Originally Posted by
hirohito888
I rather AC spend that money on retrofitting their 73M with wifi or enhancing food or acquiring more space in the lounge than on some system to monitor and charge people for lingering in the lounge too long. Even DL, the crowded of all busy lounges, has not solved the crowding problem, and they have one of those most convoluted and restrictive entry rules of any carrier.
Don't get me wrong, I am not proposing they actually do any of this. If they are going to implement a time limit as a way of dissuading lingerers, I'm just thinking in terms of how that could best be accomplished.
IMO they are going about it with the wrong attitude -- they have a "not enough space" problem, not a "too many people" problem. Air Canada (and really, Canadian airports in general) should be significantly more accommodating of business travelers' various needs, including co-working space, work tables without outside glare, and maybe even individual-size semi-soundproof rooms you can use for taking Zoom calls, like the Capsule Offices you see at Tokyo train stations.
Where you'd put all this is the real problem, of course.... hard to see where they'd find space in Pearson 1 without major construction, e.g., building a new floor on top of Pier D past the Mill St restaurant.
Originally Posted by
Colonelsmoke
Does the 3 hours rule apply to the AC cafe as well or just the MLL? If you're connecting but your inbound flight is on another carrier and PNR does the connection exemption still apply?
You could do what I also failed to do, which was carefully read every word in the email. I interpreted it as "three hour time limit" whereas the policy is "three hours before departure". Thanks for pointing that out,
capedreamer.
In the same sentence, they also say that this new restriction applies to the MLL, Air Canada Cafe and Signature Suite.