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Air Canada Online Check In - Emergency Exit Seats

JasYHZ From Canada, joined Sep 2005, 175 posts, RR: 0
Posted (5 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 5652 times:

Good Evening Everyone,

A funny thing has happened to me twice now when checking in on AC's website. I flew YHZ-YOW last week and when I checked in it automatically assigned me an emergency exit row. This evening when I did the same for my YOW-YHZ flight it once again gave the the exit row.

Is this something new with AC or is is because of my Aeroplan membership or what? Whatever it is, I like it!

JasYHZ

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DH8PU From Canada, joined Apr 2007, 63 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (5 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 5623 times:

This is an issue that Ive been complaining about for a while, There seems to be no rhyme or reason to who gets the exit rows on flights. Ive been operating flights where I have had several annoyed Super Elites all ask me if the exit rows are taken, only to soon find out that a mother with an infant managed to get them from web check in. Or a family of four with very young children manage to get the exit row.

IMHO exit row seating shouldn't be accessible to web check in, You should only be able to get it at the airport where an agent can verify that yes indeed you are legal to sit at an exit row.

Cabin secure and doors checked

ACFA From Canada, joined Feb 2007, 261 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (5 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 5621 times:

I for one don't care who sits in the exit row, as long as its someone that is qualified and able to open the exits. I had a family give me a nasty look once when I told them I would have to move them out of the row. Of course I understand they want to sit together, and I'd do my best, but they were just about ready to pick a fight when I at the suggestion that their kids could not sit in the row.

HPAEAA From United States of America, joined May 2006, 1020 posts, RR: 2
Reply 3, posted (5 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 5604 times:

I dunno about AC, but when I prereserve exit row on AA (Gold Memeber) it always pops up with a disclaimer box asking the usual questions.... interesting to know about AC...

Why do I fly???

FLYACYYZ From Canada, joined Jan 2004, 1914 posts, RR: 12
Reply 4, posted (5 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 5602 times:

There is a love/hate relationship with these seats.

Love: Extended leg room on certain aircraft
Hate: No recline, and the coldest seats in the house being adjacent to window exits or doors.

Surprised they're assigning them on line, as I thought they were held in reserve for airport check-in.

Above and Beyond

DH8PU From Canada, joined Apr 2007, 63 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (5 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 5587 times:

Quoting FLYACYYZ (Reply 4):
Hate: No recline, and the coldest seats in the house being adjacent to window exits or doors.

Not allways true, it is aircraft dependant. For example on the CRJ705, rows 20 and 21 are the exit rows. 20 does not recline but 21 does.

On the CRJ100/200 series row 8 (The exit row) does recline.

Cabin secure and doors checked

JasYHZ From Canada, joined Sep 2005, 175 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (5 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 5572 times:

all the times I've checked in online the exit rows always show occupied. But these last two times (E190 on the way up and assigne dme 19A) and a CRJ for tomorrow it has me planted right in 8A.

WestJet will allow you to pick EE rows online, but there is a pop up box explaining the rules etc.

JasYHZ

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ACFA From Canada, joined Feb 2007, 261 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (5 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 5571 times:

I think the best seats on AC (other than the flight deck seats of course) are the first row of each cabin on the L or R side on the 777 (by the door). You have basically unlimited legroom there by the door. The problem is that I notice that people who sit there tend to take advantage of the extra legroom and toss their trash everywhere by the door. And they wonder why I don't look so amused when I pass by.

[Edited 2007-08-24 05:47:26]

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