Complaint: Check-in / Boarding honeymoon cruise missed because of 12 minutes
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Old Jul 9, 2010, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jimworcs View Post
This is the kind of nasty, spiteful behaviour that is becoming all too prevalent in airlines today. The Juneau solution would have helped keep the customer happy, at NO COST WHATSOEVER to Continental and allowed this family to have their holiday. Instead, Continental sought to exploit them and make more money out of them by charging them $1,200 each just to take the flight they were already booked on and had paid for. It is nasty, heartless and this industry is badly in need of reform. It needs greater regulation and increased competition. It is scandalous.

Perhaps because you are English and used to government meddling but really.... greater regulation? Yes, the TSA and FAA are so effective! Just what we need more government intervention.
Increased competition? Name a market where there is more competition than the US market, at these price points.