I experienced a departure delay of just over 2 hours...2 hours and 5 minutes, I think. In his pre-taxi greeting, the Captain made some mention of a jet being "broken" earlier in the day, and B6 having to deploy a new one to fulfill the rest of the day's schedule.

I have 2 questions:

(1) For a 2 hour, 5 minute departure delay, should I expect auto-compensation?
B6 documents I perused while waiting seem to indicate no, but in the past, I believe I have received automatic compensation for delays in the 2-3 hour range.

(2) This was a TrueBlue award ticket, i.e. I paid nothing except the Sept. 11 security fee.
Is departure delay compensation given on award tickets?


Thanks.