gokeeper

Still there

mileageking

Need to book this fare, anyone still able to (preferably with back-tracking to YYZ)? Any help will be appreciated.

bocastephen

Unfortunately the fare is gone, but something similar will pop up again during the year

Polytonic

Gravedigging for now -- looks like YYZ-HKG has been scrubbed through end of March due to coronavirus -- for those of you who booked with the backtrack, what are you doing about this? Fly it anyway and just accept less PQP for the dollar spend?

bocastephen

For those members who booked with me, I have a waiver from AC that allows me to rebook for future dates (flying must be done by 4/15/20) without a change fee or fare difference regardless of the remaining fare class inventory, meaning if P is sold out, I can book C, J, etc. Every agency should have the same waiver, meaning, if you booked through an online TA, you need to contact that agency and instruct them to reissue without a penalty or fare difference for the flights you want - escalate to a supervisor as needed, the first person who answers the phone is usually clueless, and if you booked directly with AC, you need to call AC.

Have your new flights ready, and for the back-track, it will now be broken into two segments, meaning YYZ-HKG will now be YYZ-YVR-HKG unless you book when the nonstop is restored. You will need to choose specific flights and feed them to your agency or to AC and if they question you about the backtrack, just state you have a meeting in YYZ before and after Singapore and you need to be there - escalate to managers as needed to get this done and don't accept any fare difference or change fee provided your new travel plan is complete by 4/15/20, all flights are in the same cabin, and you do not change your original and destination (you must still fly YVR-xxxxxxxxxx-SIN)

This is why I offer to help other members with their business class promo tickets, because when crap hits the fan like this, I can take care of it seamlessly for you.

Unionruler

Why not just ask for YYZ-ICN-SIN...

bocastephen

I don't believe the routing rules for the original fare allow for that, but it would be up to AC to permit that kind of rebooking.

EmailKid

This whole fiasco in China is costing the airlines (well, a lot of businesses actually) a lot of money, so I don't see AC wanting to pay (most likely) OZ to fly the last leg from ICN

One can always ask, just don't be surprised by the response .....

Polytonic

I don't mind tackling the changes on my own -- a bigger problem is scheduling with my traveling companions (let's say they are very indecisive about dates). My original flights were for spring break, so ... moving the flights out to 4/15 doesn't really help me at all. Well, my traveling companions anyway. I'm fairly flexible myself. Maybe I just go on my own.

Good to know about the YYZ break though. I'll probably give AC a call tomorrow or Monday and see what my options are like.

bocastephen

if you booked directly with Air Canada, you’ll need to make the changes with them directly, and you’ll likely need to be prepared to argue for the flights that you want, they won’t give up space easily. The waivers are all extended into May including Hkg transfers

you’ll really need to argue and push because I don’t expect them to just hand over J or C space when you’re booked in P, but that’s exactly what the waiver states we can do.

Polytonic

Actually it looks like since I booked multi-city with a YYZ stopover, I was automatically rebooked from YVR-YYZ-HKG-SIN outbound to YVR-YYZ-YVR-HKG-SIN, though HKG-SIN appears to be operated by a nonexistent SQ 861 departing two hours before I land in HKG (I only see SQ 871 on that day).

Time to twiddle my thumbs listening to the Air Canada hold music.