Since I had flown in from Miami the same day and wanted to leave a buffer in Denver (given American’s on-time performance) I had quite a long layover. I spent my time in the American Admirals Club getting caught up on work, and also walked around the terminal. This concourse sure has a lot of…
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I flew them from Orlando to Calgary about 2 years ago and a one-way economy ticket was $200 while a one-way plus ticket was $700+. I inquired at check in for how much an upgrade is and they quoted $400 more to my ticket. I personally don't think that's reasonable for a 5 hour flight. How much do they normally charge for upgrades?
With the blocked out middle seats and 36” of pitch, this sounds like a comfortable way to travel for a medium haul flight. It’s also a good option for Skymile fans. Nice review Lucky.
Does anyone else think having “Plus” plastered on every seat looks ridiculous?
WestJet has also recently upgraded their food offerings on 737 Plus flights with meals to be more like a typical domestic first meal, served on a tray with real plates and such rather than in a snack box.
The 737s were supposed to be upgraded this year, but with 12-13 frames all out of service, WestJet couldn't justify it as they are running all aircraft at maximum usage. They just don't have enough aircraft so they are deferring. The plus side is the MAX aircraft will all be 2x2 once they get can back in the air.
Not sure if this applies to you as an American Lucky, but Canadian NEXUS holders no longer have to fill out the declaration form.
The immigration cards for YYC-bound flights were phased out a couple weeks ago with the activation of new immigration kiosks (PIK).
I believe there are a couple of 737-700s, one 737-600 and one 737-800 that were reconfigured prior to the MAX groundings, so there are a handful of 2x2 planes currently flying.
These reconfigs apparently also include ovens for hot meals in Premium.
The seat maps don't change, except I believe on the 737-600, so there's basically no way of telling in advance if you're getting a reconfig bird.
Lucky ordered Champagne, but got a much cheaper version of sparking wine that is not even Champagne. Bottega is okay. Their designs are really nice actually.
I think they’ve rebranded it premium (not plus), I’ve had meals (US domestic first meals) on past few flights, and rules on the lav inconsistent (most common is that all passengers can use front lav, but you have to line up at row 4 so you don’t disrupt the service in premium!!!)
Nice review Ben. I’m currently on WS1571, and WS1 this evening to LGW.
Interestingly enough, we’ve just received a meal on this flight. I’ll post a pic in the comments section.
Michael
Typically, you can score an upgrade to Plus during OLCI for about CAD$100 or so from Vancouver to Toronto, for example. Costs are similar from Canada to the US.
I flew Plus from Orlando to Toronto on August 1, 2018. The service and seat were extremely good. I noticed my seat seemed to have a diamond pattern on it, maybe a newer aircraft., as most plus seats on older aircraft are the same as Economy seats. The purser’s name was Kate I think, she was very nice. I was sitting in the 3rd row, in the isle seat on the right hand side of the plane. Would definitely do it again, loved it!