Westjet Airlines

We have travelled extensively in Canada, US, for business and for pleasure on AC and Westjet.

We see little difference between them. Very similar to Delta, United etc. Flying Greyhound bus really...all of them.

Our preferred airline between the two is the one that happens to have the best price, route, and tin. We do have a preference for the Airbus since it seems to have more room.

We flew Westjet for the first time in May, 2 legs from Orlando to Vancouver, routed through Toronto, with the return the same. The rate was almost 40% the price of the next best option, Alaska Air ( best being subjective, and not always the cheapest but the most favorable routing and travel times; but not factoring in the difference for added fees for luggage). We did not book seat assignments in advance but when we checked in at the airport, we received seating assignments for the remaining three legs at no charge. The price was too good to pass up!

And we were pleasantly surprised. Excellent, friendly, humourous, upbeat service. Made the ' bus' experience almost fun. Planes were clean. Did have some baby crying noise, but that is situational and *probably* non-controllable!

Since the long travel time was split almost in half, I didn't fret over the micro inch seat size comparison as I would have if we had longer legs. Of course, those small seats are not the most comfortable. But can almost always get a cat nap in And DH seems to get way more than that!

The only negative: Toronto /Westjet transfer from the international terminal to the national terminal was a VERY long walk. Took us 45 minutes to one hour. The lines weren't long, just far apart and all horizontal walks.

However the upside to flying from east coast through Toronto to west coast: the mountain views were amazing!

Oh, and our return flight was canceled so the only choice we had was a return red-eye with a layover in Toronto in the middle of the night with a return a day later (following morning) than we planned. We might not have minded that flight if it had been an option to select from originally at the price we paid a day earlier. However we had already extended our stay in Vancouver by one day and had booked a non-refundable hotel. So we requested and received a hotel as compensation for missing a half day of work. Took an uber into the city for a French bistro dinner and had a pleasant evening. ( at more money and time than we planned). Guess that is the breaks of booking a great rate 5 months out.

I would fly Westjet again in a heartbeat.

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