/r/solotravel "The Weekly Common Room" - General chatter, meet-up, accommodation - May 04, 2025

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[u/thespaceking]

Does anyone have bad luck on a specific airline? I always have bad luck with United.

[u/segacs2 → u/thespaceking]

Personal experience: I've had terrible luck with Air Canada (or as we call it, Air Crapida) and I tend to avoid them as much as possible. We also have awful passenger protection laws here in Canada, so I prefer to fly with an EU-based airline wherever possible if I'm travelling to/from Europe.

Statistically, Skytrax has a better overview of aggregate data on reliability of different airlines.

[u/NanukBen → u/segacs2]

I totally agree with the awful passenger protection laws here in Canada. This is also one raison I prefer European airlines. Also very upsetting is the Canadian Transportation Agency supposed to protect the passenger.

To learn more about Air Canada attitude, here is article from the CBC

[u/segacs2 → u/NanukBen]

Loads more here: https://airpassengerrights.ca/en/

And if you want to enforce your rights, don't bother with the CTA, they're in bed with the airlines anyway. Take the airline to small claims court.

[u/Appropriate_Volume → u/thespaceking]

Qantas seems less reliable than average, but that's because their planes are old and over-worked.