OK, so I just had something of a similar conversation in the cockpit the other day and have found that not too many that I talk to understand what this "difference" means wrt this company and pilot labor. Anytime you have an action, either by the company OR the pilots, that differs from what the CBA language dictates, you inherently create a problem (even if the difference is a net positive for the pilot force). In the case of hotels, if the company starts to provide them whenever they want (despite no provision for it or opposing language in the CBA), it does NOT mean that the company provides hotels. Therefore, they could cease to do so whenever they liked. Or they could offer it to one class and not the other. Or any other combination of offers. Having one group benefit while others receive status quo alienates the pilot force and is fairly hazardous (yet common) tactic that many companies ascribe to - especially during contract time.

Not all money is good money. If the company really wants to provide hotels for new-hires, they can draft another LOA that states that they will do that from now on IN ALL TRAINING CASES and FOR ALL PILOTS.