Quickest/Easiest way to gain access to MLL
#61
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: MLL / AC Cafe
Programs: It's hard to get status when the website won't let me book flights.
Posts: 5,706
I don't understand why no one has answered the thread question yet with the actual answer of the quickest and easiest way to gain access.
Run in, bolt past the desk, while laughing and saying "catch me if you can suckers".
I can't promise your access will be long-lived or what you were looking for - but that is the quickest and easiest way.
Run in, bolt past the desk, while laughing and saying "catch me if you can suckers".
I can't promise your access will be long-lived or what you were looking for - but that is the quickest and easiest way.
#63
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2019
Programs: IHG / Airmiles
Posts: 20
Not too long, they have been consistently changing my flight (we had 5 revisions sent already) due to the Boewing 737 Max Issue, it varies from 1-3 hours. However, on our way back, we will be in YVR for a solid 5 hours starting at 7am ish (I think if it doesn't change) till 11am for the flight back to Toronto.
#64
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE100K, Bonvoy Platinum Elite, IHG Gold, Hertz 5*
Posts: 2,132
Not too long, they have been consistently changing my flight (we had 5 revisions sent already) due to the Boewing 737 Max Issue, it varies from 1-3 hours. However, on our way back, we will be in YVR for a solid 5 hours starting at 7am ish (I think if it doesn't change) till 11am for the flight back to Toronto.
#65
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: YYG
Programs: airlines and hotels and rental cars - oh my!
Posts: 3,000
Can you not get on an earlier flight back to YYZ? In the mornings they leave YVR almost every hour on the hour. Why sit around waiting for hours if you don’t have to?
#66
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2019
Programs: IHG / Airmiles
Posts: 20
Here are my dates:
YVR-OGG:
Outbound: Thursday June 13 landed 14:18, leaving at 17:15
Inbound: Friday June 28 landed 6:25am, leaving at 10:05am
YVR-OGG:
Outbound: Thursday June 13 landed 14:18, leaving at 17:15
Inbound: Friday June 28 landed 6:25am, leaving at 10:05am
#67
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2019
Programs: IHG / Airmiles
Posts: 20
Yeah, I spoke to a bunch of people and they told me about how to 'get on an earlier flight'. Not sure if this works every time, I heard you walk up to the boarding counter and ask if you could be put on an earlier flight?
#68
Join Date: Mar 2008
Programs: AC SE MM, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 904
Given AC's "excellent" on-time performance coupled with flying a B763 which is notorious for mx issues, I would say that the 3.5hr connection in YVR would likely only be 1.5 hours of waiting after clearing immigration and before boarding your YVR-YYZ flight. If you've got lounge access in YVR, that is enough time for a shower, breakfast, and then onwards to the gate.
#69
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: YYZ
Programs: FOTSG Tangerine Ex E35k (AC)
Posts: 5,612
Cost depends upon the ticket... Comfort might be free or less, Basic probably not an option.
#70
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Blue Ridge, GA
Posts: 5,512
Air Canada OGG-VYR non-stop departs 10:05p and lands Vancouver at 6:35a the following morning (all local times).
Inter-island options arriving Kahului Airport by 9:00p should be fairly easy to book that far in advance.