Cathay, Singapore, Emirates are my all time favourites. I also find Lufthansa to be kind of meh as well. Erica, I've been reading up. I think everyone's recommendation of Air North is the way to go! I hope I see you before I leave!
Air Canada vs WestJet: Thoughts
- Thread starter Ms Erica Phoenix
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Air North airfares are really compatible to the other airlines. I'd go non-stop. It appears that if you travel on Mondays, they have the lowest fares. I'm envious, and hope this works out well for you.
once you get up there if you really want to see the whole NWT, Canadian North and First Air have their hubs at Yellowknife. as for lavinia's comment about the embraer 190's, i found them to be quite roomy and i am a bigger guy. as well the windows are higher up on the fuselage which is nice for photography and videos. but regardless i guess you'll be happy to hear that they are getting rid of a fair amount of them having sent them to boeing who then sold them to delta.
I can't honestly say that I've flown on AC since before the Towers fell... My flying seems to be more south of the line since then, but their arrogant attitude towards the great unwashed that don't fly a zillion miles every year has burned itself into my mind in a way most irrecoverable. Maybe it's just a "Pretty Woman" complex or something, but even though I haven't flown couch in over a decade those memories have earned them a black mark for the rest of my life.
Given the choice though I personally would never consider a six hour layover unless I had a particularly pleasant diversion nearby, and I'm not thinking the lounge is private enough for that
Given the choice though I personally would never consider a six hour layover unless I had a particularly pleasant diversion nearby, and I'm not thinking the lounge is private enough for that
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Ended up flying WestJet to Edmonton, then on from there. Both on the way there and the way back, I had no more than enough of a layover than was needed to clean the cabin & switch over a crew; no more than 40 minutes, and we arrived back ahead of schedule! I can't wait to go back...
I have flown both airlines and honestly, I couldn't pick one to be better/or worse over the other. Having said that, i have flown on international/across the oceans only on AC and I do not really have any complaints. Only once I have flown internationally (to LA) with WJ.
I have had some nice and some not so polite flight attendants (both male and female) on both of them so ... I can't vote either way. W.J seems to encourage using humor for inflight announcements. It could be just a coincidence too though.
So that's my two air miles worth.
T8E
I have had some nice and some not so polite flight attendants (both male and female) on both of them so ... I can't vote either way. W.J seems to encourage using humor for inflight announcements. It could be just a coincidence too though.
So that's my two air miles worth.
T8E
I think ANY of the North American flagged airlines would be in a very tough position to supply replacement equipment within 24 hours to a secondary market like Manchester. LHR for sure, CDG most likely and same with MUC. Looking at the AC Map, Manchester has one flight to YYZ so I am pretty damn sure they can not support equipment failure from there.
I find the International Airlines like Cathay, BA, AC, Lufthansa, Air France and even Qantas lol put their very best foot forward on the long haul flights. Best crew, best / newest equipment and all their best ambassadors are aboard. The crusty French Canadian flight attendant is rarely seen on an international flight. Sure there will be French Canadian attendants but without the attitude.
I have flown to the US on West Jet a few times and they are great but no better than an AC flight to the USA. I will say they are a hell of a lot more entertaining than AC.
I was actually very impressed with a flight I had earlier in June. Monday AM flight to the USA and ALL of the friken kiosks were dead at YVR. The system wide problem effected AC, UA etc too. People stood there for hours while the booking agents hand tagged each bag and booked in each traveller by hand too. My flight left 90 min late but still a very impressive show that they could book a full plane all by hand without the computer to assist them.
North Americans are Thousands of Air Miles behind other international carriers. For international travel, I have flown JAL, Lufthansa, Cathy, BA, Emirates, China Airlines, ...... China Air, (oops, sorry one BAD and Horrible example) and Singapore Airlines. I think AC and other North American airlines can learn a lot from these (except Air China) airlines.
I might sound to be contradicting myself, but I was reading that AC is one of the best airlines when it comes to safety record. Go figure. http://www.jacdec.de/airline-safety-ranking-2015/
I guess safety and customer service are two different things.
Bar none Cathay, Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa are tops that I have flown, ever.
From accounts of a close friend who works at YYJ: Generally WestJet will hold off on flight cancellations until the very last possible minute even if it means holding PAX in the sterile area all day! AC is more likely to make the decision to cancel the flight and either assist with re-booking or put PAX up in a hotel.
The SOP for Security screeners is that they can't punch out at the end of the day until Westjet Flights are "wheels up", AC flights as soon as PAX are through security workers can punch out to go home.
The SOP for Security screeners is that they can't punch out at the end of the day until Westjet Flights are "wheels up", AC flights as soon as PAX are through security workers can punch out to go home.
Yeah ..but if your going to spend 5 hours in a tight fitting box, it had better still be scrubbed clean and smelling nice...Discount or not.
I was flying both airlines regularly until about 34 months ago, now I just travel Westjet. Air Canada lost my luggage at Person and I'm still waiting for it to be delivered to my home. they gave me $500 credit towards future travel, I told them where the can stick there credit. I'll never fly Air Canada again even if I have to spend more with westjet.
