Air Canada Business Class - Toronto to Los Angeles

I arrived at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport about 3:00 PM.  You go through Immigration Pre-Clearance at the airport which saves the time and hassle of doing it once you land at your destination.

They do have a Global Entry line in addition to the regular line.  Luckily, I do have global entry and was through in about 5 minutes.  My travel companion however, does not have Global Entry and the process took about one hour.

Flying in business class allows one to use Air Canada’s Maple Leaf Lounge.  Once getting through security, there is an elevator to the right of the escalator that takes you to the gates.

The Maple Leaf Lounge is one floor up.  After exiting the elevator, you are let off directly at the entrance of the lounge.  The lounge attendants were friendly and greeted me warmly.  Once showing my boarding pass, I was allowed entrance.

The lounge is one long corridor with some seating to the left of the entrance.  The remainder of the lounge is located to the right.  They do have shower facilities in the lounge, however I did not have a chance to take a look.

Food choices were pretty limited with several types of salad, hummus, chips, cookies, muffins and other snack items.  There were no sandwiches or other types of protein available during my visit.

There is a fairly well stocked selection of drinks, beer and spirits.

I only spent about 25 minutes in the lounge so didn’t have a chance to really look around.

Air Canada #795

Toronto (YYZ) to Los Angeles (LAX)

Monday, May 26

Depart:  4:35 PM

Arrive:  6:50 PM

Aircraft A320-200

Seat:  2A

Upon boarding, I was welcomed aboard and quickly found my seat.

Business Class Seat

Extended Tray

Arm Rest

Earbuds

After getting settled in, I was provided with earbud type headphones.

Pre-Flight Drink & Nuts

I was also given a warm towel.

Warm Towel

A pre-flight drink was offered along with a ramekin of nuts.

The seat is a little wider than economy, and being located in the bulkhead there is a lot more legroom.

Extra Legroom

The seat also has a little cubby hole to either store a laptop bag, purse or secondary carry-on luggage, as well as being a space to stretch your legs out.

Menu

Menus were already at the seat prior to boarding.

A little over an hour into the flight, meal service started.

Salad

Dressing

A pre-packaged salad of sorts began the meal.  The bulk of the salad was rolled into a cucumber slice which was sort of inventive, however it was sort of messy as well.  After unbundling the salad, lettuce was flying all over the plate.  It seemed like it was spring loaded.

A small loaf of sourdough bread was also served.

Salmon Entree

The main course was salmon which was cooked pretty well.  The fish remained moist, however it was served with pre-cooked rice and frozen veggies which were sort of mushy.

Dessert

Dessert came in the form of a warm cookie and a small tub of ice cream which had seen better days according to the frostbite on the lid.

Service throughout the meal was pretty good as drinks were refilled constantly.

Cracked Glass

I was given a glass that had a long crack in it however.  Upon showing it to the flight attendant she did not apologize and it did take several minutes before I got a new glass.

This seems like something that should have been spotted before it was loaded onto the plane, unless the crack occurred once all dishes had been boarded onto the plane.

Each seat had its own IFE.  Movie selections weren’t the most current, but it kept me entertained for the 5 hour flight.

Overall, the flight was pretty good.  I appreciated the extra legroom and slightly wider seats.