Air Canada to Vancouver

At T-40, I headed downstairs and to the gate.

Despite my cheap Basic Economy fare, my United 1K status got my an auto-assigned exit row seat and priority Zone 2 boarding.  Even better as I was the only one in my row.

Not bad for $103.

Air Canada's BOB menu, where the pictures looked way better than real life.

Excellent service from a friendly cabin crew.  Since there was absoloutely nothing worth eating at the Maple Leaf Lounge, I decided to see how close Air Canada's BOB would come to their pretty photos.

Not so much, although the Pellegrino was just exactly like the pic.  LOL.

Yikes...

Uh no.  Not even close.

I had low expectations today but was pleasantly surprised by Air Canada.  Excellent service and an entire row to myself goes a long way to surviving Economy.  Even Gogo Wifi worked reasonably well and was essentially free using one of my 30 annual Amex Platinum Gogo flight passes.