um first of all yet again the airline DID NOT BREACH the contract, it had to be modified because they were not present at time of departure and due to the fact it was not the customers fault they booked them on the next flight, as their original flight had already left the gate, modify does not equal breach.....the airline did what was exected of them, and followed their policies, which is understandable, since policies are made to be followed
second, your example again shows differences, it is for another profession in which a horrible cause happened and was understandable and was humane to have the person go be with te family member, and what i have witnessed is that if the photographer was not able to make it, than he would find alternatives such as calling another photographer to fill in for him/her, or if you went through a company they would send a replacement, in either case it most likely would be discounted......where as in a airline industry planes are scheduled and are meant to keep to that schedule as best aspossible, and there are no extra or replacement planes that could be used.
And why would you expect a refund? you went to another airline, ending your contract with the original one, so your the one who breached the contract, so why should they refund the money to you? in that case people would take advantage of the situation, a ticket would be cheaper to go from flyville to barnsville via atlanta compared to flysville to atlanta, so people would just breach the contract and stay in atlanta and ask for a refund, kinda crazy
they made the CHOICE to get out of the contract, they left it not the airline, so its their fault, thus making a refund very unlikely since they were the ones who changed the plans
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