[Samiam]

Originally Posted by monkey

Okay folks, we now need to take action against the crap service, over charging, lazy, rude employees, crowded planes and flight changes caused by the carriers...ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

When an airline changes your scheduled departure, cancels your flight or messes up your schedule with mechanical problems, late departures, flight crews not showing up...THEY NEED TO PAY!

Every change we make on our tickets cost anywhere from 100 to 150 dollars and the airlines need to start compensating each passenger that THEY effect with their changes!

Over the last couple of months I have had 4 airline initiated changes and cancellations and none due to weather or air traffic control...I asked each time for a change fee and only once did I get the equivalent (in travel coupon) from Delta...the rest of the airlines (USAIRWAYS BEING THE RUDEST ON THE PLANET) basically told me to go fly a kite... this is my kite...START ASKING FOR RESTITUTION!

Okay, lets look at what Monkey wrote, which has gotten WAY off course...blah, blah...a non-refundable, etc.

What monkey stated, & I totally agree w/ is: airlines (none in particular) hold clients/customers/ticket holders to their time of flight- but if an airline changes the flight, thus interrupting others' business, they have no accountability. So, the airlines do not return $ when a customer is late, etc, & may be nice enough to charge them a fee (only) for a different flight (or give them NOTHING & keep the $ the customer paid). BUT if an airline changes the time & is late for a flight (hrs, days, etc) , the customer must be stuck w/ arriving after what they entered the contract for (a mtg, funeral, who cares....they scheduled a time of arrival.).

What Chris is saying is: When I buy a radio at target that says nonrefundable & I walk out of target & they give me a cheap arm watch that has radio on it, while grabbing the "regular" radio out of my hands, I should thank them for the new radio....