I work at the airport/for the airline. You're wrong.
Jan 20, 2020, 10:58 am
#271
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: YYC
Programs: BA bronze, Aeroplan peon
Posts: 4,746
Presuming an AC agent is wrong is always a good starting point, the science is interesting and a learning moment! You can be sure an AC agent has no idea what entropy is...
Jan 20, 2020, 11:18 am
#272
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: YVR - MILLS Waypoint (It's the third house on the left)
Programs: AC*SE100K, wood level status in various other programs
Posts: 6,232
Jan 20, 2020, 3:31 pm
#274
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: LAX
Programs: AC SE, UA S, Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 272
YVR TB 100K check-in lane just now:
Agent: "What flight are you on?"
Me: "558 to LAX but I'm on standby for 556 at 4:30"
Agent: "We don't let people standby for US flights"
Me: "Weird, the concierge put me on the list no problem"
Agent: hands me standby boarding pass for 556 and confirmed boarding pass for 558 "have a good flight"
Agent: "What flight are you on?"
Me: "558 to LAX but I'm on standby for 556 at 4:30"
Agent: "We don't let people standby for US flights"
Me: "Weird, the concierge put me on the list no problem"
Agent: hands me standby boarding pass for 556 and confirmed boarding pass for 558 "have a good flight"
Jan 20, 2020, 4:00 pm
#275
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE MM, BA Gold, SQ Silver, Bonvoy Tit LTG, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond
Posts: 44,353
YVR TB 100K check-in lane just now:
Agent: "What flight are you on?"
Me: "558 to LAX but I'm on standby for 556 at 4:30"
Agent: "We don't let people standby for US flights"
Me: "Weird, the concierge put me on the list no problem"
Agent: hands me standby boarding pass for 556 and confirmed boarding pass for 558 "have a good flight"
Agent: "What flight are you on?"
Me: "558 to LAX but I'm on standby for 556 at 4:30"
Agent: "We don't let people standby for US flights"
Me: "Weird, the concierge put me on the list no problem"
Agent: hands me standby boarding pass for 556 and confirmed boarding pass for 558 "have a good flight"
Jan 20, 2020, 5:24 pm
#276
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 25
Not quite an IWATAAYW, but close enough, and too good not to share (and I don’t want to start a new thread)
GA scans my bp, which has 12C written on it, and I notice that 13D pops up. I tell him concierge told me 12C, where should I sit? He replies (direct quote): You are in 13D. 12C is a crew seat . I couldn’t assign it even if I wanted to
12C is a crew seat. On an E175. Who knew?
GA scans my bp, which has 12C written on it, and I notice that 13D pops up. I tell him concierge told me 12C, where should I sit? He replies (direct quote): You are in 13D. 12C is a crew seat . I couldn’t assign it even if I wanted to
12C is a crew seat. On an E175. Who knew?
Jan 21, 2020, 8:29 pm
#277
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: YXU/BOS
Programs: AC SEMM
Posts: 939
Um, no. 12C is a preferred seat that I’ve booked, oh let me see, 2 X week X 40 weeks/year X 10 years = 800 - (for argument’s sake 50% of the time when its an E190) = 400 - (for argument’s sake 50% of the time when someone else has it first) = 200 times give or take
Feb 9, 2020, 8:06 pm
#279
Join Date: Dec 2019
Programs: AC E35K
Posts: 9
Out of curiosity, do you have to pay for it? I selected 12C on both legs of a recent round trip, because I noticed that it had no fee attached to it unlike the rest of the Preferred seats, but on check-in I had to pick another seat as 12C was now showing as "occupied". I asked at the check-in counter and was told something about it being a "crew seat" too.
Feb 10, 2020, 7:46 am
#280
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: YXU/BOS
Programs: AC SEMM
Posts: 939
No, but SEMM status might have something to do with it - preferred seats are free in the first place. Or something has changed recently - all my tickets since my post were booked long ago, and I haven't been booted out of 12C (except a couple of times to be op-upped, but that hardly counts). I have a couple more in the weeks ahead. But I'll report back the next time I book a new ticket.
Feb 10, 2020, 9:35 am
#281
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: YQR
Programs: Nexus/GE, UA/MPG, Bonvoy Tit, LTP
Posts: 1,294
Out of curiosity, do you have to pay for it? I selected 12C on both legs of a recent round trip, because I noticed that it had no fee attached to it unlike the rest of the Preferred seats, but on check-in I had to pick another seat as 12C was now showing as "occupied". I asked at the check-in counter and was told something about it being a "crew seat" too.
Feb 14, 2020, 4:38 pm
#283
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE MM, BA Gold, SQ Silver, Bonvoy Tit LTG, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond
Posts: 44,353
"If you assign a nominee now, you won't be able to change it until March 1 2021, because you just got SE 2 months ago, after the early recognition cutoff."
"I've been SE for 7 years."
"My system says you were 50K before."
"Last time I was 50K was in 2013."
She only seemed to believe me because she could see a record of previous nominees, which a non-SE obviously wouldn't have.
Also for the record I had met all the SE qualification requirements in July-ish, so it's not even like I just hit them in December.
"I've been SE for 7 years."
"My system says you were 50K before."
"Last time I was 50K was in 2013."
She only seemed to believe me because she could see a record of previous nominees, which a non-SE obviously wouldn't have.
Also for the record I had met all the SE qualification requirements in July-ish, so it's not even like I just hit them in December.
Feb 14, 2020, 6:14 pm
#284
Moderator, Air Canada; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: YYC
Programs: AC SE MM, FB Plat, WS Plat, BA Silver, DL GM, Marriott Plat, Hilton Gold, Accor Silver
Posts: 16,778
"If you assign a nominee now, you won't be able to change it until March 1 2021, because you just got SE 2 months ago, after the early recognition cutoff."
"I've been SE for 7 years."
"My system says you were 50K before."
"Last time I was 50K was in 2013."
She only seemed to believe me because she could see a record of previous nominees, which a non-SE obviously wouldn't have.
Also for the record I had met all the SE qualification requirements in July-ish, so it's not even like I just hit them in December.
"I've been SE for 7 years."
"My system says you were 50K before."
"Last time I was 50K was in 2013."
She only seemed to believe me because she could see a record of previous nominees, which a non-SE obviously wouldn't have.
Also for the record I had met all the SE qualification requirements in July-ish, so it's not even like I just hit them in December.
Feb 14, 2020, 6:18 pm
#285
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE MM, BA Gold, SQ Silver, Bonvoy Tit LTG, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond
Posts: 44,353
Yeah I was trying up upgrade an 11 year old on half his PNR with my points, and the other half with his.