So are we going to get more AC cafe’s ? Please?
Dec 18, 2019, 6:56 am
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I agree - I also think the lack of alcohol helps to keep the crowd level down. If I want a drink I'll head to the MLL or Mill Street.
As for other locations, would be great to have a Cafe (or an express lounge) in YOW TB area (though not sure where they'd find the room).
As for other locations, would be great to have a Cafe (or an express lounge) in YOW TB area (though not sure where they'd find the room).
I'm less intune with YOW TB traffic, but if it's as heavily weighted against AC as YHZ is, it'll be a long time before AC cares to support inorganic PAX in a MLL (I guess, assuming *A loung partnerships bill plating or operating carrier's and don't allow for much profit), and never for a cafe, 014/AC metal being rare heading south.
Dec 18, 2019, 8:45 am
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Now getting off topic.... But YOW TB area general is pathetic. In strong competition with YHZ TB for a place I never want to be :P.
I'm less intune with YOW TB traffic, but if it's as heavily weighted against AC as YHZ is, it'll be a long time before AC cares to support inorganic PAX in a MLL (I guess, assuming *A loung partnerships bill plating or operating carrier's and don't allow for much profit), and never for a cafe, 014/AC metal being rare heading south.
I'm less intune with YOW TB traffic, but if it's as heavily weighted against AC as YHZ is, it'll be a long time before AC cares to support inorganic PAX in a MLL (I guess, assuming *A loung partnerships bill plating or operating carrier's and don't allow for much profit), and never for a cafe, 014/AC metal being rare heading south.
- The YOW+ master plan doesn't show any change to the existing lounge or the TB area. We're getting a concierge office (maybe including check-in?) landside, that is about it.
- YOW doesn't fit the profile for a Cafe. We get some connecting traffic, but it is fairly minimal. Certainly nothing compared to YYZ/YUL/YVR/YYC. The existing lounge serves the primarily O/D traffic at YOW just fine.
- AC Rouged the sun destinations. AC out of TB is Rouge & CRJ100s, no mainline. You can't buy a J seat out of YOW TB basically. Not cafe/lounge material.
Last edited by RatherBeInYOW; Dec 18, 2019 at 9:02 am
Dec 18, 2019, 11:07 am
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Dom has it all.
That's consistent across the network.
Weird argument to use.
Dec 18, 2019, 12:17 pm
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Dec 18, 2019, 12:24 pm
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Yes, definitely. I have seen pizza in YUL, YYZ and YVR TB lounges in the past few months. Cow is right about the breakfast though, much more limited in TB lounges than in Domestic lounges.
Dec 18, 2019, 12:37 pm
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But yeah, definitely breakfast has been missing in YVR the past many times I've been there.
Needless to say, screw international (where the MLLs are best) and domestic (which are better than transborder).
TB needs love.
it's obnoxious that when I fly to Europe via YYZ, I get the best of the six YYZ AC lounges, but when I return to SFO, I get the worst two of the six.
So if anyone deserves a Cafe, it's YVR and YYZ TB.