'D' class to be released for July/August

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Jul 2, 2003, 5:34 pm

Andrew Yiu

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'D' class to be released for July/August

Starting tonight, there will be a huge block of 'D' class seats being released systemwide for the month of July & August.

No specific routes was mentioned so keep an eye on it.

Jul 2, 2003, 5:37 pm

Andrew Yiu

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This has already been done for some city pairs. For example, there are now D class seats every single day from now until 31AUG on YYZ/YVR. So grab them fast!

Jul 2, 2003, 5:53 pm

keithguy

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Good news.

But is this just a one time thing or will we see more D seats released in the future for other months as well?

Jul 2, 2003, 6:09 pm

Andrew Yiu

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AC evaluates flights once in a while and if there are lots of empty seats, they will release a large block of award seats. So to answer your question - this is not a one time thing.

Jul 2, 2003, 8:00 pm

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A bit late, so I guess they decided against selling discounted C domestic/transborder this summer. Wise to try and fill the capacity with Aeroplan bookings. "Sorry ma'am, we can't get you a Hospitality Class seat but for another 15,000 Aeroplan miles we can put you in Executive Class both ways..."

Jul 3, 2003, 6:06 am

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AC/Aeroplan has ads running in today's newspapers proclaiming: "Seatsvaganza". Up to 30,000 Executive Class/Executive First seats will be made available on AC and JAZZ for reward travel worldwide.

Jul 3, 2003, 6:52 am

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First the carrot then the stick--this is a warm up to higher J fares and more stringent U/G privileges in the fall or at the beginning of next year.

Jul 3, 2003, 7:06 am

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Good news but a bit late. Does AC realize that for the first time they now have more than 2 D seats available on selected YYZ-YVR flights. Think what this will do for the toaster business. Oh, I forgot, the increased availability is only for 2 months.

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Jul 3, 2003, 8:24 am

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Perhaps this is a way to remove some AP miles out of the current bank?

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Jul 3, 2003, 10:05 pm

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Lots of hype in newspaper adds today.

But for me, there is still nothing on any of the routes we were hoping for this summer.

Jul 3, 2003, 10:16 pm

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ditto, who wants to fly from YYC to YYZ via YEG, YQR and YWG (with an overnighter to boot)? This ain't a mileage run!

Jul 5, 2003, 8:43 am

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Just out of curiosity I plugged in some dates in August YYZ-LHR for D rewards. Guess which flights came up available? The 23:55 YYZ departure and the 16:45LHR departure. The two flight numbers Empress warned are being operated with domestic J in July and August. What a surprise.