Canadian Affair??
 

Hi all. The wife and I are headed to Brum for a holiday in June, so we've started looking for deals. I've read a few scarey reviews about FlyGlobeSpan, so I'm hoping to avoid them, but they are the cheapest.
I read somewhere here that Canadian Affair had been sold. Is that true? Who to? Thier website is still up and running. And they have scheduled flights for the time we want to go.
We're just a little nervous after the Zoom fiasco. :unsure:

Any recent news/info/reviews would be a great help.

Thanks, :thumbsup:

Mark :beer:

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Hi, we have been to Canada 3x now and due to fly out again xmas day. All of our trips bar one have all been with Canadian Affair. They are still operating and I have no complaints what so ever. 1st class service all round and a good price. Hope this helps.

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Air Transat owns Canadain Affair UK, 2 Years ago you use to buy Air Transat tickets through Globespan, but Transat went on a spending spree and bought Thomas Cook Canada, Canadian Affair and a few other tour companies.
Then Globespan began using there own aircraft to service Canada.
Over all opinion, You get what you pay for.

If you want regular delays, poor service use Globespan.
If you want a lesser chance of a delay and better service, book through Canadian Affair, (Air Transat or Thomas Cook UK aircraft, depending on time of the year).

Plus, since this summer, Air Transat has increased it's seat pitch throughtout all Planes.

If you book Air Transat, let me know, i'll let you know which are the best seats.

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Used Canadian Affair twice this year to Manchester & return. Three flights with Thomas Cook and one with Air Transat. Leg Room and general customet care far superior on the Thomas Cook flights. Will make a point in future if dodging the Air Transat flights if possible....

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yep ditto, we always use them if the flights are available

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I think I'd rather walk than use Globespan again. There is only once in a persons life you risk flying on a plane that has been duck taped:eek:

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I've always wondered... is it duck tape or duct tape?

Flew with Thomas Cook Canadian Affair in Sept and the service was very good. Took off and landed early both flights.

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Both. It was invented in the 1940s for the US military, to seal ammunition boxes. It was probably originally called duck tape, as a reference either to the material it was made from (cotton duck) or to its water-repelling characteristics. After the war, it came to be used in civilian applications, such as sealing joints on heating ducts. Just to confuse matters, "Duck" is also a brand of said tape.

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Thanks, excellent answer.

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My pleasure.

<I'll get me anorak>

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Thank you all. :thumbsup: We were 95% sure we wanted to go the Thomas Cook way, and now, thanks to you all, we have decided to book through Canadian Affair. We plan on going in June. Fly to Gatwick. Visit my sis in London for a few days, then hope a train to Dublin to do a little R+R in Ireland. Maybe look up some long lost family in the Dundalk area, then off to Brum to see my brothers and sisters. I can almost smell the Bull Ring!! :D

Thanks again for all the info.

Mark :beer:

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Thomas cook operate on behalf of Air Transat.
If you are going Toronto - Gatwick, Thomas Cook only operate one flight per week, Air Transat offer daily and on some days twice daily.

Here's the thing with Air Transat, The 2 main crew bases are Toronto and Montreal, some Toronto flights are crewed with a montreal based crew, these are the ones i tend to find are not the friendly ones to be on.
A group of French Canadians serving a flight full of Anglo Saxons.

I fly Air Transat 3-4 times a year, no problem, i'm not there to make friends, just as long as they say thanks and smile i'm happy.
Though i was impressed with Thomas Cook, a very warm welcome, but somewhat over-scipted.

Advantage of Air Transat, if there is a mechanical problem, much better chance of getting another aircraft, less delay.
Thomas Cook went throught a few very large delays this past summer.

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We'll be flying out of Calgary.

Mark :beer:

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If you fly into Gatwick be prepared for how dirty, disgusting and smelly it is and if you need a trolly grab one asap because there are never enough to go around. And the loos are barftastic.

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I find that comment rather difficult to swallow. I've been through about 90 airports in my life, 20 of them this year alone. In terms of facilities/amenities, ease of use and convenience, Gatwick is one of the best I can think of.