The wrinklies are coming over this year and are thinking about using Transat or Zoom premium or club class. For those that have used these carriers any preference or feedback please.

Discount codes if you have them would be much appreciated.

What are you trying to figure which one is the worst for them?????

Never used a charter, so no idea what their service is like.

How bad is Air Transat??? I am flying out with them for the first time in May.

I used Air Transat Club to Vancouver last year. They were good value for money, I thought. You get a reasonable seat pitch and the service is better than the main cabin. Its not business class but you don't pay business class rates.

I would use them again.

We have used Transat a few times now, from Birmingham to Toronto, no problems, other than we always book our seats, the last time the flight originated at Bristol and they just gave out seats without thought to the folks in Brum who had booked, it was a shambles with a lot of fed up people, however we got our refunds, (in the end) the seats they gave us were crap though.

Havind said all that, they are cheap and cheerful and I would use them agan.

We too are flying out of Birmingham to Toronto in mid-May in Club, but we are visiting the folks in Bristol to say goodbye first, so I would be quite happy if they changed the departure from Birmingham to Bristol! Why was yours changed and at how short notice??

No sorry, I didn't explain properly.........the flight originated in Bristol, flew to Brum and we boarded there, but the folk who had boarded at Bristol had been allocated seats that were already booked!!

Thanks for clarifying! Does the flight normally originate in Bristol then? When I looked at their website, Bristol wasn't mentioned as a departure airport - or I would have booked from there - is this a route they have ditched??

I think it was just that day......at least in all the times we have used Transat that was the only time we had that problem.

I don't think Bristol is usual at all!

Wish it was though - would save me getting up at 4am and travelling to Birmingham for the early flight!!

Ive flown both, their both much of a sameness except transat is sometimes cheaper.
Ive booked through canadian affair this time and will be flying with thomas cook, the last time time i flew with them it was a crew of liverpudlians (sp) hilarious as i was in the front row and could listen to their chat! Was a definate welcome back to Britain.

Just to note, if you book through canadian affair, thomas cook dont appear to have a club class.

Karen

I and two of my kids went home last month, three different flights, two Zoom one AT, all booked at short notice. They were all:

- cramped

- inconveniently timed

- late

- dirt cheap, <$600

I'd take the cheapest or best timed, it's not going to be an enjoyable experience but it's not going to be life changingly awful either, something like a leg wax or a prostrate exam - unpleasant but short lived and soon forgotten.

Flew Transatt to and from Toronto last Sept - they were fine - basic class - but booked a more expensive seat - £25 rather than £18

was fine

Hope its not too bad. We just booked premium with Zoom. Timings are OK and price was great relatively speaking, £1460ish for 4 of us one way to Vancouver.