<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nightice @ Dec 2 2008, 02:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>
Anyone have any recent experience flying Air Canada from YVR-SYD? Haven&#39;t really seen too much, either positive or negative. This will be a family trip in a few weeks to ring in the New Year down under.[/b]
Just flew back YVR-SYD on AC33 earlier this week. It&#39;s a long, long flight but much the same as any other long haul experience these days.
Y cabin is 3x3x3 seating, individual in-seat AVOD, in-seat USB port as well as the 110v power port and the audio options on AVOD include the traditional "12 channels of selected music by genre" as well as the ability to create your own playlist from a large range of albums and listen to your play list instead. These options certainly make things so much easier on the long haul.

Midnight departure means a quickly served evening meal service not long after take-off, a mid-flight snack and a hot breakfast 2 hours before landing. Snack cart set up in rear galley for the flight duration.
Crews can be a mix of senior/junior or all mainly senior.
It&#39;s not a top notch full of attention experience like a CX or SQ, but it&#39;s on the whole adequate.

Set your watch to SYD time at take off and plan your night accordingly! I usually watch a movie or two, trying to stay awake as long as possible until it&#39;s about 2300 SYD (0400 YVR) then sleep as much for the rest of the flight as I can. Seems to work well. Mid morning arrival in SYD, so make sure your blinds are down, else you&#39;ll get sunlight about 5 hours from SYD.

If you&#39;re planning on non-revving, be well aware getting out of Oz in the first 2 weeks of Jan will be a nightmare on any carrier. It&#39;s the busiest period for outbound travel in the year that there is. (Dec 26 through Jan 15 traditionally). A quick look at AC&#39;s availability SYD-YVR in CRS&#39;s shows barely any Y or J classes (let alone the rest of the fare buckets!) available 01-10 Jan.

Cheers.