Review: Air Canada 787 Premium Economy Montreal to London

For my outbound flights to London, I flew from Comox to Montreal via Vancouver, and then from Montreal to London. I was fortunate to have an eUpgrade confirmed to Air Canada Signature Class between Vancouver and Montreal.

Alas, my eUpgrade wasn’t confirmed between Montreal and London, as the Signature Class cabin was full. So, I was “stuck” in Air Canada premium economy for the six-and-a-half-hour flight across the Atlantic.

When I went to Europe last summer, I had to fly in economy, so I knew that I’d at least survive the voyage in premium economy.

As it turns out, it wasn’t so bad after all, and maybe it was even a refreshing reminder that lie-flat seats aren’t always absolutely necessary.

Air Canada 787 Premium Economy – Booking

I booked a round-trip premium economy cash ticket to Europe and back to take advantage of a few promotions. I managed to score a deal on my flights, paying only $1893.26 (CAD).

Because I booked a Premium Economy (Lowest) fare, I was eligible to earn 125% of the distance flown in Aeroplan points. For my outbound flights, I earned 6,902 Aeroplan points.

Since I paid with my American Express Aeroplan Reserve Card, I also earned 3 points per dollar with spend on Air Canada. Taking into consideration the points I’ll earn for my return flights from Paris to Comox via Montreal and Vancouver, I’ll have earned a total of around 19,750 points on the booking.

I booked cash flights to Europe to also take advantage of several promotions that Air Canada has put on this year. Mainly, I was interested in earning Priority Rewards through Status Qualifying Dollars (SQD).

With the “Accelerate Your Status” promotion, Status Qualifying Miles, Status Qualifying Segments, and Status Qualifying Dollars are doubled for flights to Europe until the end of September. Since I did a mileage run earlier this year, I stood to earn two Priority Rewards with my flight spend this year.

Furthermore, Air Canada announced that any Priority Rewards earned between July 1 and December 31 of 2022 would be doubled. I’m quite lucky to benefit from these many promotions, as I’ll get a total of four Priority Rewards by the end of the year.

Since I enjoy Aeroplan Super Elite status, my Priority Rewards knock 50% off the cost of any business class redemption with any Aeroplan partner airline, anywhere in the world. So, these four Priority Rewards will wind up saving me…