Must admit I truly value my AC despite of some rough patches
Dec 18, 2016, 8:16 pm
#31
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Dec 18, 2016, 8:26 pm
#32
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To be fair, a thread about air passenger rights legislation doesn't have any real relationship with the largest airline in the country.
Dec 18, 2016, 8:51 pm
#33
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Dec 18, 2016, 10:13 pm
#35
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If you fly AC and want to wait 7 days before to upgrade, when UA does it 6 months in Advance? hehe try the DARK side you wont look back. Polaris planes and seats is a huge upgrade, even if the planes are 6+ months away
Dec 18, 2016, 11:33 pm
#36
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Delta does not work for me, but I have given up on AA, planes beyond ancient, upgrades in advance impossible, and with the new program I am glad I gave up.
If you fly AC and want to wait 7 days before to upgrade, when UA does it 6 months in Advance? hehe try the DARK side you wont look back. Polaris planes and seats is a huge upgrade, even if the planes are 6+ months away
If you fly AC and want to wait 7 days before to upgrade, when UA does it 6 months in Advance? hehe try the DARK side you wont look back. Polaris planes and seats is a huge upgrade, even if the planes are 6+ months away
How soon they forget.
It was only a decade ago that Air Canada plane interiors were held together with duct tape and we were all waiting hopefully/desperately for the new XM upgrades.
In a year or two UA will have new planes and interiors and duct tape will again start appearing on AC planes.
Dec 19, 2016, 5:52 am
#37
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I'm not a very picky eater. Or maybe I am. I actually find that when I fly AC J on a PLH route, my thought process is "these all look good, but the veal looks the best, so I'll order that". Whereas on LH/LX in F, it's been more like "none of this jumps out at me, and none even appears to appeal to my tastes".
Dec 19, 2016, 10:33 am
#38
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AC reflects Canada IMO.
we dont do gold and OTT flash like the ME airlines. We dont do snobby like the Europeans. We dont do subservient runway models like the Asian ones. Closeness to the US means we are stuck with competing with the cut-throat race to the bottom of the US ones.
Peace, Order and Good Governance
we dont do gold and OTT flash like the ME airlines. We dont do snobby like the Europeans. We dont do subservient runway models like the Asian ones. Closeness to the US means we are stuck with competing with the cut-throat race to the bottom of the US ones.
Peace, Order and Good Governance
Dec 19, 2016, 1:26 pm
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My good traveling friend and I were discussing this on a recent flight on Air Canada. If you compare Air Canada to United, Air Canada is moderately better. But if you compare Air Canada to say, Cathay Pacific, then Air Canada is like Swiss Chalet and Cathay is like Mortons.
Flying AC to HKG in January PE. Cathay PE was 75% more in price.
Not willing to pay extra 75% for roughly the same seat size and arguably better ambiance (but no priority baggage /boarding).
Dec 19, 2016, 7:16 pm
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As the adage goes, "you get what you pay for".
Dec 19, 2016, 7:50 pm
#42
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On my dates, CX J fare was $3,900 and AC was $5,400 and this was well in advance..
Dec 19, 2016, 7:59 pm
#43
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AC reflects Canada IMO.
we dont do gold and OTT flash like the ME airlines. We dont do snobby like the Europeans. We dont do subservient runway models like the Asian ones. Closeness to the US means we are stuck with competing with the cut-throat race to the bottom of the US ones.
Peace, Order and Good Governance
we dont do gold and OTT flash like the ME airlines. We dont do snobby like the Europeans. We dont do subservient runway models like the Asian ones. Closeness to the US means we are stuck with competing with the cut-throat race to the bottom of the US ones.
Peace, Order and Good Governance
Dec 19, 2016, 8:41 pm
#44
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I truly value AC as well. They give me something I need that I have no way of providing for myself. Namely they provide me with safe transportation with reasonable comfort and convenience across oceans. That fundamentally changes my lifestyle.
All the other "trinkets" offered (food, miles, status, lounges etc.) have such infinitesimal value relative to the value of the transportation that they don't even move the needle on the value proposition scale.
If there were no oceans to cross I wouldn't need AC.
All the other "trinkets" offered (food, miles, status, lounges etc.) have such infinitesimal value relative to the value of the transportation that they don't even move the needle on the value proposition scale.
If there were no oceans to cross I wouldn't need AC.