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Hey there,

I'm travelling alone with no restriction and full flexibility.

Just got an email that my flight is a complete flight and I could get a 800$ coupon if I agree to depart a day earlier.

I travel to that destination yearly and looked at a flight next year with a basefare of 950. The rest is fees and taxes.

I accepted the offer and got the coupon in my mailbox 2min after.

I then read all the horror stories on Reddit and started regretting but I don't really know why. In my situation it's actually a good thing ?
I know people say that I should have waited to board on the expected date to have a chance to get money instead of a coupon but I'm not down to have a delayed flight compared to an earlier one.

Thanks

For nearly a week, fleet limitations have been resulting in widespread schedule modifications and delays across the network. It started out with widebody shortages but the reality is there is also a narrowbody shortage with multiple FINs down for maintenance, glowing heart upgrades and 737 max 8 retrofits / transfers.

While AC has been working hard to stabilize the network, and overall, there have been improvements. However, YYZ continues to be the most impacted and that will continue into tomorrow. Below is a list of aircraft out of service + flights that have been modified or scrapped in advance and given the extremely tight schedule on multiple FINs tomorrow there’s not much leeway for delays or aircraft swaps which might lead to knock on delays across the network. Good luck!

Aircraft still down for maintenance:

- A220: FIN 109 C-GJYE

- A220: FIN 126 C-GVDP

- A220: FIN 127 C-GVDQ

- A320: FIN 240 C-FZQS

- A320: FIN 242 C-FGKH

- A320: FIN 245 C-GFCP (seating reconfig)

- A320: FIN 417 C-FCQD

- A321: FIN 460 C-GJWO

- A321: FIN 462 C-FGKP

- A321: FIN 466 C-GYFY

- A321: FIN 472 C-FJQL

- A330: FIN 932 C-GFAH

- B737: FIN 503 C-FSDB

- B737: FIN 510 C-FSIQ

- B737: FIN 539 C-GMIU (seating reconfig)

- B737: FIN 545 C-GMLZ (seating reconfig)

- B737: FIN 573 C-FFIP (seating reconfig)

- B77L: FIN 703 C-FIUJ

- B77L: FIN 704 C-FIVK

- B788: FIN 805 C-GHPX

- B789: FIN 841 C-FPQB

So far for tomorrow @ YYZ:

- AC181 to YVR cancelled

- AC107 to YVR cancelled

- AC261 to YWG cancelled

- AC1840 to TBPB cancelled

- AC167 to YEG delayed 2hr

- AC408 to YUL cancelled

- AC507 to ORD cancelled

- AC169 to YEG delayed 50m

- AC1875 to YWG cancelled

- AC171 to YEG delayed 1 hr

- AC694 to YYT cancelled

- AC424 to YUL cancelled

- AC155 to YYC delayed 30m

- AC428 to YUL cancelled

- AC2056 to YHZ delayed 10m

- AC1127 to YXE delayed 20m

Hey everyone,

I am flying direct from Toronto (YYZ) to Delhi (DEL) on November 4 on Air Canada Flight AC 42. I am traveling with my two cats and am looking for a companion on this exact flight so I can bring them both with me safely in the cabin.

Because Air Canada strictly limits pets to one per passenger in the cabin, I need a kind traveler booked on this flight who is willing to let me register my second cat, under their ticket allowance.

About Booby:
He is a scaredy cat who gets incredibly nervous in new environments. Because he is so anxious, I don’t want to put him in the cargo. He would be much more comfortable in the cabin where he can hear my voice and stay calm.

Important details for anyone willing to help:

• No cost to you: I will fully pay the Air Canada international in-cabin pet fee ($100–$120 CAD).
• No extra work: I will handle all the airport check-in, lifting, and veterinary/import paperwork myself.
• Seat restrictions: Air Canada doesn’t allow cabin pets in Premium Economy, exit rows, or bulkhead rows, so you would need to be booked in standard Economy.

If you or anyone you know is booked on AC 42 on Nov 4 and wouldn't mind helping a nervous kitty travel safely, please send me a DM! I would love to connectand call Air Canada together to link the reservation.

Thank you so much!🥹❤️

I cancelled a booking made using 120k miles, it asked for 450 CAD cancellation fee, i paid it using my credit card but they charged 600 CAD to my card, i am not able to contact them in any way, the call never gets connected, how can i solve this? also they had to refund me 120k miles but i received only 80k miles refund

Hello! We bought a Family Mart umbrella in Japan (the clear vinyl one that doesn’t collapse into a smaller size) and really want to take it home with us, but it is too long to fit in our luggage, or our friends’ bigger luggage. Can we just carry it on our person on an Air Canada flight back home along with our carry-ons and personal items, or will they dispose of it? In that case we would prefer to leave it with the hotel for others to use. Thank you for any help!!

Has anyone had any luck calling Air Canada to have multi city flights booked with the companion pass?

I saw on a flight forum that it could be done... or is it bullshit

UPDATE: Didn't have any luck. Talked to two agents and they couldn't do anything..

Good afternoon,

This isn't so much an Air Canada question but I do have a flight on AC in 2 weeks.

What is the advantage of checking in 24 hours before my flight vs checking in 4 hours before my flight?

I tried googling it. The main thing I saw was just convenience. Are there any other advantages?

Winnipeg seems to be getting an influx of Rouge flights, especially on the Winnipeg-Toronto routes. Neither of which one would consider a “sun” destination!

Just wondering if anyone knows why?

Hi everyone,

Sorry if this is a basic question. I don’t fly very often, so I’m not really familiar with how Air Canada manages fare availability.

I need to fly YYZ -> FLL -> YYZ and unfortunately my return date has to be either January 1 or January 2, which I assume is a very busy travel period.

