Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian (Post 12472577)

So if you knew how bad they were then why did you book with them :lol:

Was it due to price, direct flight, flight times/connections or the fact that they have new uniforms?
Was the price the same on their website as the 3rd party website?

Originally Posted by bats (Post 12472607)

I don't think Air Transat let you book in online if you book through someone else.

Why do you make such a big deal out of dual citizenship? I give my Cabadian passport details for the booking and show that passport to everyone except UK immigration. The airline wouldn't even know that I have dual citizenship.

Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 12472612)

T2 at Pearson is such a mess it's difficult to even find it on the maps and signage ;) ;)

Originally Posted by withabix (Post 12472621)

Do they even have those now?

Originally Posted by bats (Post 12472637)

I didn't know there was a Terminal 2 I thought it odd that there's a 1 and a 3 but accepted it as a Canadian oddity. Signage must be bad as I've never noticed any but then signage is bas at Pearson generally.



Not at Pearson. I was there 10 days ago and we had to complete the info on the machines. The same way that you had to befire when the machine didn't like your handwriting. The machine then spat a receipt at you which you showed to grumpy CBSA people then usual palaver after that.

There was also an "express" line for the few machines that handled the newer passports, biometric?

Originally Posted by Gozit (Post 12472636)

Flight times and the price...could've paid an extra $150/person to fly out of DTW with Delta but the flight time wasn't as preferable to the AC one.

Not sure as it was super last minute and we just booked with our credit card travel site.


I'm contemplating doing it that way when we head there in the summer but i've always shown my Maltese one to the airline when traveling there and the Canadian one on the way back and I don't want to "flip flop" on which one I continually show them, but I suspect that's just me over-worrying and it doesn't really matter.

Originally Posted by bats (Post 12472642)

Show them the passport whose details you have given to the airline. As you need a Canadian passport to get back into Canada then it has to be the Cabadian one.simples.

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12472658)

From what I understand Air Canada had run into some issues with the Canadian Govt in regards to getting the sattelite wifi approved that they will be using on widebody fleet.

Seems the issues have been resolved and all widebody aircraft should have it by end of 2018.

The reason Canadian airlines were so far behind US and other airlines in getting wifi in general was due to the Canadian govt as well.

Things are more difficult in Canada.

Originally Posted by bats (Post 12472637)

I didn't know there was a Terminal 2 I thought it odd that there's a 1 and a 3 but accepted it as a Canadian oddity. Signage must be bad as I've never noticed any but then signage is bas at Pearson generally.

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl (Post 12472634)

The only problem we have had with AC is checking in online. We always have to join the long queues at Pearson to check in.

Edit...we always book direct with the airline.

Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 12472679)

The winky faces were supposed to indicate that I wasn't entirely serious. Terminal 2 at Pearson was decommissioned and subsequently demolished in 2007 when the new T1 was built. There are only two regularly operating passenger terminals at Pearson, numbered 1 and 3;...

Originally Posted by Gozit (Post 12472660)

Interesting I didn't know that. I am not surprised. Wonder if the 777 i'm flying on in July will have it by then :fingerscrossed::fingerscrossed:

Originally Posted by Gozit (Post 12472647)

That's where I messed up I think. I gave them both.

When I checked in online from YYZ-->FRA-->MLA I gave the Maltese passport info

When I checked in to return from MLA-->FRA--->YYZ I used the Canadian.

Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 12472679)

The winky faces were supposed to indicate that I wasn't entirely serious. Terminal 2 at Pearson was decommissioned and subsequently demolished in 2007 when the new T1 was built. There are only two regularly operating passenger terminals at Pearson, numbered 1 and 3; there's also the Infield Terminal which was recommissioned briefly to handle the influx of Syrian refugee flights between December 2015 and Feb 2016, and a VIP terminal that services private aircraft.

Originally Posted by Gozit (Post 12472567)

They have no Wi-Fi on their planes despite major European and US airlines having it and seem to have no plans to implement it and it seems they are just behind on everything and their online systems suck.