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Canceled / Delayed / Overbooked Traveling with infant in flu season -- told to camp out on floor for night.

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Oct 29, 2009, 11:21 PM

JasonB10

Join Date: Oct 2009

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Because you purchase a ticket...

Because you purchased a ticket to get you safely and quickly between point A & B.

There is no swine flu card here, this is a declared national emergency and for the airlines to simply say, "sleep on the floor" is not good enough under this circumstance.

For someone to drive out would be a 7 hour round trip in what is now the middle of the night. The least they should do is pay for the car and reimburse for the second flight.

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