My family has always flown EVA, Delta or Korean Air, but we flew between Vancouver and Taipei a couple of months ago on AC. It was a new 787 both ways, and we paid additional to upgrade to exit row seats. Service was very good. Standard meals were OK, but special meals were inedible. AC is a partner with EVA and Delta, so you can take your mileage on one of them. But be sure to check your mileage records after the flight. We elected to take EVA mileage, and were given half the correct mileage.
Done the TPE <-> YVR on the 787 a couple of times in both directions. It’s fine. But I’ll try to avoid it now since they classify this place as that other place.
Another reason to avoid AC is their punitive 9 across seating on the 787 aircraft, which was designed to be 8 across in economy. Pack them in!
In this respect, though, AC is following the industry (sub)standard. I think only Japan Airlines has retained the 8 across seating on their 787 aircraft.
Am flying them for the first time in 25 years this Xmas as a relative bought the ticket for me. Can’t say no to a freebie. Usually they are my last preference (they very much favour the East over the West within Canada) but the route is the most direct.
When I worked in Canada as a civil servant, I’d always take WestJet.
What should I expect? Has the service improved? They used to “PMS” on me decades ago when I asked for more booze.
Long follow up to say the Japanese carriers do the same, with regional groupings of cities to which they fly, and no countries named. It’s a brilliant workaround to the temper tantrums of you-know-who.
Aworld-famous penis painter who made it to the semi-finals of ‘Got Talent España’ with his unique but risque act managed to convince a couple of Canadian flight attendants to let him pose nude in an aircraft galley with other passengers sitting just a few feet apart