Originally Posted by
number_6
Note that while no hotel for regular ops and scheduled transits (personally I think that is eminently fair), most airlines will provide the full J or F irregular op hotel and meal allowance to A and D tickets (doesn't help much for LONEx though).
I don't see why it wouldn't help for economy tickets. I have found that airlins can be quite reasonable for economy when probs occur. Even on a BNE-SYD which turned around due to weather in Sydney, QF happily paid out for a night at the sofitel, taxis, breakfast et al
Dave