Jan 11, 2015, 10:39 pm
Last edit by: tcook052
This new annual thread has been carved out of the previous thread in an effort to reduce the number of megathreads on the AC forum. For those interested the original 2004 - 2014 thread on the topic may be found here.
That original thread started by accident but quickly became a popular place to come and discuss off topic things such as hockey, new movies, or almost anything that wouldn't fit into existing AC forum threads. More Air Canada or Aeroplan topics such as flight feedback, in-flight services issues or mileage earning/redemption are all topics that should go into existing AC forum threads so others can benefit from this information. Topics about other airline/hotel loyalty programs should be posted elsewhere on FT.
While the conversation is more relaxed as it would be in a lounge that doesn't mean however that the FT rules don't apply her as they definitely do so please refrain from controversial topics such as politics or religion, avoid profanities and treat other lounge patrons with the same respect you expect.
tcook052
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That original thread started by accident but quickly became a popular place to come and discuss off topic things such as hockey, new movies, or almost anything that wouldn't fit into existing AC forum threads. More Air Canada or Aeroplan topics such as flight feedback, in-flight services issues or mileage earning/redemption are all topics that should go into existing AC forum threads so others can benefit from this information. Topics about other airline/hotel loyalty programs should be posted elsewhere on FT.
While the conversation is more relaxed as it would be in a lounge that doesn't mean however that the FT rules don't apply her as they definitely do so please refrain from controversial topics such as politics or religion, avoid profanities and treat other lounge patrons with the same respect you expect.
tcook052
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The Air Canada Forum Lounge Thread (2015)
Sep 5, 2015, 9:33 pm
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well now that you've used it you can't use it again 
Sep 5, 2015, 9:34 pm
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Sep 5, 2015, 9:36 pm
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Sep 5, 2015, 9:40 pm
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Sep 5, 2015, 9:40 pm
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But the number of people currently working for one was closer to 50%.
So if you want to pad the numbers, sure, include former employers
That happened to me once, but I made her teach me
Sep 5, 2015, 9:40 pm
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Sep 5, 2015, 9:47 pm
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Sep 5, 2015, 9:49 pm
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Sep 5, 2015, 10:00 pm
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Sep 5, 2015, 10:07 pm
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Sep 5, 2015, 10:08 pm
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Sep 5, 2015, 10:09 pm
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For actual autocorrect to work, it would have to leverage the compute resources in the cloud. The phone or whatever, does not have the resources to do what we want it to, which is to actually have autocorrect work
It drives me UP the wall too.
Sep 6, 2015, 2:36 am
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Sep 6, 2015, 8:24 am
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Now it's more like...we only want people from AB/BC, that flight to Dallas you wanted? Yea we can't do that anymore. All of our people from ON are over budget, they only figured it out now because they just decided to audit. It's ridiculous really.
Not saying I WANT this, but if you were just tighter in the first place the big profits would've been even bigger and it wouldn't be nearly the shock to the system that it is now that oil is <$45. ALL of a sudden you care they're over budget? If you had just told me 6 months ago what the budget WAS, I would've had them under it all along.
I think there's a happy medium for things like travel. Yea, maybe everyone travels economy, but on Flex fares so that at least when changes happen, they don't cost an arm and a leg, and the rider is free to use their upgrade instruments. But going from (and this is the extreme) J class on anything over 5 hours to cheapest Y ticket possible routing through 8 cities, is a huge overreaction. Personally I demand year long fiscal responsibility and sensibility rather than the "creep up" that we're talking about then the clamping down of those things when times are tougher.
Sep 6, 2015, 10:09 am
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YYZ SE check-in.
Hi, can I stand by for an earlier flight?
Let me take a look. Oh it looks too close for the 1200.
What gate is it at, I can just go there and ask.
D24. That's kind of far. I wouldn't bother running. They're already done boarding.
*then she chats with her colleague for a minute about the likelihood of getting on*
I'm going to walk anyway, thanks.
So I get there....
Can I get on this flight?
Oh no sorry. If you'd been here literally two minutes earlier you could have. It's wide open.
//facepalm
It didn't help that the belt on these shorts set off the metal detector (I've only worn them through US airports before), but it helped even less that check-in wasted enough of my time telling me I'd miss the flight that I missed the flight
I mean I guess they were TECHNICALLY correct?
Hi, can I stand by for an earlier flight?
Let me take a look. Oh it looks too close for the 1200.
What gate is it at, I can just go there and ask.
D24. That's kind of far. I wouldn't bother running. They're already done boarding.
*then she chats with her colleague for a minute about the likelihood of getting on*
I'm going to walk anyway, thanks.
So I get there....
Can I get on this flight?
Oh no sorry. If you'd been here literally two minutes earlier you could have. It's wide open.
//facepalm
It didn't help that the belt on these shorts set off the metal detector (I've only worn them through US airports before), but it helped even less that check-in wasted enough of my time telling me I'd miss the flight that I missed the flight
I mean I guess they were TECHNICALLY correct?