Who would you Fly....Air Canada or British Airways ?

[microrose]

Planning on going to Vancouver next summer....as a start which airline would you fly....or is there a better one

Whichever is cheaper?

Transat

I've done both. Can't say I felt strongly about one over the other.

I'd go for the one with the better flight times or the cheaper one, depending on your priorities.

I have travelled on both and they both were fine, so I would go for whichever had the cheapest fare.

Thank you everyone......

PestoStormissimos.... any experience with Transat.....looks promising.

Thank you everyone......

PestoStormissimos.... any experience with Transat.....looks promising.

sorry to post twice

Just went on Air Canada. Was fine and... best of all... huge amount of legroom compared with BA. Dh (over 6 ft) was ecstatic. Also much cheaper.

British Airways. We have flown with Air Canada Business and the seats would not move and the stewards had to recline them for us. It was cheaper but poor. Also you do not get to leave from T5. Have also flown both Economy and leg room did not seem much different to be honest, but that may depend what seat you get. We were certainly not ecstatic! You can check leg room on their web sites but I bet there is very little in it.

No, sorry I don't personally microrose but I have seen their aircraft at Gatwick when I've been travelling through.

Have a look at their reviews here

Airlines

I've used that site to check airlines, it's got lots of varied reviews.

When things go wrong AC are awful. I speak from bitter experience and met others who were Canadian who had seen it all before. Allegedly.

Not much in it otherwise.

AC have better legroom (DH is v tall).

Transat is cheap and cheerful, but never had problems with them.

BA - always had v 'meh' experiences with them.

We usually fly AC. They were brilliant when I had to get back to the UK in a rush when dad was dying.

I've flown both (though not for a few years) and they were both equally crap. Air transat also crap but generally cheaper ime.
Virgin also fly to Vancouver now I think.
Tbh unless you upgrade I think most airlines are much of a muchness.

I flew with AC earlier this year and thought they were awful. It was like a long haul Easy Jet. Would choose BA over AC definitely. Or if Virgin is available, choose Virgin over BA.

Actually, I should correct that post a bit - there's nothing wrong with Easy Jet. I think they do a brilliant job for short haul flying. But you need a bit more comfort when you're on a long haul flight, which definitely felt as if it were missing with AC.

I would use BA to fly to Vancouver (Virgin do not fly there).

Cheap(er) is not always cheerful at all.

Yes, sorry, Virgin stopped flying to Vancouver a couple in October.
I would just go with the cheapest.