Originally Posted by
dulciusexasperis
I will not fly on a LCC like Air Transat as their comfort and service are poor. So OK, fly Air Canada I hear someone saying. Works for me, sometimes. It's the 'sometimes' that is the issue. If I fly, as I sometimes do, Toronto to Zurich non-stop, I can get a convenient mainline AC flight with decent seat space even in Economy or I can upgrade to Premium Economy or Business if my pocket allows it.
Where have you been? AC's current business model is precisely to compete with Air Transat. Not just Rouge, AC Y- also.
As mentioned already, PY or business are really the only answer. Economy is just a race to the bottom. the worst AC makes it, the most they like it.