Air Canada was founded in 1937 as Trans-Canada Air Lines. The company is the largest airline in Canada, with more than 1,500 flights every day. The company is the world’s 10th largest airline and is a founding member of The Star Alliance network of airlines.
The company was renamed Air Canada in 1965. In addition to the main airline, the company also had several subsidiaries, including Air Canada Vacations, Air Canada Cargo, Air Canada Express, and Air Canada Rouge. In 2000, the company acquired their competition, Canadian Airlines.
Starting in July of 2006, the company launched on an interior makeover of all planes in the fleet, including in-seat games, LCD touchscreen televisions and internet service, and some models having their interiors completely gutted and new cabins installed. 
In February 2017, a new retro red and black aircraft design was launched, to coincide with Air Canada’s 80th anniversary and Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation.
Currently, the airline flies to 21 domestic destinations and 81 international destinations, including the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Along with its regional partners, the carrier serves over 182 destinations in 47 countries on six continents worldwide.
Air Canada’s frequent flyer rewards program, Aeroplan, allowed for both points collection and spending, as well as status and rewards as an Air Canada customer. As the Air Canada and Aeroplan changed, the division of points collection & spending, and had Air Canada introduce an internal rewards program, Altitude. Altitude is also going to be updated and replaced sometime in 2020.
In 2016, the company had $21.6 billion in revenue and approximately 28,000 full-time employees.
Air Canada was founded in 1937 as Trans-Canada Air Lines. The company is the largest airline in Canada, with more than 1,500 flights every day. The company is the world’s 10th largest airline and is a founding member of The Star Alliance network of airlines.
History
The company was renamed Air Canada in 1965. In addition to the main airline, the company also had several subsidiaries, including Air Canada Vacations, Air Canada Cargo, Air Canada Express, and Air Canada Rouge. In 2000, the company acquired their competition, Canadian Airlines.
Starting in July of 2006, the company launched on an interior makeover of all planes in the fleet, including in-seat games, LCD touchscreen televisions and internet service, and some models having their interiors completely gutted and new cabins installed.
In February 2017, a new retro red and black aircraft design was launched, to coincide with Air Canada’s 80th anniversary and Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation.
Currently, the airline flies to 21 domestic destinations and 81 international destinations, including the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Along with its regional partners, the carrier serves over 182 destinations in 47 countries on six continents worldwide.
Air Canada’s frequent flyer rewards program, Aeroplan, allowed for both points collection and spending, as well as status and rewards as an Air Canada customer. As the Air Canada and Aeroplan changed, the division of points collection & spending, and had Air Canada introduce an internal rewards program, Altitude. Altitude is also going to be updated and replaced sometime in 2020.
In 2016, the company had $21.6 billion in revenue and approximately 28,000 full-time employees.
Dear Air Canada,
Up to this point I have been happy with the service I’ve received from Air Canada, but due to COVID-19 my planned trip #LMR9CF from Baltimore to Calgary and back had to be cancelled. While you are offering me a credit for up to two (2) years I am still out $1300.00 and the event I was traveling for is now postponed until 2023. I would like a full refund or at least a credit that does not expire. This is just not fair.
Information from aircanada.com – ticket booked on the website.
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We’re sorry, the following flights have been rescheduled:
– Toronto-St. Maarten
– St. Maarten-Toronto
It’s not possible to change your flight online. If this flight was booked through Air Canada, please call Air Canada Reservations for assistance.
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Air Canada phone number rings, there is a message about “longer than usual” delays, eventually disconnects after about 15 minutes with message “please try again later”.
No comments. Your software “upgrade” is a major f**k up. And you state you were voted best airline in North America? By whom? Your board of directors?
Appalling service by telephone – totally unacceptable level of service from a large company such as this. As if a CEO apology that they can’t take your call is anywhere near enough when you need to speak to a human. When you (if you) do get through there is and has been for a very long time over an hour on hold without fail!
What are we paying for? His pay package rather than staff who answer customers?
