Incentive Positive Space Pass

With this incentive pass, employees have the opportunity to travel with confirmed seating.

Scope & Eligibility

Some incentive passes will describe who is eligible to use it. Unless otherwise indicated, an incentive pass usually applies to active employees of Air Canada (AC).

Rules & Limitations

We want you to enjoy your positive-space incentive passes, which is why you should review the information below. It provides details on how the passes work, when you can use them, and who can enjoy them with you.

The information provided below is pass-specific and complements the rules outlined in the Employee Travel Policy. In other words, the ETP rules still apply unless otherwise stated below.

Rules

Valid for travel on AC, AC Rouge and AC Express carriers.

Valid for travel with one companion of the employee’s choosing.

  • Travel companion must be accompanied by the employee/retiree on all legs/segments of the trip.

Bookings must be made within 21 days of the outbound travel date.

Valid for a PY2/J00 boarding priority as specified in the incentive letter.

Subject to applicable taxes.

No service charges.

Limitations

Not valid for travel on AC Vacations, Star Alliance, or other airlines.

Not valid for open segments.

A different flight must be selected in the event that economy class is unavailable.

Not valid for Maple Lounge access.

Not valid for Frequent flyer mileage accumulation.

Not eligible to advance seat selection.

Bookings must be made within 21 days of the outbound travel date and must be made with return travel.

Please keep in mind that inventory in the applicable booking class must be available. If you are unable to make a booking, it means that the inventory is not available, and you must select another day or flight. 

In some cases, you may see there is cabin space availability, however, if you are unable to book it, it means that the designated booking class (different than booking space) in the Y cabin is not available. You may not book two one-ways.

Exceptions & Unique Situations

Oversell situations: In the event of an oversell situation, it is possible that positive-space pass holders may be denied boarding. If this occurs, Incentive POS pass holders are not eligible for compensation of hotel accommodation, meal(s), ground transportation.

Billing

Billing occurs as detailed in the billing section of the travel passes page.

A change of direction after the first point of turnaround will result in additional allotments being deducted from your travel profile and billed as a separate trip – even if you have not returned to the point of origin.

Billing Examples

Please review the following illustrative examples to understand how it works. Pay attention to the points of turnaround and the dates traveled – that’s when each trip is considered complete.

Example 1: YUL-YVR-HKG-YVR-YYZ-FRA-YYZ

  1. An employee travels from Montreal to Vancouver to Hong Kong
  2. The employee then does a turnaround to travel back to Vancouver, but changes direction and continues to Toronto, then onto Frankfurt and back to Toronto (instead of returning to Montreal)

All travel occurred within 30 days and 8 flight segments, but it will be billed and deducted as more than one trip because the employee did not return to the point of origin.

Here is a breakdown of how it would be billed:

 Montreal → Vancouver → Hong Kong

 Hong Kong → Vancouver → Toronto → Frankfurt → Toronto

According to the example above, the employee may think that only one allotment will be deducted since they traveled within the 30 days and 8 segments required and did not return to the point of origin. However, any change of direction after the first point of turnaround counts as a trip.

The change of direction occured when the employee travelled through Toronto, onto Frankfurt, and then back to Toronto.

Example 2: YHZ-YYZ-YVR-SYD-YVR-YHZ

Here is a breakdown of how it would be billed:

Sydney → Vancouver → Halifax

This policy is subject to change without notice.
Last update: Jun 1, 2021