Hey folks. I am flying from Toronto to Calgary (F8625) this Saturday and I have never flown with Flair before. I've read a few threads and it seems the common theme is that they are very strict with their carry on/checked bag sizes.

My carry on bag is within their stated range online but for my personal item, I have a couple concerns.

Dimensions:
Flair: 15 × 33 × 43 cm / 6 × 13 × 17 in
Backpack 18 × 28 × 51 cm / 7 × 11 × 20 in

It's about 3" too tall. However, I only plan to have my laptop in it and charging cord. It's also a nylon bag so it just collapses super easily and has always fit under any seat. It's not bulky by any means.

Would Flair not allow this just because it's too tall?

I know this all sounds silly of me to worry about but just don't want the hassle on Saturday.

TIA.

Going to be flying Flair from Toronto-Vancouver (plane is a Boeing 737 Max 8, seats are at the very front). I'm hoping to confirm whether Flair still does not have any charging ports?

I've found several reviews that say there are no outlets, but they're all a couple years old, so it seems reasonable to check if that's still the case.

Thanks!

I will add my story below:

I am muslim hijabi woman (23) with my family i had bought a check in bag for over 100$ and got it weighted and asked should i put more stuff in my check in before i got to get my personal item sized and they said no we were putting our bags in the devil square to get bag tag and it slightly didnt fit and the employee was hovering over us waiting to let us know that didn't fit yet it was very demeaning and unnecessary because I was aware

we rearranged some items and it managed to fit but without our knowledge at the tome she put a note saying our bag may be over sized.

we get all the bag tags after some disrespectful stares and overwhelming pressure and we sit and wait for boarding to start

once boarding starts we get in line with our passports and wait to get on our plane. we get to the guy that check the passports and he says we need get our bags checked for size even though we already received our tags.

I asked him why would we need two tags to identify something we already got checked he said what if we added something to the bag which doesn't make sense if thats the case the why do we have to get the first tag when you were just going to check it again anyways

he didnt answer so we go and get ut checked again, another degrading and felt racist experience as we were the only ppl get checked twice when I see other bags with same look not even get checked and of course it fits like what was the point of wasting time like this just to disrespect us, to dehumanize us?

he then told us that there was a note on file flagging that the size may be of concern, firstly why even give the tag if thats the case and second tell us to get rechecked ahead of time why make us feel like we are accepted when we actually are being denied?

we had to get two bag tags to prove that it fits and when you get on the plane it fit like normal anyways like those bag chambers are just for humiliation. What a weird and disgusting company.

I do not recommend Flair, everyone of the staff is mean and snobby. I would like to be treated with humanity and professionalism. These workers are assholes and make your day worse

I was getting my boarding pass and I think I read that lithoum ion batteries aren't allowed in the cabin?Is a laptop now allowed in carry on? maybe i missread something.

So my grandparents, who are old, are flying flair for a family event. Their going from yvr to yyz. They don't travel alot, and when they do, they haven't flown with flair before. They both will have checked baggage which makes me a bit more nervous. Any advice to prepare them for their visit is appreciated. TIA!

Flew in to Vancouver last night from Toronto and Flair forgot to put my child's car seat despite it being checked in. We arrive and are waiting for an hour for baggage, looking at the regular belt and oversized yet nothing shows up. Of course no member of Flair is at the counter for baggage assistance in the domestic arrivals so we go upstairs to find a staff member at the departures. Ultimately we talk to 2 members of flair , both who were super nice. Yet no solution is found.

They state the car seat never made it on to the plane despite other folks car seats being on the belt. Furthermore they state, that it wont arrive now most likely until tomorrow morning. We ask what solutions are there now to get home as our child doesnt have a car seat. Legally we cant drive home now and are stuck.

They state since the stores are closed now and its 11pm they cant go instacart a car seat for us. They suggest we take an Uber or taxi and we could file for a claim after - but legally to my knowledge neither would take a baby in their car. They offer we look into renting a car and see if rental company would have a car seat. Ultimately costing us a few hundred bucks- and of course we'd have to file for a claim.

All airlines should have car seats available in this situation, regardless of the time- where they mess up as ultimately we are left stranded at the airport in the middle of the night with no safe way to get home!

