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warning! this might be tough to read and annoying but i have anxiety due to flight issues nowadays so im sorry in advance!

anyone know what happened? have the same flights soon so i’ve been stalking and it says crew scheduling issues (delhi to toronto) and some mechanical issue (toronto to delhi). worried its fuel related because the delhi to toronto one apparently got redirected back to delhi. already nervous due to everything but now worried abt this— is it weather? fuel? and does anyone know if it will persist? thank you guys

I was involuntarily denied boarding coming home to YYZ on March 3rd due to an over booked flight. I was told by the airport staff I would be getting a $1000 travel voucher sent to me in the coming days. Now almost 2 months later and 3 waste of time phone calls to air Canada I’ve received nothing and no one seems to help. Anyone experienced this before and have any tips what I can do to get my voucher ? Yes I have filled out the online form and got a case number, beginning of April and have still heard nothing.

The first A321XLR for Air Canada now has its Canadian registration active as of April 22, 2026:

https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/2/ccarcs-riacc/ADet.aspx?id=540816&rfr=RchSimp.aspx

Hopefully this means delivery is fairly soon.

This is really just a bit of curiosity more than anything else, but I wondered if anyone could explain this! I'm flying LHR to YVR on Monday and have put in a bid to upgrade from PE to J, I don't have high hopes however as ExpertFlyer has been showing consistently at J0 for quite a while. Today however I noticed it's suddenly J2, but when I look at the seat map, only 1 seat is showing as available (1D). I know the seat map will often show more empty seats than are actually available due to seats not being assigned yet, but I haven't heard of it showing fewer seats than are actually available! Is this just a glitch or is there some other explanation?

I booked a flight with from Miami with a long layover in Toronto. They just changed the itinerary to a layover in Montreal for 1 hour and 18 minutes. Do you think this enough do I need to clear passport customs as well? Thanks

My parents are gonna be going on a flight in July (domestic). Most likely gonna be booking a basic fare. They have that TD First Class Travel Visa Infinite card from TD. I know they can’t bring a carry on, but are they entitled to a free checked bag with the card?

Thank You!

Hey all. Just trying to make sure I’m on the right track.

I got my first status (25k) at the very end of last year, so this is all somewhat new to me. I’ve had a few trips this year and about to hit 50k, and I just signed up for the TD Infinite Privilege plan.

When work books me for a trip, I get varying results. It’s a government booking through AMEX Neo, so I’ve always gotten zone 2. I can usually select my seats, but more often than not, I can’t select preferred seats. Once or twice I was able to select an emergency exit row for free upon check-in, but it’s usually already full. So I was happy when I hit 35k, because it advertised preferred seats on booking instead of the 25k option of preferred seats on check-in.

But I haven’t seen that actually work out yet. I just had a trip booked for me, which I assume is the lowest fare because it wants cash+e-upgrade for me to try for business. No big deal because that rarely works out for me (I’ve gotten 2/10 e-upgrades work with my status). But they also charged $68 for an emergency exit row, and I thought this was a perk for 35k or at least with the premium credit card.

Is it just that my booking is the lowest level and doesn’t qualify for upgrades/perks, or is there something else that isn’t working?

Bit of a random query, but the Air Canada website provides no information, and I wanted to see if anybody has been in a similar situation before calling up the Air Canada support line.

Bit of context: I booked an Economy Comfort return ticket from Paris to Toronto with one flight in September 2025 and the return flight in July 2026. However, due to a change of plans, I'm no longer going to be in Toronto in July but instead in New Jersey. Knowing that New Jersey is a United hub (another Star Alliance carrier), I tried to change my ticket on the Air Canada website, but the only option would be to fly from New Jersey to Toronto/Montréal and then fly to Paris. As this ticket is fully exchangeable and refundable, I checked whether it would be possible to refund that leg of the trip and with that money buy a ticket on United, however the refund value given from Air Canada was less than 1/5 of the original ticket price (lol) so this isn't really a viable option.

So my question is: is it possible/has anyone ever managed to change a ticket booked through AC to a service operated by another Star Alliance carrier, or will I just have to fly from New Jersey to Canada and then to Paris? Thanks!

Has anyone flown out of YTZ to the US since Pre-clearance became a thing? Can the AC Cafe be accessed for flights going to the US?