Shoddy and shameful will be using another company until they get their act together
Attention: Calin Rovinescu, Chief Executive Officer, Craig Landry, Executive Vice President of Operations, Richard Steer, Senior Vice President of Operations, Murray Strom, Vice President, Flight Operations, Jon Turner, President, Air Canada Rouge
I am writing this letter out of sheer frustration with Air Canada and to let you know the impact that happens when a flight is cancelled and how it affects peoples lives. On October 21, 2019, my mom and her husband were scheduled to fly from Sudbury, Ontario to Ft. Myers, Florida for their winter stay. They had a lay over in Toronto. The flight from Sudbury to Toronto was cancelled due to fog AC8606 . They were not able to get a connecting flight that would get them to their connection in Toronto (AC1662) on time. Now, this is an 88 year old woman who suffers from Alzheimers and her husband who is 83. They could not be rebooked on a flight until October 27, 2019 because they require a direct flight from Toronto due to mom’s illness. I want you to be aware of the human toll this has taken when you cancel a flight. They had to wait for someone to come to the airport and pick them up. They arrived back at their apartment with no food as they had given it all away that morning before they left, no vehicle because it was put into storage the night before and no cable, phone and internet (which has since been restored for a fee). They are both very disappointed in the service provided by Air Canada as is the rest of their family. I was told when I was on the phone with Air Canada customer service that they could be switched to a West Jet flight and would be able to leave the next day but the clerk at the airport would be the only one what could make that change for them. I then had my father in law stand in line at the airport for 20 minutes so I could talk to the Air Canada rep via his cell phone when it was his turn. Michelle, the Air Canada airport rep I spoke to was not pleasant…and I do understand she had just dealt with a lot of people trying to change flights because they were also cancelled, however, as a manager of a customer service department, it was unacceptable. She proceeded to tell me that changing the flight to a West Jet flight out of Toronto the next day was not possible because the flight was cancelled due to weather. I find this unacceptable customer service considering the ages of these customers. They are now booked on a flight on October 27. Unfortunately, we are subject to use Air Canada as the only other option is Porter Airlines who do not fly to Ft. Myers. A response to this email at your earliest convenience would be greatly appreciated.
Shawna Merrick
Air Canada
PO Box 64239,5512 – 4 Street NW
Calgary AB T2K 1A9
Attention: Calin Rovinescu, Chief Executive Officer
Reference:
Lakhvir Singh Eticket 0167365055311
Arvinder Kaur Eticket 0167365055312
case CAS-1653232-B8V8J8 CA5-1696874-P7X0W5, 00037200000251
Dear Mr. Rovinescu,
I have had such a horrible experience with Air Canada. The unresponsiveness and lack of better communication had led me to reach out to you. My husband and I flew from SFO to New Delhi India on May 30 with arrival in Delhi Saturday 6/1/19. I get to Delhi Airport but both of our bags didn’t come. We spent about 3 hours at the airport trying to get directions, talk to a supervisor, finding next steps. We left the airport with a claim form and reassurance that someone will call you in a day or two. Most likely bags will come on next flight. We waited 2-3 days , no response. I kept calling multiple times during the day but no answer. Then I decided to call US number for Air Canada and found out that since our bags are lost, we need to open a claim. We opened the claim. I even called United Airlines because the Air Canada rep kept saying United didn’t give us your bags timely. When I called United, I was told I needed to talk to Air Canada as AC is the airline with final destination. On 6/5/19 I received a call from AC rep that my claim was open and that someone will get back to me with results. I waited few days and started emailing the customer service email box that had generated my claim.6/10 Air Canada delivers a bag to my address that’s not even my bag. It belonged to another customer so I had to call AC Delhi office back to send another courier to pick up that bag
On 6/13- received email that we are continuing our efforts to locate your bags
6/14 I responded with questions that I needed answers but no response back and I have been sending follow-up emails and getting no response as if all my emails are being dumped in a black hole. (emails sent 6/16, 6/18, 6/20) Then on 6/27 I decided to go online and created a new case hoping that someone will respond to that and I mentioned my previous case as well. On 7/4 I received email back saying it could be another week.) . I have called the customer relations number 4 times in the last two weeks. Asked to speak with a supervisor/manager, the rep tells me manager is not available but one will call you back soon. As of today no call back received. My one bag got delivered to India address last week, even though I specifically told the Delhi office and US office that if my bags are located, please sent to US address as I leave India 6/15.
As of today:
1. I have no clue where my other bag is
2. No one is telling me how much more time does AC needs to compensate me. It has been 49 days now.
3. No one is telling me how do I get compensated for the expenses I incurred as I had to buy every single item for the duration of my trip
4. No one is responding to my calls or emails with a resolution or next steps or timeframe
This has been a nightmare for us. This was our first time flying Air Canada internationally and what a horrible experience. We only went for 15 days for two special events and everything was ruined. Not only did we have to buy everything on emergency bases but the stuff that we had taken for family for those events was extra special and it was heartbreaking to not have it with us.
We need your help to resolve this completely. I like to be compensated for the lost luggage, for the expenses we got for replacing the luggage and all the heartache and headache we have experienced and continue to experience with your customer relations team. This is unacceptable.
Respectfully yours,
I can be reached at 510-396-XXXX or email: akaur1992@ yahoo.com
My daughter, sister and I had spent months planning the perfect European trip to span three countries in less than ten days. None of us had ever been on a trip like this before, so we planned out every detail and had imagined the best for our European getaway. We took valuable time off work and put our busy lives on hold for what we hoped to be the trip of our lives. We hired a travel agent or to plan out every minute of our trip including all our tours and excursions, to ensure we didn’t miss anything.
