[mars6423]

i just thought of a scenerio where alot of problems could occur.......a death in the family, one who lives overseas, how would you be able to get over there since there would be no way to get the visa in such a short amount of time, and you dont have the money to pay for a more expensive flight?

and to the scenerio you told about your gf's mothers brothers friend (if i got that right) language barriers do not help at all and even though they say fair and equal treatment, you really never can tell unless they speak the same language or you understand english, they could have easily taken advantage of him, and they could see that he attempted to get a visa but unfortunatly it was the wrong one, so they should have let him continue his flight and just warn him that next time he needs to get the correct visa (as it may have been the embassys fault for issueing the wrong visa) and it can be hard to know exactly what the visa's say when you do not understand the language

also there is another website, flyertalk.com , which is a website that informs people about flying and issues, so i believe that you should warn others if you want/have time

another thing that may help you is if you write to the congressman/official in the country of origin (argentina) and explain the situation and see what they could do about it

i think we should all start an online petition to get airlines to have a page before purchasing that shows what documents may be needed through and to the final destinations (visa's, and any other documents, so that you can see if there are anything that you have to do........the airlines would than be happy than coz they wouldnt get frustrated customers at their feet, and than they could say that they saw the page with the requirements its the cust. responsibilit they saw it clear)

so my other suggestion is write to an official in argentina and maybe one in the US and explain that things need to be stated clearly and how it has effected you and cost money that you do not have (they cant see your finances so they cant say that you can or cant afford it) and ask them to see if delta will reimburse you or honor the ticket