Originally Posted by
mudd_stuffin
Most FT'ers here (based on my observations) would not book an award ticket like yours when the most important leg is not confirmed in J (i.e., D). It is just too much of a crapshoot. My gf was very fortunate to have gotten a courteous and helpful (but not-following-the-new-policy) gate agent and got her seat. In your situation, the situation may be even worse because, as I understand, YYZ-LHR is very much a paying J route.
The only reason why I said "yes" is because at worse, a 77W Y seat is miles above a 763 Y seat. Plus, there were supposedly no more all Y seats left for my destination for the days I needed. Lastly, it seems like Air Canada's holding back the premium freebies for this flight (C, I, D) for now, so I still have hope! According to the seat maps, J on this flight is the least booked up compared to the flights earlier and later. Like I said earlier, I'm going to get ExpertFlyer.com to alert me to fare bucket changes for the above fares as they are at 0, and I will pray to the AC gods in the mean time to release another D seat
