Is there a contract reference that covers long vs. short hotel in NYC? I have a 15:16 layover at JFK with a 0610 report the following morning and they put me in the Roosavelt. Normally I hate the Crown, but for an extra hour of sleep I'd much rather go there than downtown. I thought the cut-off was 15:30 for NYC downtown vs. short layover. This is a change, I was originally booked in the Crowne Plaza and they changed my hotel.

I called crew accommodations and asked to be put back into the Crowne and they politely told me to go pound sand. The person I spoke with said the cutoff was 15 in NYC. I really thought it was 15:30. Do I have any recourse here?