Originally Posted by
canadiancow
The amount is based on the delay to your final destination. I think 0-2 hours is $200, 2-6 hours is $400, and 6+ is $800. Or something like that.
Rules in the US are different, and I've seen AC offer $1300 out of SFO.
Originally Posted by
canadiancow
In Canada, they're required to offer you cash (or cheque or whatever) in the full amount.
I'm not sure about the US, but the case I saw, they were offering cash.
Originally Posted by
gchc
So you are saying that I could have requested 800$ cash instead of a voucher?
Originally Posted by
canadiancow
Yes
The 200/400/800 is what they're required to pay for IDB on domestic flights.
For VDB, they can offer whatever they want and see who takes it. I haven't really seen AC do it, but I know that on some of the US airlines they'll start out fairly low and gradually increase it until they have takers. So even if they're required to pay $400 cash for IDB, they might start out offering just a $100 voucher, for instance, and see whether they get any takers.
So,
gchc, for your $800, you could have asked for it in cash, but you didn't have a right to get it in cash.