May 5, 2014, 8:21 pm
Last edit by: Arcanum
Flights operated by Air Canada rouge
NOTE: Rouge Wifi information can be found here
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...l#post28448087
Dates in brackets indicate planned start of rouge service (either as a new route or replacing mainline service). ML placed before a date indicates the date that service is reverting to mainline.
All Airbus A319/A321 service is in the new Premium Rouge configuration with 2x2J seats. All other routes are Boeing 767-300ER aircraft in a 24J/258Y layout.
Airport codes in blue indicate that these routes are Boeing 767-300ER aircraft for all services.
Airport codes in red indicate that these routes are split between Boeing 767-300ER and Airbus services.
Airport codes in black indicate that these routes are Airbus aircraft for all services.
Routes are organized based on the established rouge bases of YYZ, YUL, YYC, and YVR
*Seasonal Summer Service
YYZ
Canada
YQT YQY YXX YLW YYG (02MAY-OCT) YDF YQB YQM (01MAY19) YFC (01JUL19)
USA
MCO TPA LAS FLL HNL SRQ RSW SAN PHX MIA PSP (14DEC16)
Mexico
CUN PVR SJD
Caribbean
KIN NAS LIR GND MBJ AZS CCC CUR HUX PUJ POP SKB SJO SXM LRM HOG SNU UVF VRA BGI (07JAN) POS (21DEC16)
Europe
ATH BCN EDI VCE MAN LIS PRG BUD GLA LGW
Central and South America
LIM BOG PTY
YUL
USA
LAS MCO FLL PBI TPA MIA
Mexico
CUN MEX PVR (18NOV16)
Caribbean
ZSA CCC HOG PUJ SNU PLS POP PAP NAS (17JAN) PTP
Europe
FCO ATH BCN NCE VCE
Central and South America
SJO (22DEC16)
Africa
CMN
YYC
Canada
YHZ* YHM (2016)
USA
LAS PHX (winter only - PHX AC Express in summer)
YVR
USA
LAS HNL OGG PHX PSP KOA SAN (02JUN)
Mexico
CUN PVR
Asia
KIX
Europe
DUB LGA KEF
What to Do If Your Flight Has Been Rouged According to the AC Rep "Air Canada Altitude": call AC Reservations, cancel and get a refund.
Air Canada rouge, a leisure airline
Feb 11, 2018, 1:48 pm
#7546
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Southern Alberta
Posts: 20,550
Feb 11, 2018, 6:09 pm
#7547
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: YYZ/YHM
Programs: Marriott Titanium, Air Canada 50K, United Silver, Accor Platinum, Others on Rotation
Posts: 363
I have a question about the Rouge A321 rouge plus seats. Am traveling with children so can't pick the exit row and don't want to choose the bulkhead because the wall defeats the purpose of an extra legroom seat.
I noticed that Row 32 D/E/F would fit the bill, has anyone flown these? It seems odd to only have Plus seats on one side of a row, are they same pitch as the other Plus options?
I noticed that Row 32 D/E/F would fit the bill, has anyone flown these? It seems odd to only have Plus seats on one side of a row, are they same pitch as the other Plus options?
Thanks in advance.
Feb 11, 2018, 6:47 pm
#7548
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: YEG
Programs: AC Lifetime SE100K, 3MM, SPG Lifetime Plat, Hertz PC, National Executive Elite
Posts: 2,901
Feb 11, 2018, 10:27 pm
#7549
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: YYZ/YHM
Programs: Marriott Titanium, Air Canada 50K, United Silver, Accor Platinum, Others on Rotation
Posts: 363
I would also prefer the seats ahead of the curtain but my bank account doesn't have quite enough dollars in it to justfy $2k extra on a 2.5 hour flight YYZ to TPA.
Feb 12, 2018, 5:13 am
#7550
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: YQB
Programs: UA Gold - Hyatt Plat - Nexus
Posts: 400
Rouge is replacing Jazz on YYZ-YQB.
Saw this from my September 2 flight change notification.
Saw this from my September 2 flight change notification.
Feb 12, 2018, 6:51 am
#7551
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Toronto, ON
Programs: AC 75K
Posts: 6,361
This is the beginning of the changes where rouge will take over some regional routes. Made possible with the last update to the Pilot agreement. rouge is taking at least 1 additional A321 from Niki.
Feb 12, 2018, 8:55 am
#7552
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: YUL
Programs: AC SE (*A Gold), Bonvoy Platinum Elite, Hilton Gold, Amex Platinum / AP Reserve, NEXUS, Global Entry
Posts: 5,691
Presumably, everyone wins here except Jazz. The rouge fleet is a definite upgrade over a DH4, as is the availability of a real J product. Plus, rougettes.
Feb 12, 2018, 10:58 am
#7553
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: I'm From Here
Programs: AC*SE & MM/*Wood Gold/HHonors Diamond/Marriott Silver/AirMiles Gold
Posts: 4,567
I guess it gives you an omelette in the AM and cheese or a cold snack in the PM.