Hello, I am flying out of YVR next week and I accidentally selected the 10kg checked in luggage add-on instead of the 23kg add-on for the flight to our destination (I bought the 23kg for the way back).

I wanted to upgrade to the 23kg luggage and tried to online, but flair said there is no way to upgrade, all I can do is eat the cost of the 10kg and buy an additional 24kg luggage which costs $107.

Does anyone know roughly what the extra cost at the airport is if you are above the 10kg limit (but below the 23kg)?

l’m traveling from vancouver to LA and found booking with flair airlines hotel and flight as a package is cheaper than booking the hotel and flight separately by more than $200. Should I book it as a package?

By: Farhad Pourazari

Flight: F8633 | Toronto (YYZ) to Edmonton (YEG)

Date: August 13, 2026  

$1,400 Just to Get Home

Travel plans don't always go smoothly, but dealing with ultra-low-cost carriers makes bad situations exponentially worse. After unexpected circumstances forced me to rebook multiple flights, I had already sunk $475 and $575 into previous bookings. To finally get home to Edmonton, I paid $358.47 CAD for a single one-way ticket on August 13.

By the time I boarded flight F8633, I was over $1,400 deep into what should have been a simple trip. Paying premium rates to a "budget" airline, you would at least expect basic hygiene and functional equipment. Instead, I got an ordeal.

Filth Before Takeoff

When I arrived at my seat, it was clear the aircraft had not been cleaned between flights. Tucked in my seatback pocket was a used tissue left by a previous passenger, along with shoe gunk smeared inside the pocket. I had showered and dressed in clean clothes before heading to the airport, expecting to land in Edmonton presentable to meet my family. Instead, I was sitting next to someone else's dirty trash.

Trapped in a Tarmac Oven

Flight F8633 was originally scheduled for 1:55 PM, then delayed to 2:45 PM, and updated again to 3:03 PM. But after boarding, we sat trapped on the runway until 3:45 PM before the crew could finally get the engines started and take off.

An announcement confirmed an equipment failure: the crew could not turn the engine on, meaning the air conditioning was completely offline while we sat waiting. With zero airflow, the cabin turned into an oven. Passengers sweated profusely, fanning themselves with paper, and some were forced to take off their shirts just to cope.

To avoid pressing my back against the hot plastic seat, I couldn't even sit back. I sat hunched forward, feeling sweat literally dripping down my chest and stomach. By the time the plane finally moved at 3:45 PM, everyone on board was drenched in sweat and smelling of perspiration. Holding passengers inside a sealed, unventilated aircraft in extreme heat without active cooling is a direct violation of Canadian tarmac delay regulations.

The Ultimate In-Flight Irony

While passengers sat sweltering in an unventilated cabin without even a complimentary cup of water, I opened the seatback booklet to an article titled "What Makes Flair?" by CEO Len Corrado. In it, he preaches about "showing up for something that matters" and "making travel easier and more seamless." The contrast between corporate PR spin and trapping sweating passengers in a filthy, overheated plane was outrageous.

Disabled Comfort & Extortionate Pricing

Once airborne, conditions did not improve:

• Non-Reclining Seats: Every seat mechanism appeared intentionally disabled or locked. Pressing the recline buttons did nothing, forcing passengers to remain rigidly upright for four hours.
• Refusal of Basic Water: After keeping sweating passengers trapped in an overheated plane on the tarmac, not a single cup of complimentary water was offered, a direct breach of basic standard-of-treatment obligations under the APPR.
• 4x Markup on Refreshments: While free water was denied, flight attendants walked the aisle twice strictly to push buy-on-board snacks and drinks, charging extortionate prices for basic refreshments.

The Bottom Line

Flair Airlines collected over $358 for a single one-way ticket (bringing my total spending with them to over $1,400) while failing to provide a clean aircraft, functioning air conditioning, reclining seats, or a simple cup of water during a tarmac delay.

This isn't low-cost operating, it is corporate greed that treats paying human beings like livestock to save a dollar.

i bought a 10kg checked bag for my bf and im wondering if they will measure it or they will just weight it?

