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Had a meeting in Ottawa today, more on that later depending up on how things turn out. Anyhow I found myself at the airport flying West Jet for the very first time...

Based on what I had heard from numerous people I was excited. West Jet is touted as the shangri-la of Canadian airlines (all three of them), and people who love it REALLY love it. I have to say I was not impressed. Sure the staff were friendly and all had 'quirky' personalities and seemed genuinely happy to be doing their jobs, but I found the service no better than Air Canada, the plane interior to be out dated, a lack of under seat storage in the aisle seat, and I was not thrilled at the idea of having to pay to watch a show from start to finish instead of live TV. Okay so it's a short flight, but still.

On the way back I was really looking forward to hitting the Maple Leaf lounge, I had my access card all ready and I walked up to the counter already mentally mixing myself a double gin and tonic. I handed my card and boarding pass to the attendant and she said "I'm sorry we can't let you in with a West Jet boarding pass." Well I must have given her the saddest look in my repertoire because she said "Okay I'll let you in this time but in the future, it needs to be an Air Canada flight." Needless to say, I now love Air Canada even more.