Originally Posted by
mlord
It was explained to me by an AC Service Rep at YYZ that, "it depends". If one's itinerary was "booked in J", but includes a segment on an aircraft which lacks "J seating", one still has access to MLL at every stop along the way, including the first MLL.
And sure enough, my own travel experiences have confirmed this.
And I have experiences where that was not the case. No MLL invitation on BP. Scanner said no. Had to guest them in. P fare on BCN-CMH.
You can argue whether you think you
should have access in that scenario (and I would agree), but:
1. It doesn't always work
2. When it doesn't work, the agents don't always let you in anyway
3. The way I read AC's published access rules would say you
don't have access in that scenario
Also, what does it mean for an itinerary to be "booked in J". If I put a YYC-YVR J fare on a PNR, connecting to a YVR-YYZ Y fare, should I have access in YVR? I don't think so. It's "one itinerary", but it's two separate fares.
A reasonable rule would be to ignore the cabin you're seated in, and look at the fare you're flying on for that segment. But that's not how the policy is written, and the implementation at the scanners is quite inconsistent.