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Originally Posted by FerrariEnzo
My complaint wasnt about them swapping the airplane.. Im fine with that.. they over booked and need a larger aircraft.. but not telling you that you need to re-pick your seats was just bad.. or at least they could have reassigned the seats to relative where you booked would have been fine also.
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Can you tell me which airline that would? I'm sure there might be some out there, but definitely not any of the 3 airlines mentioned in this thread. They won't even do it for their top tier elites.
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Originally Posted by DragonChi
You might want to compare luggage allowance as well, if you are going to be bringing back a bunch of stuff for family.
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Same across all 3 direct airlines. Many other factors such as IRROPS I would take into consideration too. But this might be a moot point for OP's mom on a point-to-point flight with presumably families on both sides.
Back to OP's question:
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Bender Unit mentioned, September is a low/shoulder season, if you're not in an urgent to book right now, I would wait and see if the price margins comes down smaller.
If not, you will have to decide if the $200-250 difference is worth it for
1) A few mediocre airplane meals
2) Having an actual seat-back IFE or iPad for entertainment
3) Mileage articulation if that's important for you
4) Getting a smile or not from the flight attendant
CX might be slightly "nicer" overall, but personally, $200-250 CAD can also get you a very nice meal or two on the ground. That's like 1/3rd of your $700 ticket cost, who cares if it will earn you any miles in a "loyalty" program.
If it's between AC and HX, hands down the latter. No way I would pay $200 more on AC to be seated 3-4-3, not even if they are the same price.