Feb 12, 2018, 11:00 am
#7554
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC 50K, Marriott Lifetime Platinum
Posts: 1,548
Feb 12, 2018, 11:37 am
#7555
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: YUL
Programs: AC SE (*A Gold), Bonvoy Platinum Elite, Hilton Gold, Amex Platinum / AP Reserve, NEXUS, Global Entry
Posts: 5,691
Like I said, Jazz seems to lose out the most here.
Feb 12, 2018, 1:30 pm
#7556
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
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Posts: 44,323
Exactly. I'm pretty sure I've flown YQB-SFO, and getting an extra hour in J at no extra cost is nice.
Feb 12, 2018, 4:12 pm
#7557
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: YQB
Programs: AC SE
Posts: 2,139
I am thrilled to hear that we will get something else than Dash-8 in YQB! I waste plenty of eUp credits every year because I often fly single cabin airplanes. Looks like I will now be able to burn those credits and eat omelettes! I just hope they won’t cut on frequency to compensate the additional capacity.
EDIT: I just checked and yeah, they are cutting frequency, which sucks. Seat capacity stays the same at roughly 680/day but frequency goes from 9 daily YQB-YYZ DH4 flights down to 5 A319 flights. I am not thrilled anymore. The switch happens on July 1st. Losing the late flight out of YYZ (AC8926) especially hurts when flying home with a connection after a day of work.
EDIT: I just checked and yeah, they are cutting frequency, which sucks. Seat capacity stays the same at roughly 680/day but frequency goes from 9 daily YQB-YYZ DH4 flights down to 5 A319 flights. I am not thrilled anymore. The switch happens on July 1st. Losing the late flight out of YYZ (AC8926) especially hurts when flying home with a connection after a day of work.
Last edited by jasdou; Feb 12, 2018 at 4:41 pm
Feb 12, 2018, 6:27 pm
#7558
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: YQB
Programs: AC SE100K-1MM, Bonvoy Gold, HHonors Diamond, VIA Premier, NEXUS/GE
Posts: 816
Rouge flights from YQB
I am thrilled to hear that we will get something else than Dash-8 in YQB! I waste plenty of eUp credits every year because I often fly single cabin airplanes. Looks like I will now be able to burn those credits and eat omelettes! I just hope they won’t cut on frequency to compensate the additional capacity.
EDIT: I just checked and yeah, they are cutting frequency, which sucks. Seat capacity stays the same at roughly 680/day but frequency goes from 9 daily YQB-YYZ DH4 flights down to 5 A319 flights. I am not thrilled anymore. The switch happens on July 1st. Losing the late flight out of YYZ (AC8926) especially hurts when flying home with a connection after a day of work.
EDIT: I just checked and yeah, they are cutting frequency, which sucks. Seat capacity stays the same at roughly 680/day but frequency goes from 9 daily YQB-YYZ DH4 flights down to 5 A319 flights. I am not thrilled anymore. The switch happens on July 1st. Losing the late flight out of YYZ (AC8926) especially hurts when flying home with a connection after a day of work.
I first noticed the Rouge flights 3-4 days ago while looking at flights later this year. Most of the Q400 flights were still there while others were replaced by Rouge. Two days ago, the Q400 flights were removed, at least for the summer (July - October). Removal of the 5 am departure to YYZ (AC8909) is a problem since without this flight, it becomes impossible to make key connections in YYZ, whether international such as morning LHR flight or BGI flight, or connecting onto an early YVR flight to take the YVR-TPE flight. This is no longer possible without the 5 am flight and now requires leaving the day/night before and spending the night in YYZ. At least, AC8909 is back later in the fall (November) as are some of the YYZ-YQB return Q400 flights.
On a separate note, I'll be curious to see how they handle zone boarding in YQB with Premium Rouge "J" cabin. It's always Z1/Z2 together. Always. Maybe there will finally be dedicated Z1 boarding, even if for only 20 seconds!
Last edited by DNAwizard; Feb 12, 2018 at 7:07 pm Reason: Clarification
Feb 12, 2018, 7:14 pm
#7559
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Halifax
Programs: AC SE100K, Marriott Lifetime Platinum Elite. NEXUS
Posts: 4,568
I've flown YYZ/YUL-USA destinations on Rouge relatively frequently (and, honestly, with much preference to either US DOM carriers or "aircraft" manufactured in Quebec), but not to "sun" destinations. Specifically, not to MEX.
Are there noticeable differences on, say YYZ-MEX vs YYZ-PHX?
Are there noticeable differences on, say YYZ-MEX vs YYZ-PHX?
Feb 22, 2018, 11:22 am
#7560
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC, BA, Marriott, SPG
Posts: 842
Hey there - we're flying BUD-YYZ in July in Prem Rouge. Anyone have any idea what meal choice is like from Europe back to Toronto? Is it one meal upon takeoff and then a snack before landing? Is the snack same as Y or different for Prem Rouge?
Thanks!
Thanks!