The plan was to spend 3 days in Spain (July 3-5), 2 days in Paris (July 6-7) and 2 days in London (July 8-10). The trip was a graduation present for my daughter, that had graduated top of her class, and was a special occasion. On July 2nd we departed from Chicago on United flight UA228. The flight was supposed to depart at 2pm but was delayed an hour for absolutely no reason. We arrived in Toronto and departed slightly late on Air Canada flight AC836 to Madrid.
When we arrived in Madrid, our nightmare began. Every detail of our trip was set from our flights, to our packed suitcases, to our tours and hotels, but the one thing we could not control was for Air Canada, an airline that none of us had flown before and had hoped to be a reliable company, to fail to execute the simple task that they perform all day every day and receive our bags off our connecting flight in Toronto and transfer them with us to Madrid. I am going to describe every excruciating detail of the longest 36 hours of our lives while we were waiting to receive our luggage so that you may feel the pain and frustration that we felt with your incompetent company and understand why we will never stop telling everyone we know to NEVER fly Air Canada. In Madrid, we waited for over 30 minutes hoping we would eventually see our three pieces of luggage come around the carousel just as the other hundred people on our flight had. To our surprise and disappointment, it soon became apparent that our luggage, full of the clothes we had specifically bought for our trip, all our toiletries, necessary feminine products, and most importantly my daughter’s life saving asthma medicine, were not in Madrid. We connected with three other families from Chicago with the same connecting Air Canada flight, who’s bags never arrived in Madrid and shared our frustration. Together, we were directed to a small Air Canada lost baggage desk with the least empathetic customer service representative I have ever encountered. The Air Canada representative never once issued an apology that our bags were missing and quickly and carelessly file an incident report without ever providing us an estimate of when or how we would receive our luggage. It was around 8:00am and we knew that we had a train from Seville to Madrid to catch in about an hour. At the time, we were confident that Air Canada would fix this mistake and have our luggage in our hands by the end of the day, or at the latest, the next morning. If only we knew how wrong, we were at the time and that we would spend the next 36 hours without our luggage.
In Seville, we had a tour scheduled at 2:00pm and planned to go on with our day as normal with the hope that out bags would be in our possession shortly. Despite being in 90 degree heat, we were forced to wear the leggings and sweatshirts that we had been wearing for the past 24 hours while travelling. Not to mention, the heat can sometime activate an asthma attack and we were very worried that she would have an attack and we would be in a foreign country where we don’t speak the language and have no medicine. We arrived back out our hotel later that night to learn that our bags had not arrived, and the panic set in. We had nothing with us to shower that night or get ready the next morning. That night, we had to sleep in the clothes that we travelled from Chicago in and toured Seville in. It became apparent that there was an issue with our luggage.
We began to call the Air Canada help desk at the Madrid airport and Air Canada’s lost baggage hotline to be met with unanswered calls and hour long wait times on the hotline. After waiting on hold for well over an hour and eventually getting through to a representative on the lost baggage hotline named Brian, the lying and misinformation began. Brian assured us that all three of our luggage would be on the next flight out that would leave Toronto around 6:00pm and arrive in Madrid around 7:30am when we woke up the next morning. He then continued to lie right to our faces and guaranteed us that after our bags arrived in Madrid in the morning, they would immediately be forwarded to our hotel in Seville and would be there no later than 5:00pm. This of course was a lie.
The next morning, we had an early tour scheduled to Granada, Spain. We left for the tour in the same clothes we had been wearing for the past 48 hours and without having access to any of our necessary toiletries. Throughout the tour, we spent nearly every minute calling to confirm out bags had arrived in Madrid. I have attached the call logs from two of our phones so that you may see how many calls it took to get MY OWN LUGGAGE BACK and what horrible customer service Air Canada has. We called everyone from the Madrid and Toronto Airports to the Air Canada hotline and we could not receive a straight answer. No one could confirm the location of our luggage, if all three had arrived in Madrid, and when they were going to arrive. After being blatantly lied to by several of Air Canada’s employees, we lost faith in ever seeing our luggage on our trip and feared that we would depart from Spain without our luggage with us. Calling the Air Canada representatives at the Madrid and Toronto airports was no use as almost every time we called no one answered and calling the hotline was just as useless as we were directed to a call center in India with clueless employees who had no sense of urgency and simply read us the same script over and over. We were outraged by the lack of empathy, the disregard that my daughter was without her medicine, and that no one cared that we were leaving Spain to Paris in a day! Finally, another lying representative told us that two of our bags would be arriving in at our hotel that night. Throughout the tour, we continued calling to locate our bags and were given the same lies about the location of our bags. That night when we arrived back at our hotel we found out that one of our bags had arrived and the concierge had been told that one other bag was in route to our hotel from the Seville airport and the other was on a flight from Toronto to Madrid and would arrive the next morning. All night we stayed up waiting for our luggage that had been promised to arrive, but it never came because we had been lied to again!
