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Customer Service JetBlue wrecks guitars & refuses liability.

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Jun 6, 2011, 1:55 AM

Gromit801

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Originally Posted by Emily Raw

@Gromit801: Isn't small claims court only for disputes under $2000? (Not sure, but it used to be.) The guitar cost $3000. Also, the supervisor at the gate at JFK was aggressively insistent that the airline wasn't liable & flat-out told us that we if we filed a complaint at baggage claim it would go nowhere. I know it's stupid, but we were so tired & frustrated that we wiped the guitar down with a t-shirt & went home, hoping for the best. So there's nothing official on file.

In CA, Small Claims covers up to $5000. File the luggage claim anyway, you might still be able to.

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