Air Canada is Canada's largest airline and one of the most prominent members of the Star Alliance.
You'll know Canada's largest airline at a glance by the red maple leaf on its directional sign. It has over 200 aircraft of various types in its fleet. Of the major airlines, Air Canada has one of the most modern fleets.
Air Canada has its main base at Toronto Airport, with airports in Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary serving as additional bases.
The airline also operates two subsidiaries, which may have slightly differently coloured aircraft on the outside, but the same conditions apply to passengers as the parent airline, Air Canada. These subsidiaries are fully integrated into Air Canada and do not even have their own booking sites.
- Air Canada Rouge
- Air Canada Express
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I bought tickets with Air Canada in the "Economy-Basic" fare from Vienna to San Jose and back with a trip there VIE - FRA - YYZ - SJO (2 changes) and then back SJO - YUL - VIE. The first flight on the way there and the last flight on the way back is operated by Austrian Airlines.
During the booking process I registered info that there should be an option to add checked baggage at the end of the process, but there wasn't. On the AC website, after logging in via "Reservation Number, I don't see anywhere the option to buy checked baggage (it is a bag that will probably be slightly heavier than the allowed 8 kg and slightly longer than the allowed dimension). I don't see this option on the Austrian website either. Does this mean I will have to deal with this at the airport at a kiosk or counter somewhere? Because so far in my travels, I have not encountered that when I was willing to pay extra for a bag during the booking process that it was not possible.
The AC website keeps pushing registration for their "Aeroplan" membership (which I don't want yet) - could that option be there?
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With Air Canada, it's only possible at check-in.
Thank you for the info. I don't mind it so much in Vienna, more on the way back.