Pretty Cool Airline Experience

[Iron_chet]

I know that flying generally sucks but this move by Canadian airline WestJet was pretty freaking awesome.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

That was awesome.

 

[Matt1735]

That's freaking awesome!

 

[HC]

I flew WestJet out here to the West Coast last Wednesday and going back to Toronto tomorrow. Why couldn't I have been on THAT flight? ;)

 

[Moderator1]

Hey, your gift is already at your place!

 

[HC]

Hey, your gift is already at your place!

True dat!

 

[micropolitan guy]

That's nothing. On Aeroflot they sometimes let kids fly the airplane. How cool is that?

 

[PCLoadLetter]

That's nothing. On Aeroflot they sometimes let kids fly the airplane. How cool is that?

Nice pull.

That was the inspiration for the Elvis Costello song "Daddy Can I Turn This?"

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Whoever thought of this is a PR genius. I've barely heard of WestJet, and I've seen this plastered all over Facebook today.

Bet "underwear and socks" guy was kicking himself when he saw the TV and tablets.

 

[playthrough]

Damn Canadians, doing it right again.

 

[Iron_chet]

WestJet has produced some good April fools videos as well. Not sure how they are going to top this one next Xmas though.

 

[bigpern23]

Whoever thought of this is a PR genius. I've barely heard of WestJet, and I've seen this plastered all over Facebook today.

Bet "underwear and socks" guy was kicking himself when he saw the TV and tablets.

Yup, you nailed it. And the family that asked for the 3D TV was happy as hell.

Great PR stunt.

 

[User 1019]

There's some parents who've already bought stuff scrambling to take it back now.

 

[imjustagirl]

There's some parents who've already bought stuff scrambling to take it back now.

That, and the fact that unless they're also offering to ship that stuff to those people's homes (assuming most of them were traveling for the holiday), it's going to be awful tough/expensive to get that stuff home.

That's just my cynicism.

 

[murphyc]

Whoever thought of this is a PR genius. I've barely heard of WestJet, and I've seen this plastered all over Facebook today.

Bet "underwear and socks" guy was kicking himself when he saw the TV and tablets.

Absolutely agree, on both counts. Well done, WestJet.

 

[JR]

Westjet is a great airline.

An off work employee when I was checking in at Halifax, noticed I had two bottles of wine in a tote bag. Brain cramp on my part

Not only did she remind me I couldn't take them on as carry on baggage, she helped me wrap them up in t-shirts and put them in the middle of my soft sided bag, made sure the bag was marked "fragile" and told the luggage people to make sure it was handled carefully. And they did. And the bottles arrived safe and sound.

Unbelievable service culture.