The next morning on our last day in Spain we made the decision against the advice of every Air Canada employee we spoke to, to take yet another four hour round trip train ride to Madrid to pick up our bags from the airport. This was valuable time and money taken from our short trip in Spain that we will never get back. After 2 days of lies and no one willing to help us we knew we had to take matters into our own hands since no one in all of Air Canada was competent enough to help us. On the entire two hour train ride to Madrid we continued to call the Madrid airport and the Air Canada lost baggage, and no one would give us any information. We were urged not to come to the airport and were told maybe one bag had arrived, but no one could confirm!! When we arrived in the airport, we spotted both of our bags were just sitting there behind the unattended Air Canada help desk. There was not a single Air Canada representative there to assist us and we were told that the attendant was on a break at 9:00am and that we would have to wait 30 minutes. Finally, we reached an Air Canada representative at the Madrid Airport on the phone and she came down to assist us. She brought out our bags and returned them to us and we were outraged that it was that simple. Three days of hundreds of phone calls and begging to be told where out luggage was and no one in all of Air Canada had the decency to let us know that out bags had arrived in Madrid. One of the bags that several Air Canada representatives had told us was “missing” had just been sitting in a pile of over 15 pieces of lost luggage. I still wonder if we had not gone to the airport if we would have ever seen our bags on our trip or when they would’ve ever been delivered to us considering the lack of communication and urgency in Air Canada. Since we had to go pick up our luggage from the Madrid Airport that day, we missed our tour to Cordoba and our last day in Spain was ruined. We no longer had the chance to visit one of the destinations we had planned to see for the past month and the next morning we would be leaving Spain.
I am beyond disappointed in Air Canada. When we originally booked our flights we thought we had found a flight with a reliable and competent airline company. It had been our first flight on Air Canada and it will definitely be our last time booking through Air Canada and spending our hard earned money with your company. Air Canada’s flawed “customer service” system has a lack of communication, lies constantly, reads off a script which does nothing to help, and has a disregard for people’s health and wellbeing. Not once while speaking to an Air Canada representative did anyone issue an apology for misplacing our bags or even try to empathize with us being stranded in a foreign country with no clothes, medicine, or toiletries. After months of planning our ideal trip, Air Canada single handedly ruined the Spain portion. Going to Spain is an experience that we may never get back because of Air Canada’s disregard for its own customers. Despite spending hundreds on clothes to wear specifically on our Spain vacation and planning several tours through a travel agent, we wore the same clothes for 72hrs, our tours were ruined because we spent all of our time on the phone talking to lying Air Canada agents, we spent hundreds of dollars on train tickets back and forth to Madrid because Air Canada failed to deliver our luggage to us, and we never saw Cordoba and lost the money that we prepaid for our tour and train tickets to Cordoba from Seville. And once again, not one I’m sorry from one of your agents!
I am expecting a full refund of our airplane tickets through Air Canada, the cost of our tours that were ruined by being on our phones with Air Canada agents, our international phone expenses from the hundreds of calls, and our very expensive train tickets from Seville to Madrid and back to pick up our luggage from the airport. Additionally, we would like vouchers for new flights so that we may revisit Spain without the torture that Air Canada put us through with our luggage being lost. Our Spain portion of our trip was tainted by our lost baggage and lack of help from Air Canada and we need a do over so that we may visit Spain and finally enjoy the beautiful views and relaxing vacation that were robbed of us by Air Canada. I do not think this is too much to ask for considering the amount of stress we were put under from the minute we arrived in Madrid and realized our bags were not there to when we arrived back in Madrid three days later to see our bags just sitting there disregarded. Air Canada severely wronged us during our trip- you lost our bags and seemed to have a hands off, lax approach to getting our bags back- and I’m hoping that you’ll be able to make it up to us through these refunds and vouchers so that I will not have to spend the rest of my life telling friends, family, and community members about the horror your company put us through and that they should never fly Air Canada. Please find attached the receipts of all the expenses we incurred and photos of the hundreds of phone calls we made during what was supposed to be a relaxing trip.
March 11, 2019
Air Canada
PO Box 64239,5512 – 4 Street NW
Calgary AB T2K 1A9
Attention: Calin Rovinescu, Chief Executive Officer
Reference: Carmen Coleman/ Allen McClendon AC012, AC028, AC728
ETKT0142409181899
ETKT0142409181900
Dear Mr. Rovinescu,
I am writing to you in desperation at this point. I have had a horrendous experience on your airline and the nightmare continues.
I have phoned several times and each time I am given a different story in regards to our bags.
