I'm flying to YOW in basic economy and connecting via YUL. I'm on the first YUL YOW flight of the day in the timetable excerpt here. I have a 43 minute connection at YUL (MCT is 40 min)
Thing is, a friend freed up her availability at around noon in Ottawa, and it'd be awesome if I can meet her. If I misconnect at YUL and AC rebooks me, does being basic economy mean I lose some clout asking them to fly me to YYZ and then to YOW in order to make it downtown by noon? Long shot question, but any advice is appreciated.