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Air Canada first world problem (upgrades!)

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poorchurchmouse · 10/08/2022 16:13

This is silly but annoying. I’m travelling for work, my employer pays economy fares, so I’m booked in economy. Air Canada has a useful thing where you can bid online for an upgrade- so I can spend my own money for a more comfortable trip. I had an email on the way out saying they tried to take the money but the card has been declined. Rang credit card co- all fine, problem is with Air Canada. Rang Air Canada customer service- nothing they can do, suggest I cancel the bid for the return journey and bid with a different card, so I did that. Just had the same email for the return leg. I may be able to buy an upgrade at checkin but won’t know till it opens. I’m annoyed as I’m actually trying to give them some money, I think the problem is their site and I don’t know how to resolve it. Could Tweet them but I don’t suppose tweets get passed on to the technical people. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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whumpthereitis · 10/08/2022 17:13

Buy an air Canada gift card, transfer the upgrade fees and pay using that.

whumpthereitis · 10/08/2022 17:28

aircanada.buyatab.com/custom/aircanada/?page=eGift&accessible=null

The Air Canada website is notoriously shite, unfortunately.

poorchurchmouse · 10/08/2022 20:15

Yep, I’d seen that the website is notorious. The frustrating thing is that I did this in 2019 and it worked beautifully!

I don’t want to risk the gift card, as if they don’t accept the bid I lose the money anyway.

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poorchurchmouse · 11/08/2022 23:21

Happy ending- it let me pay for an upgrade at checkin. Thanks for the help!

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