Originally Posted by
The Lev
If you are in paid J on a night flight from YYZ or YVR (as opposed to upgrading or lowest points reward), I simply can't fathom why you would want to eat the dinner onboard rather than grabbing a much nicer meal in the Signature Suite and going to sleep as soon as you board. Even if you don't have time for the full sit down dinner, you can grab something pretty decent from the buffet.
Well if passengers are connecting on AC, then there's a chance they are delayed and will never make it to the YYZ or YVR SS lounge. So they'll need to eat on the plane.
I usually fly J on AC and I like to have a meal in the lounge and then meal again on the plane. So I would prefer a full meal service onboard than any paired down service, regardless of departure time.