Free Brewskis on AC flights.

[rookiepilot]

Summer is looking up. Interesting timing.

https://www.blogto.com/travel/2024/06/a ... canada-us/

[Ruger Princess]

Looks like someone is going to have more business...

Honestly, free booze or pay for everything?! Minus coffee and water sometimes.

I remember when this was free. Or maybe the little bottles you had to pay for - it was the 90s, who remembers?!

[Me262]

EASA carriers used to have snacks and booze on ALL their flights including domestic (so 30 min flights). Lockdowns took that away. Glad to see Costco experience is back with their sampling (altough I still miss their peppers on hotdogs) and now AC bringing back booze. A small snack would be nice too. (they have it on YVR - YYC but weirdly, they don't on YVR - YYZ).

[braaap Braap]

Interesting timing.

Ya surprising it took this long for Air Canada to react to Porter. Good to finally see cracks in the duopoly

[Ruger Princess]

EASA carriers used to have snacks and booze on ALL their flights including domestic (so 30 min flights). Lockdowns took that away. Glad to see Costco experience is back with their sampling (altough I still miss their peppers on hotdogs) and now AC bringing back booze. A small snack would be nice too. (they have it on YVR - YYC but weirdly, they don't on YVR - YYZ).

That's because if you don't stop in Alberta you don't deserve to snack.

[cjp]

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Shots fired from Porter as our execs laughed it off. Still well short of the free wifi - and no - free texting for Aeroplan member does not count as free wifi lol.

Essentially AC is trying to stop the bleeding and it's only on routes that Porter serves - quite literally the bare minimum - classic AC.

'How little do I have to do to maintain status quo' is the mantra of AC management.

In the end, customer finally wins.

[khedrei]

Yeah but Porter can be on time....

AC has a long way to go. I'd fly porter over AC even if there was nothing offered on porter and a full meal offered on AC.

[garfield]

Is it all you can drink? Or only 1?

[NovaBoy]

Complimentary is not free

[Handover]

We all know the will stop this in a heartbeat if Porter were to go under. Time for Air Canada to be broken up. Their impact on Canadian aviation is toxic at all levels.

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[co-joe]

...

'How little do I have to do to maintain status quo' is the mantra of AC management.

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I thought it was "We're not happy till you're not happy"

[itsgrosswhatinet]

Free alcohol for our disgruntled passengers. What could go wrong.

[Ruger Princess]

Free alcohol for our disgruntled passengers. What could go wrong.