Originally Posted by
Yhztraveller
I purchased a 6 month UFP on August 31, 2017 that expires on Feb 28 2018. When I tried to renew the pass today for a further 6 months the new expiry date showed up as August 28, 2018. My simple math tells me that 6 months plus 6 months equals 12 months (August 31st 2018), but to Air Canada it appears to mean 362 days.
Here is the wording on the flight pass:
"Valid for 6 consecutive months from date of purchase. Travel must be booked and completed within the validity period. No extensions will be permitted. It will expire at 11:59 pm (GMT) 6 months after its purchase date. Please make the necessary adjustments for your local time zone."
Not sure they thought through what a "consecutive month" means. I suspect it only makes a difference for a 6 month UFP purchased August 29-31 or a 3 month UFP purchased on November 29-30.
Oh, and I just noticed the bit about the FP expiring at 11:59pm GMT. That would mean that my current FP should expire at 6:59pm EST on Feb 28th. I just checked and I could book a flight at 9:00pm on Feb 28th, so I guess the folks that programmed the FP rules missed that last sentence"
You can't "renew" a UFP.
You can only buy a new one. Consecutive months are simply this - X day of month 1 to X day of month 3 or 6.
And it's 11:59pm ET, from my experiences with numerous UFPs.
Updated: I just checked and it appears that I was able to book up to 23:59 of the time zone the flight departs from, on the Xth day of month 3 or 6. (I'm thinking of perhaps removing this last update part as some things are just better left unsaid...
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