Many airlines introduce partnerships around their food & beverage offerings as a way of trying to position their product in a certain way. If a customer doesn't have a strong feeling about the airline as such, they may have a more favorable impression if the airline partners with a brand they otherwise love. For example,…
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I don't mind McDonald's coffee.....but I LOVE Tim Horton (Timmy Ho). I always enjoy it when I visit my family back east. When I worked for New York Air back in the early eighties, our signature brand was Chock Full Of Nuts coffee....now that was good coffee.
And American will have multiple coffee brands just like their seat configurations! One flight you'll get Starbucks, the next one is some generic dollar store brand 😀
Thanks for throwing us a Canadian-relevant story when you can. We don't have many airlines, or as many credit card offers, as the US but it's nice to read stories on one the big blogs.
WestJet is not a low-cost carrier. I really wish bloggers would stop calling it that.
@Patrick/Arcanum:
Thank you for clarifying that. I've never flown WestJet but couldn't quite put my finger on where they fell on the spectrum. Their fares certainly aren't indicative of an LCC, but they're not Air Canada. Cheers!
New Leaf is a low cost carrier in Canada. Westjet's prices are exactly the same as Air Canada's.
@Patrick - was going to say the same thing - very much so like JetBlue with most of their planes (unfortunately not all) having the free seat back entertainment, direct flights to YYZ from smaller airports like RSW much like the B6 routes to JFK, and overall great customer service from my experience. I much preferred them to Air Canada. It is kind of like the choice to fly to the NYC area via B6 to JFK (or EWR/LGA to a lesser extent) or to EWR via United. Sure, you get *A miles going with the larger carrier, but sometimes the experience is what you prefer.
Please stop calling WS a low cost carrier. It's not. It does things a little differently than old school carriers, but it's definitely not low cost and hasn't been for a long time.
Even in the media, WestJet is called a low-cost carrier. I do not fault Ben for calling it that, as he had not flown on WestJet.
But I agree with those above that it is not low-cost. Rather it needs a new term like "limited services" airline, as the economy is priced like Air Canada, but with fewer services offered.
Let me know when WestJet finally implements Kargo Kids... then I'll fly them.
Timmy's > McDonald's, any day of the week.
I actually brew McCafe at home ... the price at the grocery store is good and I love the espresso blend. I make five scoops every morning.
West Jet is employee-owned, which can make a huge difference for having a great service attitude. Flew them only once, back in 2008 from YYJ-YEG-PHX. On both flight legs the crew were super-friendly, upbeat and positive and the planes were very clean and comfortable. This is an airline that Canadians should be really proud of.