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Jan 1, 2024, 11:56 am
#31
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Fair. Same thing could be said about the Airline's ability to catch this quick enough. If they're going to cancel, they have 2 weeks for them to cancel this flight. Its not like I booked something within the 14 days hoping for the compensation. They literally would have 14 days to catch this and cancel the ticket before we get to the 14 days or less Air Passenger Protection clause
Jan 1, 2024, 11:56 am
#32
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Most compensation rules apply to valid tickets. AC will, successfully, argue this wasn't a valid ticket, so no compensation will apply. Happens all the time, just look at the history of error fares. This one even more so, because if a ticket was purchased using a code you weren't entitled to use, it's definitely not a valid ticket.
Jan 1, 2024, 12:01 pm
#33
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I don't even think their "automated tool" is smart enough to catch instances of this. Back last year, there were a bunch of flights being cancelled from New York. I booked another flight instantly after finding out my return flight was cancelled and that flight got cancelled. Ended up submitting a compensation request and ended up getting $1000 back.
AC is also likely to annotate the PNR with the reason it was cancelled, so an e-mail is unlikely to be successful.
Jan 1, 2024, 12:04 pm
#34
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Because it was New Years Eve and the code was first discovered at 3pm, a lot of people were in large groups (NYE). This probably means that there were 1000s of tickets issued since the code still worked at 11:30PM EST. I doubt AC will penalies everyone. They'll just mass cancel the tickets if anything. The support ticket volume itself would be insane
Jan 1, 2024, 12:10 pm
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Potentially but a lot of people would just say "I thought it was a New Years Eve promo" and play dumb. Given that the promo itself did not indicate it was a "special code" — no prompts or anything. Seems like this code was created for testing and maybe got leaked. Even better, whoever leaked it didn't report it (though unfortunately this thread is up)
Because it was New Years Eve and the code was first discovered at 3pm, a lot of people were in large groups (NYE). This probably means that there were 1000s of tickets issued since the code still worked at 11:30PM EST. I doubt AC will penalies everyone. They'll just mass cancel the tickets if anything. The support ticket volume itself would be insane
Because it was New Years Eve and the code was first discovered at 3pm, a lot of people were in large groups (NYE). This probably means that there were 1000s of tickets issued since the code still worked at 11:30PM EST. I doubt AC will penalies everyone. They'll just mass cancel the tickets if anything. The support ticket volume itself would be insane
Jan 1, 2024, 12:19 pm
#36
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A quick cancellation of the tickets by AC would also be the least of my worries. In addition to being potentially banned, I'd be more concerned about a cancellation closer to travel, after already making lots of other non-refundable bookings at the destination when a replacement ticket at the last minute would cost a fortune, or even having them cancel the ticket after having already flown 1 leg of the outbound and getting stranded somewhere.
No way would I ever book something like this that is obviously not legit.
No way would I ever book something like this that is obviously not legit.
Jan 1, 2024, 12:26 pm
#37
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A quick cancellation of the tickets by AC would also be the least of my worries. In addition to being potentially banned, I'd be more concerned about a cancellation closer to travel, after already making lots of other non-refundable bookings at the destination when a replacement ticket at the last minute would cost a fortune, or even having them cancel the ticket after having already flown 1 leg of the outbound and getting stranded somewhere.
No way would I ever book something like this that is obviously not legit.
No way would I ever book something like this that is obviously not legit.
Ron.
Jan 1, 2024, 1:03 pm
#38
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A new year's promo that wasn't advertised anywhere except... where exactly? In a secret place that said "100% off Air Canada fare LEAKED CODE PSSSSHT SECRET"? Good luck with that. That argument VERY rarely works with error fares, and there's at least a reasonable assessment that it's a valid fare since it's published. This one, not even that is the case.
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Jan 1, 2024, 1:44 pm
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Jan 1, 2024, 2:04 pm
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I've seen AC do that for much less fraudulent activity.
I've seen 100% codes from AC for 3 types of travel (I've been offered them for 2 types, used on 1 type). And there are probably more.
This is no different than "here's the corporate credit card, go book your flight for the meeting you're attending", and then you share the credit card with the world. It's fraud and theft.
An invoice is the least of your worries.
Jan 1, 2024, 2:06 pm
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Jan 1, 2024, 2:44 pm
#42
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Expect a bill in the mail, and to be sent to collections if you fail to pay.
I've seen AC do that for much less fraudulent activity.
I've seen 100% codes from AC for 3 types of travel (I've been offered them for 2 types, used on 1 type). And there are probably more.
This is no different than "here's the corporate credit card, go book your flight for the meeting you're attending", and then you share the credit card with the world. It's fraud and theft.
An invoice is the least of your worries.
I've seen AC do that for much less fraudulent activity.
I've seen 100% codes from AC for 3 types of travel (I've been offered them for 2 types, used on 1 type). And there are probably more.
This is no different than "here's the corporate credit card, go book your flight for the meeting you're attending", and then you share the credit card with the world. It's fraud and theft.
An invoice is the least of your worries.
No worries at all, there is such thing as chargeback!
Jan 1, 2024, 2:48 pm
#43
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Which you'll lose. benefits obtained through fraudulent means aren't something a credit card company is going to defend you about. Hope you've used up all your AP miles if you decide to go that route!
Jan 1, 2024, 2:56 pm
#44
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I take it you've never heard of Marc Tacchi.
