Originally Posted by 100,000miler
Having been found in some unusual circumstances, perhaps due to weather, but perhaps due to other circumstances, I almost never get any "irregular operations bonuses" anymore from Air Canada.
What constitues irregular operation bonuses? This is a topic that I believe varies from year to year as the industry keeps adjusting.
Still I do not understand what skin it is off AC's back to offer a bonus in points to its truly loyal customers, or all others for that matter, when flights are cancelled or delayed regardless of the reason.
A penny for your thoughts and that is pretty much the value of an Aeroplan point.
I would think that irregular ops would constitute things that AC should have under it's control. So technical problems with the aircraft would be irregular ops, but weather delays would not be. Can you imagine how many AE points they would have had to give out due to the Aug. 19 YYZ storms?
It wouldn't make prudent business sense to me (or to AC shareholders) for AC to give compensation for things that are not under its control (eg weather).