BA or VS service if he can avoid it. I've managed to get an ex-DUB in J on BA/AA, but he can't afford the time for positioning.

His dates are o/b 2nd June, i/b 7th June. The direct BA LHR-LAS-LHR in Y appears to be £1383 on those dates.

A little play on Matrix suggests AC in premium economy can be had for between £1500 and £1600.

I would think he's better off taking mainline AC on the trans-Atlantic sectors from LHR rather than Rouge from LGW? The Canada-LAS service would be Rouge anyway, but books into business.

Could somebody take a look at the below and let me know (1) if these are reasonable options, and (2) which flight combinations are likely to be preferable (if any)? I don't know whether connections are preferable in YYC, YUL or YYZ, for example, or whether the service would be better on any one of those.

2nd June
AC851 LHR-YYC B773 13:05-15:00
AC1878 YYC-LAS A319 19:40-21:25

or

AC865 LHR-YUL B773 14:10-16:10
AC1857 YUL-LAS A319 19:35-21:59

or

AC849 LHR-YYZ B773 15:00-17:40
AC1853 YYZ-LAS B763 20:40-22:27

7th June
AC1856 LAS-YUL A319 11:05-18:46
AC864 YUL-LHR B773 21:10-08:35+1

or

AC1852 LAS-YYZ B763 12:10-19:21
AC858 YYZ-LHR B773 23:10-11:05+1

or

AC1879 LAS-YYC A319 14:40-18:24
AC850 YYC-LHR B773 20:10-11:50+1