Air Canada has four flights each day on the route I’m looking at, so eight flights total across those two days. What seems strange is that on every single flight, the only economy fare available is Economy Latitude at a very high price.

Considering there are eight different flights, is it really likely that all of the lower Economy fares (Standard/Flex, etc.) are already sold out? Or is this something Air Canada during peak travel periods (temporarily showing only Latitude and possibly releasing lower fare classes again later)?

Is there any way to tell whether cheaper fare buckets might come back, or when Air Canada typically releases additional lower fares?

Thanks!

Apart from paying the fee, does anyone have experience here in the process of paying to check a bag at the gate?

Do you need to leave and go back through security? Or is your bag collected upon entering the plane? Something different?

Thanks!

Have Signature Suite access for a flight tomorrow night. With the closure, was wondering how busy today’s MLL was. I understand I’ll have a priority lane. Did that make a difference to anyone?

*Mods pls don’t delete, I have googled and searched on Reddit and I see no thread*

Flight shows 25/28 booked and 15 are checked in for business right now.

There are 7 passengers on the e-upgrade list. I’m near the bottom.

I’ve already checked in for the flight and it takes off in 8 hours.

Should I cancel my eup waitlist in hopes of getting offered an LMU? I’ve already checked in though, will it still show up?

I called AC and they said LMU’s don’t show if you submitted and Eup.

Hello folks,

I have a non-stop flight coming back to Toronto from Seoul. I'm considering purchasing the upgraded wifi option (beyond the basic free one that just gets you some basic texting) that allows for web surfing and such. I am thinking of using it to get some work done and other stuff on the flight to check e-mails, surf a bit, and some access to some AI services like chatGPT, etc. I have no idea what the quality of the paid premium connection is like and I have heard reports that it can be pretty spotty and unreliable for chunks of these overseas flights depending and where you are at the time. When it is "reliable" what are the average speeds? Is it pretty slow regardless?

Any one have an recent updates for such flights?

Thanks

ki

My spouse had a flight originally booked for September 12th from back to Sydney, Australia. They’re here on the ESTA VWP, we had a string of horrible emergencies, managed to get their I-94 amended with a Satisfactory Departure so they could stay an extra month and attend a funeral, and changed the booking date to one month later on October 12th.

When we attempted to do this we got a strange failure notice, something like “your payment could not be processed” so we attempted again and it appeared to go through as the booking on both the app and desktop website said they were now booked for the 12th of October. Perfect yeah? No. They went to check their booking as they often do a week or two out and found… nothing.

They called Air Canada and talked to a representative who said they saw the ticket on their end but it had been CANCELLED on their end three days after we booked for the 12th of October. I received nothing in my e-mail alerting me of this, no texts, nothing on my spouse’s Air Canada account, again we only found out on a whim. We have a case open with them but it’s been an entire week with no reply. Are we just screwed? Is there anything we can do to get them to honor our booked ticket? Even the agent said we did everything correctly, it was some strange error on the back end, but they couldn’t help with anything but informing us of what happened.

Is there anyone else to contact? We seem to have exhausted all venues and simply cannot afford a last minute ticket to Australia, theirs was cancelled so there is no way to just changed the dates anymore. Is there any way to get them to honor the October 12th booking? We don’t know what to do. We’ve been using AirCanada to fly them back and forth from Australia to the US for years and never had problems changing flight dates before. 🥲

I was hoping that someone with ExpertFlyer can check R and N space on AC90 on October 6. I would really r
Really appreciate it.

I have one (1) MLL one time use pass that expires October 8th that I don’t have a need for. Who wants it?

I have a family member who may fall into a bit of an “edge case” group when it comes to a current trip. Family member is a dual citizen of Canada and Great Britain, but is currently living and working in the US as a permanent resident (green card holder).

Family member is travelling from the US to the UK with a connection at a Canadian airport. When trying to check-in online, tried using their Canadian passport but couldn’t get past the page that asked for their UK ETA (which they can’t get as a citizen of GB). Subsequently tried to check in using their GB passport, but had a similar problem - couldn’t get past the page that asked for their Canadian Visa number, ESTA, or Canadian Permanent Resident number (which they don’t have as a Canadian citizen).

Is there some kind of trick to doing online check-in in a case like this ? They managed to check in at the airport, but I can’t believe that there isn’t some way to recognize dual citizenship for online check-in. Did they miss something, or is airport check-in really the only way ? Any advice or other experience would be appreciated.

Hi, my partner and I will be travelling to Japan soon. We have two bookings - one of the bookings was fully paid for (we selected basic economy) but the second booking was booked with full Aeroplan redemption points. Does anyone know if the Aeroplan redemption booking allows you to select your seat free of charge?

Starting this year I'm having issues getting United Mileage credits from Air Canada. I ONLY collect miles on United, with Silver status there. I do have an Aeroplan number, but never use it outside of the app. In March, I had flights to Vancouver. I didn't get the United credit. I filled out the form on United, and got the credit. In May I had flights through Montreal to Germany (Lufthansa). Lufthansa gave the credit for the long legs, AC didn't, I filled out the United form and they said the credit for Ottawa to Montreal was applied to Aeroplan. I assume this was because I checked in using the app. I was willing to ignore those, since they're tiny. Then a few weeks ago I flew to Lisbon, and back from Porto. I made sure not to check in using my AC account, or use in flight messaging tied to Aeroplan. One short leg back was on TAP (Portugal). They gave the credit for it on United within 2 days. I still have no credit from AC anywhere. My bookings show the United number.

I filled out an online form on AC asking for help but have no response. I'm trying to understand how to deal with this. I've flown on AC getting United miles for about 20 years always only using my United number, this seems to be a new problem, but it's happened on 3 straight trips. At this point I may miss out on keeping Silver status because of this.