Where will AC update/publish winter 2020 schedule?
Sep 24, 2020, 11:45 pm
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When will AC update/publish winter 2020 schedule?
I see that AC has not updated most of the flight schedules for winter 2020 starting from 10/25. Does anyone know when they will publish/update the schedule? A lot of daily flights are going to be canceled with the US-CAN border closure. And a lot of international flights will be canceled too. Thanks.
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Sep 25, 2020, 12:03 am
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OP, really not sure what you're asking. They're constantly updating the schedule. As of a couple of weeks ago, I had a booking on AC207 coming up in a few days. Ten days ago, they cancelled 207 and re-booked me on 209. Three days later, they cancelled 209 and put me on 205.
Even when they do update the page with revised routes and timing, it's always subject to change, which it does frequently.
These days, more than a few days out, the schedule isn't worth the paper it's (not) printed on.
If schedule is important to you, book a refundable fare so that you can get a refund if they change/cancel it. If it's not that important, book whatever looks best right now and just go with the flow if it gets changed.
Even when they do update the page with revised routes and timing, it's always subject to change, which it does frequently.
These days, more than a few days out, the schedule isn't worth the paper it's (not) printed on.
If schedule is important to you, book a refundable fare so that you can get a refund if they change/cancel it. If it's not that important, book whatever looks best right now and just go with the flow if it gets changed.
Sep 25, 2020, 1:05 am
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OP, really not sure what you're asking. They're constantly updating the schedule. As of a couple of weeks ago, I had a booking on AC207 coming up in a few days. Ten days ago, they cancelled 207 and re-booked me on 209. Three days later, they cancelled 209 and put me on 205.
Even when they do update the page with revised routes and timing, it's always subject to change, which it does frequently.
These days, more than a few days out, the schedule isn't worth the paper it's (not) printed on.
If schedule is important to you, book a refundable fare so that you can get a refund if they change/cancel it. If it's not that important, book whatever looks best right now and just go with the flow if it gets changed.
Even when they do update the page with revised routes and timing, it's always subject to change, which it does frequently.
These days, more than a few days out, the schedule isn't worth the paper it's (not) printed on.
If schedule is important to you, book a refundable fare so that you can get a refund if they change/cancel it. If it's not that important, book whatever looks best right now and just go with the flow if it gets changed.
Sep 25, 2020, 3:27 am
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Sep 25, 2020, 5:14 am
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Didnt they do most (all?) Of October last week?
I had my flights at the beginning of the month cancelled 2 weeks out. But if you're flying at the end of the month, you may get as much a 5 weeks of warning!
I had my flights at the beginning of the month cancelled 2 weeks out. But if you're flying at the end of the month, you may get as much a 5 weeks of warning!
Sep 25, 2020, 8:01 am
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They did a huge round of schedule changes one day, but then more a few days later. And there could still be more changes, especially for flights later in the month.
Sep 25, 2020, 9:41 am
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The schedules published for the winter seem overly optimistic. The biggest round of schedule changes seems to happen about 2 weeks before the start of the following month and they've cancelled a lot of routes with as little as 2 weeks notice. For October, they did the big round of schedule changes around Sept 16 and cancelled a lot of routes/destinations. For September, they did it around Aug 13. But even after the big round of schedule changes, they seem to be tweaking things and cutting frequencies up until a few days before departure.
Sep 25, 2020, 10:57 am
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Given that most flights more than a month out likely have only a handful of bookings aside from perhaps a couple of routes, they probably have a fair amount of flexibility to change the schedules without affecting too many bookings. Much to their likely disappointment, it's looking less and less likely that mandatory quarantine is going anywhere anytime soon, so their schedules continue to be likely optimistic and require paring down as each month advances. At least for them there's more people traveling on the routes that are operating.
Sep 25, 2020, 11:14 am
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The schedules published for the winter seem overly optimistic. The biggest round of schedule changes seems to happen about 2 weeks before the start of the following month and they've cancelled a lot of routes with as little as 2 weeks notice. For October, they did the big round of schedule changes around Sept 16 and cancelled a lot of routes/destinations. For September, they did it around Aug 13. But even after the big round of schedule changes, they seem to be tweaking things and cutting frequencies up until a few days before departure.
Sep 25, 2020, 12:23 pm
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I really doubt that any int'l routes will see any increases from the October schedule, with some exceptions, unless the border situation changes, I'd expect them to run the October schedule or less.
Since AC doesnt refund cancelled flights - its in their interest to sell flights they never intend to operate as long as possible