Originally Posted by
SkyExplorerYYZ
How is this enforced by other airlines? Presumably, people who only travel with a carry on in bag will go straight to the gate with their carry on if they don't know about the change. Will AC now have to deal with all of these complaints/issues/payments during boarding? Or will they force all basics customers to pick up a paper boarding pass with a check in agent who will police this?
IIRC United only allows you to get a self-serve boarding pass on basic fares if you have status (or maybe if you have their credit card). So that's one easy way to prevent people from going straight to the gate.
Originally Posted by
tcook052
How good do we think AC GA's will be about identifying ticket purchase date in applying this new rule?
If they go by PNR creation date, it could be pretty easy and handled by the system. Ideally.
But what if I buy 20 Comfort fares today, and then change them to Basic in February. What is my "ticket purchase" date? There'd certainly be a new ticket after the voluntary change.
Originally Posted by
iwillflytheworld
AFAIK, carry-on luggage is not a stated benefit for any of these categories. So the way I read this is elite members can still check a bag but can't bring a carry on on basic fares.
I read it more as "Elites are exempt".