I have a question for frequent flyers but I figured I'd make a general Airline thread for discussion, reviews etc.

I fly every year or so and am fine (more or less).  But Im flying in 10 days with a friend (no really this is for my friend) who is very large (wide, not tall).  She sort of freaked me out to day by saying "hopefully I fit and they let me fly).  Now, she has flown twice before.  The first time was in the first class designation on Air Transat and the second was Air Canada.  She flew WPG to TO in a regular seat she described as "tight" and then the premium from there which she said was roomy.  She required a seat belt extender in all cases.

We are flying Westjet and are currently booked into Economy.  Im a sucker for a Window seat so I did pay for seat selection and the Westjet person originally booked us into a Window and an Aisle with the idea most flights are not full and someone wont take the middle. But Westjet changed our outbound flight from direct to connecting in TO and on the TO to Mexico leg we have Window and Middle.  Im considering upgrading to Plus if its available at check in but on Westjet 737, that eliminates the third passenger but does nothing for the width.

Thoughts?

Also, anyone flight West Jet plus?

Should this be in the airline thread now?

Not suspicious at all.....hmmmm I saw some people noting the video of the crash had a lot of flames for a mechanical issue.  Anti aircraft fire?

 

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U of M engineering professor Zahra Moussavi lost her good friend, Forough Khadem.

Two other U of M grads — Pedram Mousavi and Mojgan Daneshmand — who went on to become professors at the University of Alberta, were killed along with their two children,

 

U of M Iranian Students Association spokesman Amir Shirzadi identified five other crash victims from Winnipeg — a staff member, two students and a family of three.

They’re identified as Amir Ghasemi, 32, Amirhossein Ghorbani, 21, Mehdi Sadeghi, Anisa Sadeghi, 10, and Bahareh Haj Esfandiari, 41.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-missile-iran-1.5420736

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U.S. officials have shared intelligence with Canada that the Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran on Wednesday was shot down by an Iranian missile, sources tell CBC News. The crash killed all 176 people on board, including 63 Canadians. —

Reuters and The Associated Press were reporting that U.S. officials say they believe the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 was most likely shot down accidentally by Iranian air defence, citing satellite data.

"Accidentally."

My suspicions are the plane was shot down or a bomb was planted inside. 

6 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-missile-iran-1.5420736

"Accidentally."

 

1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

My suspicions are the plane was shot down or a bomb was planted inside. 

By who, is the question...

11 minutes ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

 

By who, is the question...

Probably the Iranians. 

Yeah sure seems like Iran hit it accidentally.  Tough for them because half the passengers were Iranian and they’re still angry about the US doing the same thing a few years ago.  
 

Question is, what will Canada do in response.  

"U.S. officials..."

Oh so then its the truth.

On 2020-01-08 at 8:35 AM, The Unknown Poster said:

Should this be in the airline thread now?

Not suspicious at all.....hmmmm I saw some people noting the video of the crash had a lot of flames for a mechanical issue.  Anti aircraft fire?

If you were in charge of things in Iran, would you trust a major US defense contractor to tell the truth about the findings? What's needed is a neutral third party that both sides would trust to do the investigation.

On 2020-01-09 at 10:25 AM, The Unknown Poster said:

Yeah sure seems like Iran hit it accidentally.  Tough for them because half the passengers were Iranian and they’re still angry about the US doing the same thing a few years ago.  
 

Question is, what will Canada do in response.  

Seems a major miracle that 63 Canadians were killed and not a single American, is that just a coincidence or is it an indicator of our recent immigration policy in the region vs. the US's lack of interest in assisting refugees?

Edited January 10, 20206 yr by Throw Long Bannatyne

20 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Seems a major miracle that 63 Canadians were killed and not a single American, is that just a coincidence or is it an indicator of our recent immigration policy in the region vs. the US's lack of interest in assisting refugees?

Someone brought that up at work today. I don’t know.  I read there were several air craft that flew out around the same time so maybe it’s just a twist of fate or flight path or something. 

Well Iran admitted they shot the plane down by accident. 

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Maybe it's time for the Feds to build a quarantine area at James Richardson Int'l  Airport like in Montreal & Toronto. 

https://ywgdeals.com/winnipeg-to-buenos-aires-argentina-747-cad-roundtrip

https://ywgdeals.com/winnipeg-to-san-jose-costa-rica-392-cad-roundtrip-including-taxes

Edited March 10, 20205 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

 

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

 

I’ve done chargebacks a couple times. Not for airlines though.  I hear different credit card companies can be easier or tougher.  But they always sided with me. And I’ve used it in arguments with a business too.  “Look I’ll just file a dispute with my credit card company and you know they’ll side with me”. Usually works.  

 

For purely selfish reasons along with the fact my son & his wife live in the Seattle area, I'm hoping that Alaska Airlines comes back to Calgary as it was the only direct flight from Calgary to the Emerald City.  It was cheap as well. Less than $300 Canadian return.  They offered at least 3 flights a day & everytime we went it was packed. So, business was good.  So convenient as it was barely an hour's flight. Now, who knows if Alaska Airlines comes back with this &*(%$#@< virus?