Thought I would share my experience in case it helps anyone. We had a 10 hour layover in Cairo and were on EgyptAir, booked as an award through United. I had read about their transit program and assumed we wouldn't qualify since our ticket was an award ticket booked through United. Also, we weren't interested in the free hotel because we booked a tour for the duration of our layover. I wasn't sure what the process was for leaving the airport on a layover there so after deplaning we saw the transit accommodation desk and headed that way. I tried to explain to the employee we talked to that we didn't need a hotel and just needed to leave the airport on our layover and meet up with our guide. He said no problem and took our passports and told us to wait. He didn't understand what I tried to explain to him. After maybe 20-30 minutes they processed everything and handed us a voucher for a free hotel room and lunch and dinner. I again explained to him we didn't need a hotel room and just needed to leave the airport. He clearly thought we were crazy for turning the hotel down and I don't think he understood yet that we had a tour booked and just needed to leave the airport. So then we had to wait until everyone else was shuttled to their hotels and then he took us through a couple employee areas and we eventually exited the airport and met our guide. So in the end we lost about 30-45 mins but we didn't end up having to pay for entry visas.