Originally Posted by canadiancow

I think a very simple definition is whether you reside in the US. A snowbird resides in the US (for part of the year). As does a student, diplomat, many TNs, etc.

They're not trying to exclude people below the definition of "green card holder". But they might be trying to exclude someone who is a "Canadian citizen that lives in Canada [and] also run a US-based e-commerce business".

What was their goal? To attract US-based frequent flyers. A Canadian resident who pays US taxes (which would actually include all US citizens living in Canada) was very clearly never their target.

You read the word "resident" and interpreted it a certain way. And maybe that was reasonable. But you were never their target. I have no doubt there.



There are dozens/hundreds of mail forwarding services. Or you can have friends/family receive it for you. That verifies you have (indirect) access to a specific physical address. It does not verify you live in the US.

When I worked at a large international company, I could have mail delivered to any of our offices around the globe, and I'd have it on my desk within a week.



I mentioned this upthread, but if all your bookings (for example) are round-trips from SFO, that looks a lot more like a US resident than if all your bookings are domestic Canadian round-trips. Or even round-trips from YYZ to the US.

Airlines are in very unique positions to make very good residency estimates. If 80% of your flights originate/terminate in YYZ, you almost certainly live in YYZ. I often book one-ways, but either I'm taking multi-day trips to YYZ, or multi-month trips to SFO. Though in either case it would be hard to argue I don't reside in SFO.