We were originally booked on AC012 from Shanghai, China to Montreal Canada on 3/6/19. Our flight was canceled so we were rebooked the next day on AC028 to Toronto, ON with a connection to AC728 to NY-LGA. After arrival to Toronto, we were advised that our flight was delayed. The flight never left. We requested our luggage as we had already missed work due to mechanical problems and more importantly, our final destination was Rochester, NY with a connection via Delta Airlines. The flight was missed on 3/6/19 due to cancellation and we were informed that we needed to pay $188 each to fly the next day. We never made the next day due to another mechanical failure.
We asked to have our bags pulled so that we could catch a Greyhound bus to reach our final destination, Rochester, NY. We waited for over two hours for the bags then inquired again and was told that our bags could not be located. We then were told that they would be forwarded the next day. Because it took so long, we missed the last bus and had to stay in a hotel in Toronto. I was ill and needed medical care. We have been calling since Thursday and have receive nothing but the run around. First, we were told that two Black bags were located. The we were told that a grey bag and Black bag was located. Now we are being told that only one of the four bags have been located.
We never received them. We have called each day only and have been told a different answer each day. This has been a nightmare for us. First the flight problems now our luggage. We need your help to resolve completely.
Respectfully yours,
I can be reached at (585) 489-XXXX or email: Nemrac033@ gmail.com.
Carmen Coleman, MBA, CRPC
Reimbursement AC:000142000000796 Case #CAS-1036781-K4S2V0,
On September 5th, Andrea Raymond, Lead Baggage Claims, informed us that our reimbursement check had been sent and since we never received it, she confirmed our address XXXX E. Patrick St., Gilbert, AZ 85295, USA and requested a stop payment be placed and a new check would be issued. After numerous emails to your customer service, corporate and Andrea, we have never received our check or a response. Please send us our check. We will not give up until we receive the check that you promised and is rightfully ours for your neglect in not handling our luggage.
I have just gotten back from a holiday in Cuba. My husband and I checked our bags in together a week ago. Mine never arrived. Spent most of my holiday in a lobby trying to find out where it was. I have been treated with such disrespect since this started. No one wants to help. All we get is here is the web site to fill out a form etc., We have done everything that has been asked and now they cannot find the bag even though it never left Toronto. It was a direct flight. I have been spoken to in such a rude manner throughout the week that I just cannot believe it. Reading the reviews above is shocking to think our nation airline can treat people this way. It has completely ruined my holiday. I am so blown away by this experience. Such patronizing treatment over the week and especially today. The last conversation, I was told I should go back to the Airport and talk to someone. I could not believe my ears. We just came from the airport as we arrived back today. We got a number from the service desk there and of course called it. We spoke to someone in India who kept saying fill out the on line form and that was the help we got. I am totally lost for words. There are important items to me in my bag and I am terrified I will not get it back. I just cannot believe this. We are considering what our next steps are presently but I am not letting go of this.
It has now been 4 months since we flew from Phoenix to Calgary on Air Canada and we still have not received our compensation for personal items that had to be purchased ($50 per person, per day) for not delivering our luggage for our entire trip. We have contacted Air Canada numerous times from June 13th through today, October 25th, 2018. We have been told the check was mailed but we never received it. We emailed back 4 times and have not received a reply from Andrea Raymond of Lead Baggage Claims for Air Canada.
We know Air Canada’s employees did not care about what happened to us on our vacation by the way we were consistently lied to and treated, especially since we were not “Priority Customers”. Since Air Canada is a valued customer of the company I work for that sells parts to them, this was the first time I had the opportunity to fly with them. Our reason for this trip was a combination of celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary by meeting family and going on a photographic journey through the Canadian Rockies. Before we boarded, we were informed in there was no longer room available for carry on luggage for passengers in zone 4. We went to the desk and explained how we had camera equipment in our carry on bag. We were assured this would be safely placed in stowed baggage; fragile stickers were placed on the bag and told it would be at the airport when we arrived in Calgary and handled with care. Minutes before takeoff the pilot announced the plane could not take off in the Phoenix heat with the weight they had on the plane and 1100 pounds of baggage had to be removed. Being in the airline industry I understand the safety of this decision but I do not understand Air Canada’s decision to fly a commuter jet into Phoenix that does not have the thrust to take off with the weight of passengers and their luggage. After the fact I found out that the plane that we flew on is known to have issues with the normal high temperatures of Phoenix. As long as the weather has been recorded, Phoenix is consistently above 100 degrees from June through September… this is not a rare occurrence or unusual situation. We would have thought that consideration would have been given to the carry on bags that were forced to be stowed on the flight, as typically these are must have items on a trip. The pilot said if our bags were not there, to go to baggage claim. When we got to baggage claim, the first question was did we fly Priority, not what you want to hear as a paying customer who saved up their hard earned money to take a vacation… you are not important to Air Canada! Standing at baggage claim we