Mildy interesting.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/air-ca ... -1.4998780
When is a contract a contract? (AC overbooking compensation)
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Re: When is a contract a contract? (AC overbooking compensation)
So ask for cash up front?"I generally recommend passengers not volunteer to give up their seats, because we hear too many cases like this one, where passengers have difficulty in getting compensation they were promised," says Gabor Lukacs, founder of Air Passenger Rights.
Re: When is a contract a contract? (AC overbooking compensation)
I agree he shouldn't have got any run-around... a deal is a deal...
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"I wanted to do something nice and help a family get home that night. I thought, you know, I should step up and do this."
- makes me laugh... "I wanted to help a family and get $800."
But -
"I wanted to do something nice and help a family get home that night. I thought, you know, I should step up and do this."
- makes me laugh... "I wanted to help a family and get $800."
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Re: When is a contract a contract? (AC overbooking compensation)
You think he should have done it --- for free?altiplano wrote: ↑Mon Feb 04, 2019 7:36 am I agree he shouldn't have got any run-around... a deal is a deal...
But -
"I wanted to do something nice and help a family get home that night. I thought, you know, I should step up and do this."
- makes me laugh... "I wanted to help a family and get $800."
Why is it ever a customer's responsibility to solve a business's problem?
Re: When is a contract a contract? (AC overbooking compensation)
Well that *is* worrying. For his students!"The odd thing is, I'm a law professor and I had to spend several hours researching this topic myself to find out what I had to do," he says.
DId you hear the one about the jurisprudence fetishist? He got off on a technicality.
Re: When is a contract a contract? (AC overbooking compensation)
Well, more generally, outcomes are better all round when businesses and customers work together to solve problems. Cooperation, you know?rookiepilot wrote: ↑Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:22 am Why is it ever a customer's responsibility to solve a business's problem?
DId you hear the one about the jurisprudence fetishist? He got off on a technicality.
Re: When is a contract a contract? (AC overbooking compensation)
I didn't say either of those things.rookiepilot wrote: ↑Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:22 amYou think he should have done it --- for free?altiplano wrote: ↑Mon Feb 04, 2019 7:36 am I agree he shouldn't have got any run-around... a deal is a deal...
But -
"I wanted to do something nice and help a family get home that night. I thought, you know, I should step up and do this."
- makes me laugh... "I wanted to help a family and get $800."
Why is it ever a customer's responsibility to solve a business's problem?
I just think call it like it is... none of this I'm just trying to help a family stuff... I want $800!
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Re: When is a contract a contract? (AC overbooking compensation)
Agreed -- for an agreed price.photofly wrote: ↑Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:56 amWell, more generally, outcomes are better all round when businesses and customers work together to solve problems. Cooperation, you know?rookiepilot wrote: ↑Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:22 am Why is it ever a customer's responsibility to solve a business's problem?
