Air Canada Jumpseat
01-30-2020, 03:30 AM
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Air Canada Jumpseat
If anybody has had the experience of jumpseating with Air Canada:
1) Can I check bags on a jumpseat listing?
2) Will I be accommodated in business class if it’s available? Or should I list for the Business Class ZED?
Thanks!
1) Can I check bags on a jumpseat listing?
2) Will I be accommodated in business class if it’s available? Or should I list for the Business Class ZED?
Thanks!
01-30-2020, 09:23 AM
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1) Not sure, and calling in to find out could take hours as AC has had issues with the new reservation system the past few months which has clogged up the lines.
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Edit:
I see alpa jumpseat info says baggage allotment is the same as regular standby passengers, which is 2 standard bags. You could try to make a booking for a flight today and go to check in and see if it lets you add bags or not, then cancel the reservation.
[MOD EDIT: SECURITY]
Edit:
I see alpa jumpseat info says baggage allotment is the same as regular standby passengers, which is 2 standard bags. You could try to make a booking for a flight today and go to check in and see if it lets you add bags or not, then cancel the reservation.
02-04-2020, 07:40 PM
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Air Canada uses the myidtravel site to list. Very easy and you can even check in up to 24 hours prior using their app and your booking ID. No problem gate checking your standard pilot roll-aboard if you need to. Something bigger would need to be done at the ticket counter and the agents have always been very accommodating. G
As for Business Class, that seems to be a Captain thing based on space availability. Sometimes the agent will sit you in Premiere/Preferred.
As for Business Class, that seems to be a Captain thing based on space availability. Sometimes the agent will sit you in Premiere/Preferred.
02-05-2020, 12:07 AM
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1. Yes
2. I did not get business class, even though First and Business were open from YYZ-SFO on a Dreamliner. If you can buy a business ZED and business class looks open, I think I’d take that if it’s an international/long flight. Otherwise, stick with a jumpseat listing worse case sit in steerage.
10-09-2022, 04:16 PM
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Is it possible to get to sit in the cockpit if I am a beginner pilot? I’ve heard there are special jump-seat programs for that, but I don’t know whether it exists. Did you do it? If yes, how do I get there?
I don’t want business class, but I just want a place in the cockpit near the pilots to watch how they do their job. Do I need to be somehow approved for that or pass some tests? I’m ready to prove I’m not mad or anything. I just learn better from practical classes than from theoretical ones, and for me, it’s better to see once than to read several times.
I don’t want business class, but I just want a place in the cockpit near the pilots to watch how they do their job. Do I need to be somehow approved for that or pass some tests? I’m ready to prove I’m not mad or anything. I just learn better from practical classes than from theoretical ones, and for me, it’s better to see once than to read several times.
10-09-2022, 06:10 PM
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Is it possible to get to sit in the cockpit if I am a beginner pilot? I’ve heard there are special jump-seat programs for that, but I don’t know whether it exists. Did you do it? If yes, how do I get there?
I don’t want business class, but I just want a place in the cockpit near the pilots to watch how they do their job. Do I need to be somehow approved for that or pass some tests? I’m ready to prove I’m not mad or anything. I just learn better from practical classes than from theoretical ones, and for me, it’s better to see once than to read several times.
I don’t want business class, but I just want a place in the cockpit near the pilots to watch how they do their job. Do I need to be somehow approved for that or pass some tests? I’m ready to prove I’m not mad or anything. I just learn better from practical classes than from theoretical ones, and for me, it’s better to see once than to read several times.
10-17-2022, 08:50 PM
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Pretty much zero chance you'll get J class on Air Canada these days. They don't upgrade their own employees flying on standby even when J or O is empty.
But the above is right, jumpseat isn't really a think in Canada like CASS is in the USA. You have to list as a ZED. And yes you can check backs (up to two IIRC).
But the above is right, jumpseat isn't really a think in Canada like CASS is in the USA. You have to list as a ZED. And yes you can check backs (up to two IIRC).
08-31-2024, 06:18 AM
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Pretty much zero chance you'll get J class on Air Canada these days. They don't upgrade their own employees flying on standby even when J or O is empty.
But the above is right, jumpseat isn't really a think in Canada like CASS is in the USA. You have to list as a ZED. And yes you can check backs (up to two IIRC).
But the above is right, jumpseat isn't really a think in Canada like CASS is in the USA. You have to list as a ZED. And yes you can check backs (up to two IIRC).
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