Originally Posted by
bisonrav
I think the cutoff is 20h, and this was the shortest connection I was offered, from Boston to Dublin ultimately. You get one per itinerary according to the published rules. There was absolutely no quibbling.
TK's is a confusing world.
For business-class travel, a
forced transit time beyond 9 hours, gives you a hotel stay + transport and meals. For economy-class travel the cut-off is 12 hours.
Forced transit means there's no scheduled connections, available or not, with a transit time below the cut-offs. The facility is driven by those scheduled connection times and can be claimed for both outward and return itineraries.
Confusingly, a similar, but completely different
stopover package is offered. Qualification is a tad complicated, but essentially it is governed by the pairing of origin and destination countries (e.g. US and Ireland, OK; Mexico and Ireland not OK). The number of stopover nights and class of accommodation is ruled by class of travel. You're on your own with regards to transport. And the perk is only available outbound
or inbound.
This thread's wiki gives a more thorough overview.