Jingsamichty

Well, I'd say that having trolley dollies attractive enough to give your phone number to puts Air Transat comfortably ahead of Air Canada on that score.

Oink

It seems to me that Air Canada is a perfect metaphor for the rest of the country.

JamesM

lmartin999

I once got quite a serious proposition from an FA to join the mile high club on an AC flight. However by this point she had plied me with four large G&Ts in a very short period of time. It was also a short haul flight on a small plane so rather crappy bathrooms. It was rather flattering though if a little scary.

blue monday

I made the mistake of flying Air transcrap once, I went back to AC after: better customer service, better seat pitch & width, free alcoholic drinks all flight, better choice of food, better entertainment choices, I'd rather pay the extra money to fly AC.

singingringingtree

I wouldn't fly with AT, purely because of all the bad things I have heard about them over past few years. Best flight I've ever had was with Zoom - even if they did go bust and strand us in Vancouver. Fab staff, comfortable plane, great food, great price ... whole package. Sorely missed.

Edo

I did Gatwick to Calgary with AT last year and didnt have many complaints from their service considering I booked my return flights for only £300. Apart from that they starved me to death by their stingy portions of food on both flights.

iaink

Er, is it just me that sees the inconsistency here? Its not exactly free if you are paying a couple of hundred more for the flight..

Ive had more legroom on AT flights than AC flights... it depends on the configuration of the aircraft I guess.

All stearage class food on planes is crap (and tiny, some sort of bonsai food I think), its just a question of degrees. I try to sleep on transatlantic flights, so dont care about the entertainment.

macadian

I do too....but rarely achieve much and end up feeling like a half shut knife on arrival....though things have improved since acquiring a set of noise cancelling headphones....not required if screaming kids/babies not in evidence....seemingly a rare occurrence indeed.......a problem pretty standard on any airline....

JamesM

I agree $300 more for a couple of "free" drinks etc.......

Air Canada is the worst Airline I have ever flown with.

They have no money at all! And the plane was worse than the one LondonMike and I were on last week.

My headset didn't work etc.......

Air Canada charges the same as British Airways but is not even close in terms of level or service, quality of fleet etc.....

I'd consider BA if I had to fly from say Vancouver but really 7 hours on Air Transat is nothing especially on their newer planes.

macadian

As I have stated previously, I have not had a bad flight with AT. It's cheap and cheerful and 'we gets what we pays for'.

Just as matter of interest I checked out what the additional cost would be (one way Toronto to Glasgow) to upgrade to 'front of the bus' as the bigger seats, more legroom etc was appealing. $500 each was the response.....

Sorry, a bit toooooooo much for this poor immigrant....cattle class it it.....

Atlantic Xpat

Yet in contrast, I fly AC all the time. (Don't have many alternatives serving YYT). Compared to West Jet and domestic BA, their planes have been newer, shinier and had better in flight entertainment. Yes, some of the FA's are on the mature side, but I've generally had good service, albeit not of the mile high nature. An AC flight attendant did find the Ipod that I'd inadvertently left on the plane and contact me & send back to me at her own expense, last year. If that'd been WJ, they would have made a TV ad about it....

As with all things. YMMV.

DaveLovesDee

Maybe she's passed on your details to CSIS or the RCMP! Hopefully, you don't find yourself on the no-fly list anytimer soon!!

singingringingtree

Slightly off topic - did you know Thomas Cook no longer provide sick bags on their planes to Canada? Found this out to my cost last year. Not sure what you are meant to do when you want to hurl - and neither were the cabin crew apparently.

Aviator

Maybe they are going to sell them to you? There is always a pocket in the seat back in front of you.