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November 3, 2005

Air Canada abolishes free meals

Continuing today's theme of bitching about stuff (yeah, right..TODAY'S theme...:) ) it looks like Air Canada is now charging passengers for their crappy in-flight meals. So in addition to insulting us with high-ticket prices, surly crew members and using Celine "Hideous Bird-Snake Blood Demon" Dion as a spokesperson, they're now making us pay to eat cold crap on a long flight.

I always pack a lunch for a long flight anyway, since whatever I've scrounged up from the grocery store is a) cheap and b) ten times better than the garbage Air Canada will foist on me. I've flown Air Canada only because I had access to a pile of points for a couple of international flights. If I go back to Japan sometime, I'm taking JAL or something similar, and I'd rather fly an American airline to somewhere in the States then put up with their nonsense. For short flights in Canada, nothing beats Westjet. Air Canada is terrible, the "Sony of the Skies," and I hope this is just another move that leads to their eventual demise.

4 comment(s) so far (Post your own)

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On November 3, 2005 2:04 PM, I am Steven said:

By the way, by a 100% completely unrelated coincidence, the lead story in the Edmonton Journal business section on this very day was how Air Canada just released their profit statement. Apparently, they were the most profitable out of all the North American carriers. All those stale honeydew slices and Cheerios packs saved means money earned.

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On November 3, 2005 2:19 PM, Warren Frey said:

Clearly, increased cruelty to passengers is something which makes the average stockholder feel all warm and fuzzy inside. :)

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On November 3, 2005 4:41 PM, cam c. said:

They didn't say they're getting rid of meals on international flights, but that would actually be a service to the customers... I hate their food.

Having said that, JAL is usually really good for food, but the meals on my flight the other day were kinda lackluster... i think going to Japan from Vancouver is worse, because you get whatever Cara (proud owners of Swiss Chalet, speaking of bad food) prepares for JAL. The flight back is usually sushi, soba noodles, etc. so it should be better...

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On November 7, 2005 9:57 AM, Lester said:

As Cam said, go with JAL, or if you don't mind the detour, Cathay Pacific.

In either case, don't get seated next to a French couple who believe it's a good idea to store unwanted sashimi inside the pockets below the fold-out trays, and then forget about it until the end of the flight :(

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