heard many other scenarios of the other passengers who were forced to place important carry on baggage and stow it below in the luggage compartment. Not once did we hear I’m sorry this happened. Just a stoic you get a $50 allowance and roll of the eyes at how busy they were… pretty heartless and very rehearsed… not our problem attitude. Spoke to a baggage manager who promised our luggage would be delivered the next day to our hotel and informed us he wouldn’t have ever left Air Canada stow that bag… we had NO CHOICE! We requested that at least our camera bag would be overnighted by FedEx to us but were told Air Canada doesn’t do that and would be on the next flight out. I asked the baggage manager if the plane couldn’t take off due to the weight of the plane in the heat, what makes Air Canada think another plane with extra luggage would fare any better. Our luggage did not make it to our first hotel. Called Customer service, promised it would be delivered to our next location in Jasper. Imagine our feeling when the luggage didn’t arrive. At this point our vacation was ruined, as this was our last opportunity to take pictures of the Canadian Rockies. A customer service rep told us there is only one flight from Phoenix to Calgary per day, and that flight was cancelled. Why does Air Canada try to use a plane that is incapable of flying out of the Phoenix heat? FedEx could have delivered our luggage the next day if Air Canada used their services as we requested. Once again we were promised our luggage would be waiting for us at our hotel in Banff and it wasn’t there, again. I called your customer service at night and in the morning waiting over half an hour with times with no answer. In the morning we checked one last time and it hadn’t arrived. The baggage concierge at our hotel in Banff recommended when our luggage arrives in Calgary, go pick it l up at the airport as soon as possible since we were staying at a different hotel in Calgary. In his experience, the luggage probably wouldn’t even be delivered to our next hotel until the morning and we were checking out early. He said the airline baggage area waits until they have a certain number of bags before they hire a service to deliver them. Every day we called and every day we were promised our luggage. Was this a ploy to prevent us from buying additional clothes? Your $50 doesn’t cover much of anything in a resort town. We spent our time in National Parks, not shopping. When I called the day before we left I was going to request our luggage be kept in Phoenix since we were heading back early the next morning. By this time, Air Canada flew our luggage to Toronto and then Calgary. When we went to pick up our luggage at the airport and complained how our vacation was ruined, we encountered the rudest baggage employee at Air Canada. He had the audacity to tell us “the baggage was marked as pick up at the airport… not our fault it was not delivered” Wow… that’s just what a person wants to hear after their vacation to photograph the Canadian Rockies was a complete bust and we were promise our luggage would be delivered every day and it wasn’t. The baggage employee kept adding salt to our wounds by scolding us that the camera bag would have been too heavy to be a carry on, instead of showing an ounce of compassion to disappointed travelers, he was making his point. I wouldn’t wish this situation to happen to anyone else. We have carried this camera bag for the past 10 years on small planes before throughout North America and never had an issue until now. We asked for a credit for baggage fee to send suitcases we never used back to the states but were denied since our flights back to Phoenix on Air Canada were changed to Delta. We get to the Delta counter and they have no record of our flight back to Phoenix. We were told to try WestJet. After 3 hours in the Calgary airport the day before we left collecting our delayed luggage, we found our flight home through WestJet.
I believe Air Canada does bear the responsibility to take every measure to ensure they can meet their paying passengers fundamental expectations and should have sent an airplane that is capable of having enough thrust to take off in the heat of a normal Phoenix summer day with the weight of their passengers and their luggage. If Air Canada is incapable of meeting their customers fundamental expectations, before making a decision not to remove luggage, passengers should have been given the opportunity to make the decision to continue on with this flight or be reimbursed their airfare and be able to find an airline that has the capabilities of flying out of Phoenix. This was not just a matter of lost luggage or delayed luggage. This was a purposeful decision made by Air Canada to utilize airplanes not built for the Phoenix climate and not disclosed to its paying passengers.
Susan and Harry Kaulfersch
Ref: Booking Ref: STSZ7R August 9, 2018
Flight#: AC7533
I, my wife, my daughter, her husband and my four grandchildren were so looking forward to fly to Vancouver with Air Canada. I booked the flight in March after reviewing other carrier options. I was convinced Air Canada was a reliable service airline and top grade. I was wrong.
I am appalled with the way Air Canada treated me on August 9. My flight, AC7533 was cancelled and it was displayed, due to weather. I have never been on a cancelled flight that could not be rerouted or at least trade the tickets to another airline. And I have never been on an airline that cancelled a flight, unless the weather was so severe that all flights to a destination or area were cancelled. This was not the case with this particular flight. Why this flight was cancelled and not delayed remains a mystery, particularly since there was no adverse weather in Toronto on August 9.
I was informed of the cancellation at 4:00 am prior to the 6:10 am departure only when I arrived at the airport. This did not provide sufficient time to make any other favorable arrangements. After the numerous emails I received from Air Canada since I booked the flight in March, I am somewhat puzzled why Air Canada could not give me a heads up before I departed for the airport at 2:00am. In fact up to 10:00 pm August 8, I received an Email that I could obtain my boarding passes electronically.
