Originally Posted by
fwerfel
thanks for your help!
I am fully aware of the restrictions on the P booking class
however, if you check the T&C of the 'free hotel stopover' rules of AC, it says 'business class', so the rules apply to my ticket
moreover, it states 'lay-over of more than 6 hours', which I have in YVR (nothing mentioned about the overnight or not). The fact that i have an even longer lay-over in YYV shouldn't matter! As per the T&C, I should have the choice between YYV and YVR for my free stop-over
the hotel program is just an add on to your ticket, it does not supersede the fare rule. (think of it as a bonus freebie if you are eligible, it's more like an overnight hotel transit program or long layover hostel transit program) . It is nearly impossible to have a layover over 24 hours at YYZ, YUL or YVR if you book round trip or one way while transiting in one of those cities, so if you are eligible for the hotel transit program, you are most likely transiting that city for less than 24 hours.
So at the end of the day, you have to pay more to have a real stopover in YVR. no way around it.