u/Kaspira

Just came back from Quebec City and wanted to share the amazing experience my wife and I had with VIA.
For the first time, we tried the business class. I had a good amount of points so only paid half the fare.

The good things:

• I'll put this first as it's usually the main concern on a VIA trip: we arrived only 9 minutes late to Quebec and right on time back to Ottawa.
• The food was amazing! We shared the ravioli, fish and rice, cheese plate, and salmon meal, 0 complaints.
• We only had 1 breakfast on the way to Quebec as we got quite full. The cinnamon rolls were delicious, and I don't even like cinnamon!
• Loved the frequent drink passes.
• The truffle chocolates are sooo good.
• The Ottawa Business Class lounge is pretty neat; the Quebec one is not, although Gare du Palais is a pretty landmark.

The odd thing:
I'm not sure if anyone else experienced this before, but a foul smell came out twice earlier in the trip. I'm guessing it's manure from the farm fields?

1 thing I'd wish VIA did better:
More comfortable and lounge-like chairs in Business Class. But the extra legroom and footrest are a good addition.

Last but not least, the staff were lovely (as usual)!

Thanks for reading!