The gate agent was extremely rude and insulting and said I should have planned better to avoid this situation. I requested that she assist me to find flight info that would get eight passengers to Vancouver . Rather than help, the agent stated there was no policy for trading tickets to another airline but she would book me on the August 10 flight.. The Air Canada policy that a flight will be provided “tomorrow” was not at all accommodating since I needed to arrive in Vancouver prior to 4:00 pm on August 9.
The irony of this whole episode is that I checked the weather from Philadelphia through New York and finally Toronto. There was no adverse weather anywhere along the route. Toronto weather on April 9 from 6:00 am through evening was sunny, and partly cloudy with light winds. So please tell me what the “weather” cancellation was?
Can you imagine the anguish you caused with trying to rebook eight people to Vancouver in less than 90 minutes without any assistance from your agent. There were six seats left on a Delta flight through Atlanta to Vancouver that cost $2130 for six passengers. There were a few seats available on a United Flight through Houston to Vancouver of which I booked two for $4000. Total cost of $6130 to get eight people to Vancouver booked in 45 minutes without any assistance from your agent. This was rushed, extremely anxietous, tearful and actually almost damaged four grandchildren that had waited for this trip since March. Total cost including your fare for the eight passengers was $8160.
Not normal out of pocket cash.
I request, considering all this anguish, rudeness and then suspect severe weather, that I be fully reimbursed the $2430 that I paid to Air Canada. I can’t help but believe that this flight was cancelled not due to weather but due to low booking.
I contacted your customer service to find information of your branch office in Algiers, Algeria. I specifically asked them to give me a phone number or an address that I can contact. But, your agent sent me your website address. Is this some kind of a joke? Is there a person who doesn’t know how to look up a website? Does your agent ever read an email thoroughly? Or is this AI robot answering email with the keyword search?
I have an issue with Air Canada misunderstanding visa requirements for entry into Serbia which they’re refusing to look into. Everyone from Serbian embassy in Ottawa, consulate in Toronto, office of foreign affairs in Belgrade and even government of Canada agree that visa for stay for over 90 days is not and cannot be issued in Canada in advance of travel. It is issued in Serbia in local police offices when you need to stay longer, and register accordingly when you’re there. So yes you need visa over 90 days stay but you CANNOT get it here, nobody can issue it to you. Air Canada refuses to acknowledge this point, or do anything at all to change their travel requirements, and my travel agents warns me people are missing their flights and losing their tickets every week because of this. Shame on Air Canada for giving me the runaround for 2 months, from one agent to another, even in person on check-ins, because nobody wants to check this information with any of the appropriate authorities, and change it.
Hi I am looking for a copy of a study that Air Caanda and CP did many years ago
It was done in 1991
the High Speed Rail Market Assessment.
If possible could you send me a hard copy.
Glenn Kitchen
Scarborough,Ontario
M1G 2Z1
Calin Rovinescu
I know you will never read this or do anything about the problems that your customers wrote to you last year. It is now March 4, 2018 and your still have the same issues. I arrived in Shanghai 3 days ago missing one piece of my luggage. I am having all of the same problems most of your clients wrote to your company about. Why you do not fix the problem, I do not understand. No one answers the phone? when they do they give you NO information that helps. I even flew first class and they still do not want to get me my luggage. Several years ago I was flying Cathay from Vancouver to China and when I got to Vancouver they told me my luggage did not make for my flight to China. Air Canada would never do that. After I got to Hong Kong I had a flight to Xiamen. Hell Cathay got me my luggage the next day. Air Canada could never do that. If any one who cares reads this complaints I am still waiting for my luggage and as of this morning NO contact from Air Canada. If someone is reading this that really cares please call me on my China cell – 1536535XXXXX. I am on a business trip and there is very important papers and samples that I need for this trip if anyone cares. Remember that there is 16 hours different from the west coast. No one in India for Air Canada does. You really need to have some in China represent you on these kind of mistakes that you are making. You have NO one! You should call Cathay Pacific Airline to see if they would train your people. The cost would be money well spent from just the few e-mails that I just read about your major problem. Just remember that we all have a choice on which airline.
Jim
Travelled from Vancouver to Beijing on May 24, 2017. Flight attendant served me a cup of noodles and the bottom of the cup burst spilling hot water on my clothing and my headphones. I have filed a claim with your customer relations department and have followed up 4 times since May and have not had anyone contact me with regards to reimbursing me for the damaged headphones.
This is atrocious that you have an “email only” system, and that a passenger cannot speak to an Air Canada rep, This system is NOT working. NO response and NO resolution.
THe absolute worst airline. Total disregard for passengers….lost2 of my bags for several days. Make getting compensated near impossible…..forms to file,,left on hold when attempting to phone for over 30 minutes…..told claims take 4 to 6 weeks to get resolved.
