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cancelling flights

Don't say that, you'll get bonesaw banned from gdq again

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/sandramacgregor/2022/07/01/air-canada-announces-major-reduction-in-flights-due-to-unprecedented-travel-chaos/

Also fuck Expedia....couldn't find their number on their website, was forced to use their dumbass chat. Chatted with a virtual agent and requested a real agent. Real agent said she had to transfer me to the flight team after taking several minutes to type single sentences. I asked to talk to someone over the phone and she said it cant be done over the phone. So I said okay, bye. Then immediately called 1800-expedia and within about 3 minutes I was able to get to an agent who is now trying to fix the situation.

I booked with air canada on my flight to Portugal in August so now I'm getting concerned

ShineboxPhil posted...

I booked with air canada on my flight to Portugal in August so now I'm getting concerned

Why are you going to Portugal?

i flew air canada once

yeah. flight got delayed. fucked up my entire journey. i contacted their support staff via twitter and they gave me a new itinerary

but

apparently that didn't translate over to my luggage

so my luggage got lost

I don't fuck with Air Canada anymore

Just looked at my expedia itinerary and turns out it's air transat not air canada. Lol

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brotrrwinner posted...

Why are you going to Portugal?

My wife and me want to go somewhere for the summer and we found a good deal in Lisbon.

Every airline is canceling everything. Airlines are a disaster. It's nothing new. Seems to have gotten worse the past few years though.

ShineboxPhil posted...

I booked with air canada on my flight to Portugal in August so now I'm getting concerned

Google news for air canada. Its been an absolutely disaster this summer.

I can pretty much guarantee that I'm never using air canada again. I typically have alot of sympathy for these things but not this time. My flight was early tomorrow morning, I normally would've been asleep but I happened to pack late today. I just got a text that the flight is cancelled. Like how are you finding this out last minute? If its a personnel shortage then it could easily have been anticipated earlier. I have absolutely no sympathy for them. Fuck em.

So they cancelled the flight and automatically checked me into a new redeye flight tomorrow night. Because they automatically checked it in, its a bitch for expedia to un-check in and change my flight to another day which is what I'm requesting. Expedia just told me ill be on hold for 2 hours.

Regardless of airline quality, never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever use third parties like expedia. Ever. Saving a few bucks isn't worth dealing with third party horse shit. They'll just finger point to the airline and the airline will just finger point to expedia.

DanHaren22Champ posted...

So they cancelled the flight and automatically checked me into a new redeye flight tomorrow night. Because they automatically checked it in, its a bitch for expedia to un-check in and change my flight to another day which is what I'm requesting. Expedia just told me ill be on hold for 2 hours.

Good luck.
Where are you flying to?

PatrickMahomes posted...

Regardless of airline quality, never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever use third parties like expedia. Ever. Saving a few bucks isn't worth dealing with third party horse shit. They'll just finger point to the airline and the airline will just finger point to expedia.

I know, I haven't used third parties in years. My dad booked this flight for us for a family trip. The re-scheduled flights are all separated out, him and my mom got a great flight, I got switched to a red-eye.

ShineboxPhil posted...

Good luck.
Where are you flying to?

San francisco to Toronto.

Phone disconnected and I never got a call back. I asked the dude before he put me on hold if he could just call me back and he said no. Lol.

Now I ended up calling back and got connected to a different agent who is starting from scratch.

I'm literally never using third party again and making sure my dad never does either.

they are cancelling flights ahead of time now to avoid last-minute cancellations that fuck passengers over and lose their baggage, which has been a travel epidemic in canada since April.

DanHaren22Champ posted...

San francisco to Toronto.

Did you look at sunwing?
I remember using them once to do the exact opposite of your flight.

warlock7735 posted...

Don't say that, you'll get bonesaw banned from gdq again

Wow

So the second agent I spoke with said I'd be on hold for 4 hours but he could call me back. He called me back at 2am and was like, "hey everything should work, but i forgot what flight you wanted to change to." After I told him he was like great you should get a new itinerary or a call back in about an hour from us.

I got no call back and now its been 4 hours since his last call. I called a new agent who I went through the same process with and is now telling me it may take up to 48 hours to resolve. I was like, uhhh dude my flight is tonight. If this doesn't resolve in the next 8 hours I have to get on that flight tonight. I was like, "I've been on hold with 2 expedia agents, for about 4 hours total, and none of them were able to help and I never heard back. How can I trust that you guys will figure this out tomorrow or the day after? If I miss tonights flight and you guys are unable to help like the last 2 agents, then I'm stuck with no flight."

He just gave me a generic, "I apologize, I understand, but unfortunately..." etc.

Then I was like, dude I'm never using expedia again, I'd be better off just calling the airline directly.

Immediately after we ended, I got a call back from another expedia agent who is now working on it. She sounded more experienced cuz she sorta got straight to business. But now this is the 4th agent I'm talking to.

I just got back from Toronto on Monday, I guess I was really lucky none of my flights got cancelled.

I rode in an Air Canada express jet. My wife and I were really surprised to see how small the carry on overhead bins were. Our normal carry on luggage that has always fit in other airplanes would not fit, they had to take it to the back and store it back there for the flight

Okay, Ive re-booked with American and cancelled the air canada flight. Originally paid like $800. New flight is like $1000. Goddamn.

pilot shortage. impacts everyone.
some are getting fed up with working huge amounts of overtime.

Holy shit yes! My girlfriend and I tried going to Nova Scotia for a week but multiple days of cancelations and delays got a stuck in Montreal. We ended up having a really fun couple of days in Montreal and then just came home yesterday. But yeah fuck Air Canada. By far the worst airline in North America at the moment.

DanHaren22Champ posted...

I know, I haven't used third parties in years. My dad booked this flight for us for a family trip. The re-scheduled flights are all separated out, him and my mom got a great flight, I got switched to a red-eye.

Fair. My dad uses it too. Seems to be a boomer thing. The actual process of booking a flight/hotel has literally never been easier

My only dilemma is now whether to book direct or book through amex travel where I get 5x points for what I spend.

For this Toronto trip I booked a one way to Toronto direct with American...was the best way to do it, paid about $60 for premium economy so now I get an exit row seat and free checkin($30 value) and a free drink. I booked a one way return with Amex travel and paid for it all with points. I did enter it my American airlines number and it immediately appeared on my American airlines app, so that was convenient. But I didn't have the same options for premium economy.

Air Canada has awful ass food