I was basically told "We asked for it, we pay for it". So we are all paying our own way to get to YUL, since it's a Wed, we either pay full fare or 25K points.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Now it would be nice if AC gave them 15K or 25K in return (enough to duplicate the trip on points) but I'd expect AC to make that offer at the meeting, not in advance.</font>
Not a chance.