I am flying Tango in the near future. Any comments or experiences about flying on
Tango and using the MLL?

I gave a colleague who was flying Tango one of my lounge passes, and he got in no problem.

Tom

Flew Tango 2 weeks ago and had no problem entering MLL. I even checked in at SE/E counter. Also got the priority tags.
The only missing adavantages are no upgrade and no Q miles.

TANGO is techinically an Air Canada flight so you shouldn't have a problem using the lounge.

Good to hear. I have grown accustomed to my MLL creature comforts.

same experience with 767300ER - priority check-in, priority baggage tags and access to MLL's, never been hassled about any of this any of the times i've used Tango.

And this is where the playing field is not level. Tango (er AC) is allowed predatory pricing, and still offers all mainline benefits.

Hopefully Industry Canada will change that.

You really kill me I'llMissCP... Milton didn't put a gun on Clive's head and tell him he can't built lounges. After all, those who are eligible to acess MLL did fly enough on AC to use it. The facility is there, why not let your best customers use it?

By not counting TANGO flights as Q-miles, AC has provided some restraint. Lounge access by definition is open to all eligible members flying on same day AC and STAR partner flights. As Empress pointed out, TANGO flights has AC designators. I don't really see the problem?

Empress is right...Westjet or C3000 could have built lounges...but for some reason they're not.

They should give us Q miles though.

lack of q-miles is my biggest beef. After all, the pain of having to FLY miles should count for something!

I think there "may" be a problem with MLL and Tango once the agents know the rules . . . I was told by the Tango agents that I can NOT use the lounge if I am flying on Tango.

Having said that I know a few people that have used the lounge on Tango flights. Wonder what the real answer is .... .

You guys just don't get it. Tango is predatory. AC's cost structure means that at $169 YYC-YYZ, they are dumping seats. By my calculations, they need a minimum of $250 to just recover their costs, let alone return a profit to the shareholder. AC will never show Tango or LCC as a separate entity on the balance sheets to hide this fact.

By not building lounges or FF programs, WJ has ensured that tey can keep costs (and in turn fares) down, and still make a profit.

You people have said that if fares are equal, then miles and MLL will put your a** in a Tango seat before the competition. You are suckers, falling for Milton's shell game. The sooner the gov't gets some balls, and develops a proper transportation policy, the better this country will be. Until such time, its a David and Goliath situation.

I'llMissCP, I've got to ask you this then, who is the bigger sucker to keep on paying full J despite the constant complaining and whining on every single of your flight?

You really get on my nerves...

Oh sure - trust a GOVERNMENT policy to straighten out a complex issue... they'll likely tax us for the privilege of flying (oh wait, they do already!)