Thank You Pass
The Thank You Pass is an annual allotment of 2 space available personal travel trip passes (upgradeable to business class if available at the airport at the time of departure), provided to the employees listed in the Eligibility section below.
Eligibility
Air Canada Cupe employees
Air Canada Rouge Cupe employees
Air Canada IAM employees
Air Canada dispatchers
Air Canada Unifor, CAE employees
Air Canada Unite (TGW)
Air Canada IBT
Air Canada Unite - MSF
Validity
- Thank You passes will be replenished during the yearly refresh in early-mid January for the duration of the ratified contract-Unused Thank You passes will not be accumulated from one year to the next.
- This pass may not be carried over if the employee accepts a position outside of the scope of the Eligibility section listed above.
Scope & Eligibility
Applies to employees of Air Canada (AC) and AC Rouge, as well as their registered spouse, common-law partner, and dependent children.
Employees may travel with their spouse/common-law OR a companion. NOT BOTH.
If an employee travels with an accompanied companion, they forfeit the spouse’s allocation. The spouse may not travel with the employee or at any other time using the Thank You Pass.
- Active employee
- Retired employee is permitted to carry the Thank You pass into retirement for 2 years after their retirement date
- Spouse*
- Dependent child (must be accompanied by employee or spouse)
* Accompanied companion (or spouse if applicable) ↵
Rules & Limitations
We want you to enjoy your JSA passes, which is why you should review the information below. It explains how the passes work, when you can use them, and who can enjoy them with you.
NOTE:
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
Married/common-law may travel with their accompanied dependent children and/or their spouse
Employees may travel with their spouse/common-law OR a companion. NOT BOTH.
If an employee travels with an accompanied companion, they forfeit the spouse’s allocation. The spouse may not travel with the employee or at any other time using the Thank You Pass.
Only the employee may accompany one companion of choice (i.e. neither spouse nor child may accompany a companion).
Single employees may travel with one companion of choice and/or accompanied dependent children
Valid for travel on AC, AC Express carriers, AC Rouge.
All eligible passengers must travel on the same boarding priority.
Boarding priority is as per the employee’s travel profile (i.e. C1/J09)
Subject to applicable taxes/fees.
Limitations
Permitted to be carried into retirement for 2 years from retirement date.*
Not valid for travel on AC Vacations, Star Alliance, or other airlines.
Not valid for parents, non-dependent children, or travel partners.
Employees who wish to travel with parents, non-dependent children, or partners must list for the flight using C2/Y10 passes.
Not valid for replacement with a C2/Y10 pass in the event an upgrade to business class is not possible at the gate.
* Employees who retired in 2020 or 2021 will be able to carry into retirement until 31 December 2023. ↵
Billing & Allotments
Billing occurs as detailed in the billing section of the travel passes page.
Billing will occur once ANY ONE of the following has taken place
- 30 days have elapsed since the travel began, or
- Eight (8) sectors of travel have been completed, or
- Passenger has returned to point of origin,
The Thank You pass is not a stand-alone pass. It will not be billed/deducted from the allotment separately from other pass types that are used on the same trip.
Example 1
- An employee travels from Montreal to LHR on a C2/Y10 pass to pick up a travel partner.
- They both travel back to Montreal on a Thank You Pass
- 2 weeks later they both travel back to LHR on a Thank You Pass
- The employee returns to Montreal on a C2/Y10 pass
This would be considered 2 trips and require 2 Thank You passes:
Employee billing
Trip 1: YUL-LHR C2/Y10
LHR-YUL C1/J09
Return to point of origin (YUL) – trip 1 complete
- One Thank You pass allotment deducted from profile
Trip 2: YUL-LHR C1/J09
LHR-YUL C2/Y10
Return to point of origin (YUL) – trip 1 complete
- One Thank You pass allotment deducted from profile
Partner billing
Trip 1: LHR-YUL C1/J09
YUL-LHR C1/J09
Return to point of origin (LHR) – trip complete
Downgrade
Anyone holding a Thank You Pass (SA) pass registration but is not accommodated in business class will not be provided another allotment for any reason.
This policy is subject to change without notice.
Last update: Jun 1, 2021