AC Stopped Cheques

[splatnz]

Just wondering if anyone else has had the same experience?

We were bumped off a flight from Montreal to Vancouver about a month ago and received a CAD$100 cheque each as compensation. Banked the cheques when we got home and I received notification today that all 3 of the cheques have been dishonoured!

Haven't received the reason why yet although I'm hoping AC has more than $300 in their bank account

[calgary_jay]

Originally Posted by splatnz

Just wondering if anyone else has had the same experience?

We were bumped off a flight from Montreal to Vancouver about a month ago and received a CAD$100 cheque each as compensation. Banked the cheques when we got home and I received notification today that all 3 of the cheques have been dishonoured!

Haven't received the reason why yet although I'm hoping AC has more than $300 in their bank account

you got an actual cheque? Or an MCO or future travel voucher? I remember I got a travel voucher years ago from NW around ten years ago that looked kind of like a cheque but it wouldn't have worked if I tried to cash it in like a cheque.

J.

[Shareholder]

What country are you and the bank in?

I've never received a cheque for denied boarding, either cash or MCO voucher. Who gave you the cheques? What currency were they drawn in? What bank were they drawn on?

[airbus320]

It has to be an MCO...and perhaps the OP thought that it was a cheque.

[Altaflyer]

$100 MCO - holy cow...that would be VERY miserly. Bet it was a cheque, I vaguely recall that as an option in some cases.

[robsaw]

Originally Posted by airbus320

It has to be an MCO...and perhaps the OP thought that it was a cheque.

That is my conclusion as well. Issuing real cheques at the gate/counter would probably not fit in with AC's policies for handling and authorizing financial instruments.

[Tuneman1984]

Originally Posted by Altaflyer

$100 MCO - holy cow...that would be VERY miserly. Bet it was a cheque, I vaguely recall that as an option in some cases.

Back in the day it was $100 cash or $300 flight voucher for getting bumped, but that was ages ago, maybe around late '90s/early '00s

[HangTen]

Originally Posted by robsaw

That is my conclusion as well. Issuing real cheques at the gate/counter would probably not fit in with AC's policies for handling and authorizing financial instruments.

Was it signed in crayon? That should have been your first clue!

[splatnz]

It was definitely a cheque. The options were either $200 in AC travel vouchers or $100 cash (in the form of a cheque). Took the cash as won't be back in Canada for the rest of the year.

Received a copy today of the cheque back from the receiving bank. The cheques that had been issued were old and from a closed account.

Only problem now is convincing AC to re-issue another cheque to me (from an open account lol) and cover the dishonour fees that my bank and AC's bank charged (totalling another CAD$40)

[robsaw]

Originally Posted by splatnz

Received a copy today of the cheque back from the receiving bank. The cheques that had been issued were old and from a closed account.

Hmmm, a batch of pre-authorized cheques. What was the date on them? Maybe they were pre-bankruptcy protection era

Glad to be wrong on my previous guess, but I can imagine the AC bureaucracy getting really confused on trying to rectify this.