I don’t know if they’re operating yet for Canadian flights, but there are at least a few companies that will go through the hassle of battling it out with Europ

I don’t know if they’re operating yet for Canadian flights, but there are at least a few companies that will go through the hassle of battling it out with European airlines in exchange for a cut of the proceeds. Worked for us when Swiss tried to give us the runaround by inappropriately using a similar exception to the one you’re describing.