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Old Nov 20, 2017, 2:16 pm
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Click here to go to a picture of the White Compensation Form and its stub






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From post #49 in this thread, here's one potential way to (re)inflate an AC seat:
  • Go the home screen "Your Seat". (find this on the seat side panel; not the main video screen)
    • Hold the top left hand corner "Air Canada" (with AC logo) for 3 seconds. Updated (Apr 9 18): may need to hold for as long as 45 seconds for key pad to appear
      • Dial pad shows up - hit 3-2-1.
        • Press "Reset Lumbar Support"
Note that this method has not met 100% success so YMMV.
A better method is for a crew member to use the reset switch under the seat, on the aisle side.

Compensation offers (green/white sheet completed)
40K AE- Apr 18 (50% back of the J class one way redemption)
2018 Jun - $500 coupon
2018 Sep $1,000 eCoupon or 40K AP (P fare TPAC)
2018 Sep $500 eCoupon (P fare TPAC) (no change on protest- update - 6 months later the $150 was increased to $500 - admitted they had made an error)

Compensation offers (no green/white sheet completed)
100K - May 5 (C$150 eCoupon; was moved to a functioning seat after meal service)
2017 Sept - 8,000 AE miles - reported via complaint web page after realizing it was a faulty seat, not standard discomfort; Asked for return of eUps but they declined.
2017 Nov & 2018 Feb - $500 coupons both times (second time on protest that $500 had been offered the previous time)
2018 Sep. $250 coupon (on a paid J TATL).
2018 Nov - $500 eCoupon (J TATL)

Standard eCoupon compensation offers (no haggling; following a recurring pattern)
~10+ hours: $1000
Long TPAC (TPE-YVR)

~6 to ~10 hours: $500
Short TPAC (NRT-YVR)
TATL
South America: YYZ-GRU

less than ~6 hours: 300
TCON


Have a Service Director (SD) That Is Giving You the Case of the Shrugs? Like the real life version of this ASCII emoji -> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ?

No success with the SD and/or crew rectifying your deflated seat and you can't be/aren't accommodated to another J seat? If you asked for a compensation form and the SD says they have no idea what you are talking about, you can use the below picture of the stub portion to help freshen their memory (better than nothing)...

Please note that for the longest time, the "Green Compensation Form" version was used, and there have been recent reports of the "White Compensation Form" replacing the Green version. Reports here have indicated that the two forms are virtually identical except for the colour.
There is now an even newer White Form which explicitly lists "deflated seat" and "deflated seat and fixed", among many other items.

Here is a snapshot of the NEWEST full form (as of August 2019), courtesy of lallied

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/31421855-post2093.html
Originally Posted by lallied
Clearly jinxed myself. New form in case hasnt been posted before.

Oops, see it has been. I just didn’t look far enough down ☹️


This is only the stub portion, courtesy of lallied





Originally Posted by lallied



There’s a main section which the SD fills in and detachable section you get to keep. Each has a reference number. It looks like the green one to me except it’s white.




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Old Feb 21, 2024, 5:59 pm
  #2761  
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: YXU/YYZ
Programs: AC SE, AMEX Plat, Marriott Gold, NEXUS/GE
Posts: 598
FA told me they had backup cushions to put in place if the seat would not re-inflate.
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Old Feb 21, 2024, 7:41 pm
  #2762  
 
Join Date: Nov 2021
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC SE100K
Posts: 152
Originally Posted by mapleg
A SD who does not know how to reset a deflated seat? Kind of like an auto mechanic who doesn't know how to an oil change.
Agreed. SD on my flight took the opportunity to demonstrate the process to a couple of the newer FAs.
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Old Mar 13, 2024, 6:37 pm
  #2763  
 
Join Date: Nov 2022
Location: Centre of the Universe
Programs: AC SE100K
Posts: 22
10K on fin 733/C-FITW doing a decent plank impression on boarding. FA didn’t know how to reset it but SD was there and gave a tutorial. No dice. Luckily a light load in J, so I moved before takeoff!
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Old Apr 3, 2024, 9:15 pm
  #2764  
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: USA
Programs: AC SE100K, F9 100k, NK Gold, UA *S, Hyatt Glob, Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 5,195
best to avoid 3A, (or any seat) on fin 843 787-9 for a while...
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if you want an inflated seat, a working power outlet anywhere on the plane, a working overhead light or emergency call buttom at your seat. as a bonus you will get a manul safety demo after 20min of them fumbling around with non working safety video audio.

at least they fixed it all during our layover flying yyz-europe-yyz.

just kidding. they didn't fix anything OR tell the next crew.

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Old Apr 3, 2024, 10:20 pm
  #2765  
 
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
Yeah, I've been burned by them not telling the next crew. And also by Maintenance not telling either the GA or departing cabin crew prior to boarding when the inbound already reported the issue.

I guess if it's not on the MEL, they don't have a real process. Or at least one that they consistently follow.
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Old Apr 16, 2024, 6:25 pm
  #2766  
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: YYC
Programs: AC SE MM
Posts: 605
Deflate is still happening. Deflate YYC-LHR at the gate a couple days ago, but it reset. Same day, a friend was deflated YYZ-LHR after take-off, it would not recover (received 25% coupon). Two weeks ago, two seats on SYD-YVR experienced it soon after take off.

BTW, on my flight the console now wanted a 6-digit code in stead of a 3-digit code, and I don't know what it is, and the staff didn't know either (or wouldn't tell me), and instead found the switch underneath, I was trying to self-help......
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