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Old Mar 24, 2009, 4:44 PM
abutterfinger25 abutterfinger25 is offline
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Originally Posted by The_Judge View Post
A passenger is allowed the luggage allowance at the time of purchase, normally. Ex., if a passenger purchased a ticket in Jan for travel in June and that airline allowed 2 bags at 70lbs a piece at the time of purchase but subsequently changed the policy in March to 1 bag at 50lbs, the passenger is still entitled to 2 at 70lbs. At least in my experience.
Judge is correct.

The Department of Transportation has taken the position that the terms and conditions that are in place at the time the ticket was purchased take priority over any changes made after the purchase date.