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BigEye

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... while almost on the subject ... I happen to love flying, so much that overseas trips are my favorite. They are such good value for the $$ - get to HongKong for 11-1400 on my 2 favorite carriers Cathay or Eva. Compare that - to not so long ago rtn Halifax was about 800- AC deserves to lose our $.
 

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I tend to fly AC about 60+ times a year, and every once in a while get stuck on a "zip" flight....but man do they have some nice young Flight Attendants on zip.
 

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I've heard some great things about Virgin Airlines. Apparently they've been wanting to setup a domestic service in Canada for a while now (as they do now in Australia), but the feds refuse to open the skies to foreign competition in order to protect Air Canada.

I say let Sir Richard Branson in, and let Air Canada live or die on its own merits.
 

HeMadeMeDoIt

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I have quit using AC 7 yrs ago. If I have to fly to Toronto I do it through Minneapolis with NWA. Not only is it cheaper but as a frequent flyer with a Worldperks Platinum Elite status I get a guaranteed first class upgrade.

On a recent trip to Brazil (to poon) my travel agent was having a hard time finding a flight the day I wanted to leave on Continental (which code shares with NW) so he looked into AC. The ticket was $500 more and they only fly to Sao Paulo so I was going to have to buy an additional ticket for $150 to get to Rio. On a $1200 ticket AC was $650 more and I would have had to contend with the shitty service, poor attitude and a longer flight since I would have had to fly East to the Centre of the universe (aka Toronto) to go south!

I can't wait till our gov't wakes up and opens up the market for US and other foreigh carriers.
 
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wolverine

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HeMadeMeDoIt said:
I have quit using AC 7 yrs ago. If I have to fly to Toronto I do it through Minneapolis with NWA. Not only is it cheaper but as a frequent flyer with a Worldperks Platinum Elite status I get a guaranteed first class upgrade.
It must be a real pain in the arse going through both US and Canadian Customs just to travel within your own country, especially since 9/11. In fact, I didn't think that was even allowed.
 

Alexboy

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nough said , let's drop it ..
 

Massagegirl

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Sorry Alexboy, if you don't like the way a thread is going, don't read it, there's no such thing as telling everyone to "drop it' because you think there has been enough said, even though you started it. Once pandoras box has been opened, there's no way out, except deletion. I realize you are new and probably do not realize that, but now you know.

I have booked my flight to Thailand through them in October so I am crossing my fingers that they don't go belly up.

My friend works at the air miles office and she says the CEO and everyone on down are total pricks who just don't care about customer service at all, let alone their employes. They get timed on their bathroom breaks even! It's no wonder that attitude carries on down to every level. But she did assure me that there is no way AC will go under and surprisingly it is the air miles program that is the only thing making money right now. I don't get that at all, but apparently it is keeping them afloat. She said it was the buyout that fell through, that made this seem a crisis, when there was no crisis before the attempted buyout. It is all a hype I guess. Politics!

PS daddywarbucks, that sounds terrible, I would DIE if I didn't get fed for 22 hours. They could have picked up some kind of food, anything for christ sake! Did you sue? I guess the silver lining is that it is better the galley not work, than the engines!
 

Alexboy

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Hey, the guy may maintain the airplanes ! Do you really want to piss him off ?
 
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