When you’re planning on travelling in the course of the vacation season, there are insider ideas from Air Canada’s Director of International Concierge & Premium Expertise, Tina Flammia, that may go a great distance towards simplifying your journey expertise. 

We caught up with Flammia to uncover Air Canada’s high vacation journey ideas, together with the 1-2-3 step check-in course of at Toronto Pearson Worldwide Airport and one of the simplest ways to make use of the Air Canada (AC) cellular app to make your journey as seamless as potential. This final journey sidekick transforms peak-season journey into a simple getaway.  

From the second you begin packing your baggage, the app and professional insider ideas are all about including confidence and ease via each step of your journey.

Image this: seamless check-ins, a digital boarding cross with reside updates, easy navigation via crowded airports, and even the posh of monitoring each step of your checked bag’s journey in case you’re travelling inside Canada. It is like having a journey assistant tucked into your pocket, guaranteeing extra consolation and comfort as you journey—even when little ones or a furry good friend accompanies you. So, journey like an skilled this festive season and past with Air Canada’s insider ideas and cellular app at your fingertips. 

Pre-Airport Arrival 

How can the Air Canada cellular app make journey preparation simpler, even earlier than I attain the airport? 

Tina Flammia: The Air Canada (AC) app is a free and user-friendly journey companion. Clients who’ve downloaded and used the app fee it very positively, and attest to its simplification of the journey journey. Even earlier than your airport arrival, you possibly can leverage the app to test in as much as 24 hours upfront, obtain your digital boarding cross, and plan your airport go to.  

It makes it so easy to trace flight instances, gate adjustments and the standing of your flight.  You may as well handle seat choice, meal preferences in choose cabins on choose routes, and any potential accessibility necessities, plus hold tabs in your Aeroplan factors and AC pockets stability.  

What necessities needs to be on my guidelines for a seamless journey day? 

Flammia: Past passports and visas, guarantee you may have the precise journey paperwork to your vacation spot. That features ensuring all IDs match the identify on the ticket, together with the paperwork of these travelling with you want kids and pets. For our four-legged mates, register them with Air Canada and use an accepted provider that matches beneath the seat in entrance of you. And resist the urge to overpack. All the time double-check allowable baggage limits. Conscious packing helps keep away from chubby charges and pointless repacking on the airport. The lighter your load, the better your journey will probably be!  

How does the AC app hold me organized on the day of my journey? 

Flammia: On the day you’re flying, you possibly can test the app for advisable arrival instances, baggage drop cut-offs, the most recent gate location and boarding particulars. 

You should definitely observe advisable arrival instances—with particular terminal info for Toronto Pearson—so you possibly can arrive early and have a simple begin to your journey. 

On the Airport 

Can the AC app help me with navigating the airport and checking my baggage? 

Flammia: Completely. Though usually related to pre-airport logistics, the app is designed for one-handed use, making it a useful instrument whereas lugging baggage via crowds.  

You need to use the app to navigate busy airports together with Toronto Pearson Worldwide Airport, Vancouver Worldwide Airport and Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Worldwide Airport utilizing the app’s accessible airport maps characteristic. 

When you’re travelling through Toronto with checked baggage, we have now a simple 1-2-3-step check-in course of to get you in your approach with ease. Upon getting into the terminal, merely observe the crimson indicators to find a kiosk to print your bag tag, marking Step 1. Print and fasten your baggage tag(s). For Step 2, drop off your baggage within the designated space. After finishing these steps, transfer on to Step 3, heading to safety earlier than making your technique to the gate, permitting for a stress-free wait earlier than your flight. And in case you solely have a carry-on, you possibly can proceed on to Step 3 which implies heading to safety after checking in via the app.  

Now you can additionally observe your baggage and mobility aids—corresponding to strollers and wheelchairs—for flights inside Canada via the app. When you drop off your bag(s), the app means that you can observe alongside at each step—from drop-off to pick-up carousel location.  

As soon as You Attain Your Vacation spot 

What if plans change, and I want to switch or cancel my return flight? 

Flammia: You are able to do all of it proper within the app. It offers real-time info, permitting you to switch or cancel flights and discover different choices like a customer support agent would.  

What extra options does the AC app provide for a smoother journey expertise? 

Flammia: There are such a lot of thrilling options within the app that may make the complete journey expertise higher, from reviewing menus and in-flight leisure choices to navigating an airport single-handedly with the maps characteristic. And, after all, the rollout of our new baggage monitoring characteristic offers travellers added comfort and management over the journey.  

Obtain the Air Canada cellular app at this time, particularly in case you plan to fly in the course of the holidays, and expertise the comfort firsthand. Comfortable and secure travels!