Originally Posted by
aircanada_loyal
The policy is so antiquated that it does NOT include Premium Economy. The policy is Economy lowest for anything less than 8 hours, or Business class for anything more than 8 hours. This trip is 7h 30 min

Calculation is on flying time, not travel time.
I don't want to create a big issue out of this...but any suggestions how I can insist, and get Premium Rouge?
No word of a lie, I would look very, very hard to see if I could find some allowable routing that would put the overseas leg above 8 hours' duration. Personally I would take 16 hours in business class over 8 hours in economy, hands down.