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Pros

  • plus Friendly, attentive staff
  • plus Cabin comfort
  • plus Proactive handling of problems
  • plus Good in-flight entertainment

Cons

  • minus Frequent delays, cancellations
  • minus Poor customer service
  • minus Inconsistent premium service quality
  • minus Baggage handling problems
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Kurt M

verifbadgeVerified | Oct 7, 2024

  • Toronto-London
  • Economy

Initial flight was cancelled...

Initial flight was cancelled due to a fault with the aircraft this was shortly after we were boarded. AC did sort out a hotel and provided us with 30$cad worth of food vouchers. A shuttle was provided but ended up taking an uber due to shuttle/drivers not being showing up for ~1hr. Re-allocated a 1300hrs AC flight flying to BOSTON, USA to then take a BA flight to LHR. I however did not have a US visa so I applied/paid for one however this not clear in time for the flight so I was unable to take this flight. The visa had then cleared around 30-75 mins after I was due to leave. I was then rebooked onto a direct flight to LHR with BA leaving at 2200hrs (this was later cancelled as well however BA have since compensated me for this). As a result of the initial cancellation with AC my return home was 3 days late, I had to keep changing ULEZ dates for travel back as well as arranging further pet care.

  • Toronto-London
  • Economy
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Romy T

verifbadgeVerified | Oct 7, 2024

  • Amsterdam-Toronto
  • Economy

We were initially informed...

We were initially informed of a "mechanical issue" to our plane that would delay our flight by 1 hour, while on our way to the airport in our Uber. We then received 3 other updates while at the airport, over the course of the next 3 hours, that informed us of our delay. We finally got on our plane 4.5 hours later. We arrived at our destination (Toronto) 4.5 hours late. We contacted Air Canada as per the instructions after the 72 hour period, and we were NOT able to verbally speak with a customer service agent, Instead, we received a notice that our appeal for compensation was denied due to the cause being "Mechanical Issue to the Plane".

  • Amsterdam-Toronto
  • Economy
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Esma K

verifbadgeVerified | Oct 7, 2024

  • Toronto-Brussels
  • Economy

Air Canada kept the situation...

Air Canada kept the situation of the flight until 07.30h as “delayed “ after that as “cancelled “. Our airplane had to arrive from Toronto YYZ during the night. Departure on Brussels Airport was scheduled at 09.30h. We had to come back the next day for a replacing flight via Amsterdam to LA, a hotel room for the night was impossible and could not be made available due to the great amount of passengers involved, so they told us around 9.00am. We had to travel home and back the next day and provide a meal. During waiting time we also drank a cup of coffee , for a total cost of 514,20€. Air Canada didn’t provide anything for the rest besides new tickets for LA the next day. We didn't receive a luggage. In order to get to the next available flight not only i had to wait for 8 hours, but also had to pay around 100 euros to upgrade the ticket with Uzbekistan airways.

  • Toronto-Brussels
  • Economy

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Air Canada Ratings

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Air Canada customer review scores from various review websites. Average Star RatingAir Canada customer review scores from various review websites.

Average Star Rating

3.09
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Total Reviews count

59466
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Review Sites Distribution

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    AirAdvisor

    3.09

    59466 (100%)

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    TripAdvisor

    3

    33458 (56.4%)

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    Kayak

    3.55

    10000 (16.9%)

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    Flight Radar

    4

    6065 (10.2%)

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    Glassdoor

    3.3

    3400 (5.7%)

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    TrustPilot

    1.3

    1541 (2.6%)

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    ConsumerAffairs

    1.5

    1140 (1.9%)

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    Yelp

    1.5

    1008 (1.7%)

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    Google

    2.6

    810 (1.4%)

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    FlightReport

    3.8

    431 (0.7%)

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    Airline Ratings

    2.34

    315 (0.5%)

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    PissedConsumer

    1.8

    284 (0.5%)

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    eSky.eu

    3.9

    252 (0.4%)

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    Productreview

    1.4

    211 (0.4%)

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    SiteJabber

    1.7

    86 (0.1%)

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    Influenster

    3.5

    86 (0.1%)

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    Airlines-Inform

    3.4

    8 (0%)

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    SkyTrax Ratings

    4

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