We're a group of 8 passengers with seniors (restricted mobility) Toronto to Calgary. We have not chosen / paid for seats. Is the online check in system designed to make us sit separately even if seats are available to sit together or it's designed so you pay to guarantee sitting together? Thanks.

I flew flair to Toronto from Vancouver & returned July 31 during the WestJet strike, I arrived early in Toronto and on time back in Vancouver.

Both flights were 99% full.

I wasn’t made to put my bags in the sizer box.

No issue with checked bags despite arriving 12 mins before cutoff. Flying with checked bags, Pearson is my least favourite airport regardless of airline but all went well.

A lot of people get “Flair Express” so it doesn’t change much.

The buy on board prices are pretty reasonable for airline food, cheaper than most airport options.

I modified my return flight using the MAX bundle (moved up a few days) and lost my prepaid seat selection for the flight I modified which wasn’t ideal but is in the terms so fair enough. I didn’t feel like paying again so I opted for a random seat, ended up with an aisle seat in row 14 so close enough to the front. Next time I’ll wait to pay for seat selection until closer to the flight.

Washrooms were clean.

Got the email offering to resell my seat but didn’t check what the offer was.

The flight crew was great, more pleasant than other airlines I’ve flown lately.

I hope they bring back the YVR-YXU route next summer, since that’s where I was actually going. $25 bus to London wasn’t bad though.

Feel free to ask any questions. Mostly just posting this since everyone who has a bad experience writes a review but most people having a good experience don’t bother.

Didn’t get a free donut this time, but all went well so I’ll let that slide 😝

Thinking of booking a flight from SFO to Vancouver, how strict is the baggage check? In your experience, did they check at the checkin counter as well as at the gate? Did they check both carry on and personal item?

It has happened to me before and now again. Trying to book 2 adults and 1 child. I choose seats for all together in one row, and it just loops between "continue" and "child seat location". I've tried other rows, other seating options (not in the same row) and still does the same. Has this happened to anyone else before and did you find an out? TIA

Was flying out out this morning to Winnipeg and my friend got their ticket and passport checked and was walking into plane. Passenger behind them was mad that they had to get their bags checked in because it was bigger than personal and called out my friend for not having the purple tag on their bag. Staff went down and made my friend come back to resize bag and ended up having to pay to check in as well 🙄

Sharing because some of the stories here made me nervous before our trip!

We flew flair for the first time recently YEG-YYJ and return.
Everything was fine, we got exactly what we paid for, we expected to pay for seat selection, flying with kids this was non negotiable, we had prepaid for the bags we wanted and carefully measured our personal items! Staff was all very kind, got our personal items tagged at baggage drop, no need to resize before boarding.

The only complaint I have is that we had to wait FOREVER to drop off our checked bag , after being prepared and preprinting the tag because most of the line in front of us had not read the rules and showed up with tons and tons of luggage expecting to take it for free ….

They will charge you for extra bags, they will measure bags, you will pay more for your seat selection if you pick a better seat! I found this all pretty clear on the website when booking just make sure you read carefully!

Overall we would be happy to book and fly with flair again!

Bit of a long shot, but I was sitting in 10B and you were in 10C on Flair flight F8625 from Toronto to Calgary today.

We started talking after I showed you a note on my phone about the guy beside me in 10A lol. We ended up talking for a while during the flight and walked out of the airport together afterward before you went to grab a coffee.

You mentioned that you had been in Toronto for around 10 years and recently moved to Calgary.

I realized afterward that I never even asked for your name or contact info. If you somehow see this, send me a message and mention something else we talked about so I know it’s actually you :)

I paid for seat selection. Flight isn’t for five months. I decided a couple days after making the decision. I didn’t want the aisle seat anymore. I wanted the open seat beside the window in the same row as my spouse. I paid for the selection, both going to Cancun and coming back. I went online to make the change manually and it wanted me to check out and pay the exact same price again. Apparently their policy is no changes without charge. And that charge isn’t just a small penalty. It’s the full price for the seat. I paid $200 for my total seat selections and wanted one simple change. I’m outraged at this airline. First of all the price of their seats, and the price for checked luggage. So much for cheap airline flights at all adds up. Route is Flair air YYZ to CUN