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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Ha. Okay. Well, I think I understand "paying for something and expecting to get it doesn't make you entitled", but perhaps I don't understand air travel.
Straighten me out.
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It's been said on the previous pages by myself and Acey if you bothered to read it. Basically situations arise where airlines have to comandeer seats for their staff to put out fires. Acey gave the example of Alaska having to fly a mechanic in to Edmonton to execute a fix. Guess what, someone got bumped for that, because 1 person losing their seat and getting delayed is better than 100 people. That's the math that airlines have to take into account. When you book with a large airline you're splitting the cost not just with the people on your flight but also the thousands that fly with that carrier everyday. You naturally only care about getting to your destination but the airline has to worry about everyone. It's not like they told this guy at first, "thanks for the money, better luck next time." He would've gotten to the destination for the fare paid plus extra compensation.
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Originally Posted by Chell_King
If you paid to be on a Recreation softball team and they overbooked the amount of players on a team and randomly decided to cut you from the team would you think you were being treated unfairly? Or would you think that because you were the Best Hitter that you were "more important".
Would you blame the system?
Would you blame the Team Captain?
Would you blame you?
Speak to this...
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I would easily blame the Team Captain, because as the best hitter and the only pitcher I'm clearly more important than the Cloister or J-Bone