MONTREAL \u2014 Air Canada has introduced Basic fares options for Premium Economy and Business Class.<\/p>\n
The new Premium Economy Basic and Business Class Basic are available starting today, July 28.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThese new fare options respond to the increasing demand for premium leisure travel and ensure Air Canada remains aligned with our partners and industry trends,\u201d said the airline in a heads up to travel advisor partners.<\/p>\n
Passengers booking these fares receive the core premium experience as with existing Premium Economy and Business Class fares, including a premium cabin seat, complimentary meal service, priority boarding and priority baggage handling.<\/p>\n
A key difference is that the new Premium Economy Basic and Business Class Basic fares are non-refundable. Changes are available for a fee, and advance seat selection is chargeable.<\/p>\n
Also, complimentary baggage has been reduced to 1 piece for the new Basic version of the fares. There\u2019s no lounge access permitted with Premium Economy Basic. With Business Class Basic, Maple Leaf Lounge access is included; Signature Suite access is not.<\/p>\n
The new fares are now available on the following markets: Caribbean, Latin America, Mexico, South America, and Air Canada\u2019s transatlantic joint venture markets (excluding Iran, Israel and the UAE).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTREAL \u2014 Air Canada has introduced Basic fares options for Premium Economy and Business Class. The new Premium…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1206,17,3039],"class_list":["post-146858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-air-canada","tag-canada","tag-lead-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}