Now 7weeks later and still not compensated. Horrible horrible excuse of an airline
I just read the account of the family of 5 that was refused the right to board their flight (on Sunday, I believe) in Toronto for London. They were presumably told it was because of the size of their family (???), despite the fact that the plane left with 8 seats empty!!!! They were then shuttled around, treated poorly, and ended up having to pay an additional $4000!! to buy other tickets ON THE SAME FLIGHT THE FOLLOWING DAY. Now explain that!
I certainly hope AirCanada finds the wherewithal to give an enormous PUBLIC apology to this family and refunds THEIR ENTIRE TRIP, including the cost of the original tickets. It’s the least you could do.
I travel a lot. I will remember this incident and choose another means of travel until and unless I hear of a satisfactory resolution of this incident.
Sincerely
My booking reference is MW2NAR. The flight we were scheduled to take from San Jose to Vancouver was cancelled, resulting in a missed connection to the flight leaving for Narita, Tokyo at 1:25 pm on Monday. Our group of seven (others with different ref. no) was re-booked by AC to leave on flights departing the next day (Tuesday). This resulted in a substantial loss of money and the loss of one day in Tokyo. The loss of money results from prepayment of lodging and transportation. For my part, my share of lodging and shuttle from the airport was $259.10 A bus tour was booked for the next day at a cost of $70. In addition, I enjoyed one less day of a trip that was already too short and for which I had already obtained time off. I believe I have the right to be compensated the $329.10. Thank you.
AirCanada could not find our baggage for two days when we flew overseas. As a result, we had to purchase clothing to tide us over. We have been put through hoops trying to obtain reimbursement. Instructions given to us by Air Canada wind up in the lost baggage department who does respond in a timely manner that they only deal with baggage not reimbursement for clothing. They do provide a fax number. When information is faxed, guess what? We receive a response that they only deal with baggage not reimbursement for clothing. In speaking with reservations (the only way to reach a human being) a gruff voice told us that we need to go to the website under baggage services and complete a form. That was nonsense as it was for lost baggage. We are nowhere in the process of obtaining a reimbursement for the clothing. These people are impossible!
Horrible service. I have been waiting 5 days for my son’s bag. They still can’t find it. 8/27/17. We have called 4 days in a row. How do you loose a bag? It has a tag on it?
what a joke air canada is the people at the airport and on the plane are so nice but try to get to baggage claim 4 days of crap they give me an email address but that won’t go through today I have spent 15 minutes on hold got cut off now on the second call it is 39 minutes and holding can’t do a chat since on one is available everyday same message our luggage looked like it went through a war zone TRASHED that is what it looks like Oh now it is 41 minutes and holding I live 1 1/2 hrs from San. Francisco airport they want me to bring it to them one bridge toll over 100 miles round trip and parking at the airport to show the luggage to someone oh now 42 minutes and counting
I have a better story than yours. I hope that everything worked out for you. I agree the employees at the airport and flight attendants were nice and friendly. Who knows what my luggage is going to look like or if I will every see it again. My mother was on hold 1 to 2 hours each time she called the 888 number for lost luggage. My luggage was left in Toronto, Canada and I have yet to see my luggage. It has been over 30 days now. My mother called and provided a home address for my luggage to be sent too over two weeks ago (half way through my trip). I arrived home 30 days after I left and discovered that my luggage still did not make it home. I spent my whole vacation (30 days) without my luggage. I had to buy new clothes, however I could not buy to many thinking that I would be getting my luggage. My luggage never arrived to any of my destinations. I am thinking my luggage probably has visited more countries and cities than I have because there has been no follow through from the company handling lost luggage and Air Canada. The webtracer tells me that my luggage has been in Dubai since July 6th. It is interesting that there are no phone numbers to call and it is all through e-mail.
However, I did find a number to call and e-mail to send to someone in the customer care department. I have yet to receive an e-mail or phone call from either person. The sad thing is that the manager from the Toronto airport was the only one that e-mailed me back quickly.
I have a complaint about the air line. My son and wife had a anniversary recently and decided to go to Canada. They left from San Antonio with a lay over in Houston. As of today her luggage is no where to be found. This is unacceptable. Her mother went to Houston (Bush Airport) and her luggage was just sitting in the baggage claim. They assured her that my daughter in law would have her luggage the next day and still no luggage. They have spent more money buying new clothes for her due to your airline incompetency. What can your airline do to fix your error. I believe they are due another FREE trip. Reimbursement of all purchases they have acquired on this two week vacation. I think your entire system is horrible due to unable to speak to an individual over the phone to rectify the problem. You can reach me by email. I know you have 24 hours to get back to me about my complaint. Reference #YYZAC79501.
Thank you
Toni Clements
mother of Isiah Clements
I want the email address of ceo Mr. Rovinescu..
I been getting run all around and on hold for hours…..totally not acceptable
Steve Kriner 916-295-XXXXX