Interesting. Well for YOW which has RJ service anyway and segments are only 500 miles to the US routes such as LGA and BOS, it gives these flight for about $340 RT on the 7 day vs $506 and up I priced for YYZ-LGA and YOW-LGA around $560...

Two words: yield erosion. ;)

Scoop up some traffic
 

Just scanned some of the new passes, and for someone that flies to cities that are included in some of the other pass products, and for someone that doesn't care about QM's, they can make sense. But, if you fly to a city well served by a Sun Pass for example, these aren't a great deal. As mentioned, the limits, fees, etc...,plus the 50% QM, make these a little bit dodgy for the experienced FF's found here on FT!

??? How can they offer spring sampler pass in Tango R fare for US Commuter when thos
 

??? How can they offer spring sampler pass in Tango R fare for US Commuter when those routes do not have Tango fare??? Checked LGA, EWR, BOS, ORD, IAD, LAS, LAX, SFO... Only T+

marketing guys at Marketel. same guys behind the Celine campaign.

I saw the deal this morning and booked it a 7 day pass for West-East Canada. I am leaving in 2 days for a lovely extended weekend in Montreal. I haven't decided yet what to do with my other 2 remaining coupons. $895 total including taxes etc. for 2 return trips from Northern Alberta to the east - definitely worth my money.

Cheers!

The front of each paper had the Post It note and there were at least a half dozen small ads on every subsequent inside page (lower right and left hand corners) laying out various pass options...of course no mention these particular ones are in TANGO class...but why bother with important details?

They are simply selling their alloted amount of Tango seats ahead of time...money up front in the bank and forces yields up on those who do not purchase the passes.

Yeah but Tango fare to the US would have almost no availablity (since AC sells mostly T+ due to competition). This makes the US/North American passes almost useless so they are really only offering 4 passes...

I'll bet there is lots of US destination Tango availability with those passes

For people like me, who have to battle the 'WJ is lowest, AC must be higher' misconception, the best part of this Sale is to see AC rounding out the pass lineup in an affordable way. The 30 credit T+ corp passes are nice for some, but with a 90 day window they just don't work for us. And given that my last 3 r/t's from YYC->YYZ/YOW averaged $262.43 each direction all-in (inc some change fees) for T+, I'll never be able to justify the 'standard pass' at $519/credit (albeit M-class) over the 'other carrier' rates :(

Canada East-West for $836 - that's $209 each way for R-class availability
IMHO a nice value for the average traveller ^ but for us mileage fiends, that lack of status is a big drawback :td: Ahhh well, it's getting there.

It's just too bad they don't have a 'for a few dollars more' option to go Tango Plus ;)

Nope. Checked in aircanada.com on purchased tickets and no Tango at all
Mar 16-26
YOW-LGA no T. Tues, Wed, Sat has $183 Tango+ Fare
LGA-YOW no T. Tues, Wed, Sat has $183 Tango+ Fare
YOW-BOS no T. Tues, Wed, Sat has $207 Tango+ Fare
BOS-YOW no T. Tues, Wed, Sat has $207 Tango+ Fare
YOW-EWR/EWR YOW no T.
Only YOW-ORD does have a lot of T.

So for the North American Commuters Tango pass only 1 out of 4 YOW - US route has T.

Who?

Yes, if you book with a little notice (and sometimes without notice), YYC-YOW for example is around $260 for T+ so a lot of us cannot justify to our company or customers to paid 2x for an upgradable ticket on the East-West Pass.. Would be nice if AC fills out the line up with a T+ pass like they have for the Small business one.. I don't mind getting Tango and non EQM for a 500 miles segment but the 1700-2500 ones starts to hurt :(

Checked YYZ-LGA for 3 random weeks in March, April and May. T+ and up only... No T....