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| United Apologizes As Another Passenger Loses Seat, This One A Toddler |
| 2017-07-06 |
Shirley Yamauchi told Hawaii News Now that she was headed to a teachers' conference in Boston last week and took her son along, paying nearly $1,000 for his ticket. Things went smoothly on the first leg of the trip from Hawaii to Houston. But as they awaited takeoff to Boston, a passenger who had been on standby approached her, saying her son was in his seat. Yamauchi said she alerted a flight attendant about the issue, but the woman just shrugged and said it was a full flight. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Agree with AlanC |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2017-07-06 21:49 |
| #6 United used to be a great airline until they merged and all the trash from failing airline Continental hit. |
| Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 2017-07-06 19:35 |
| #5 Gotta be compensatory and punitive damages. Gotta make it hurt bad enough that they don't do it anymore. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-07-06 17:59 |
| #4 Sorry gorb that's gotta be at least 3x for compensatory damages and at least $10k or the CEO gets to spend a week in jail. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-07-06 16:54 |
| #3 If they had to reimburse her twice the cost of the ticket that would be the end of that crap. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-07-06 16:48 |
| #2 I believe its within the FAA or FTC's authority to suspend further issuing of 'standby' ticketing, at least on interstate flights. A contract made, is a contract made. It would eliminate the problem. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-07-06 16:04 |
| #1 Passed time to have a look into this bullshi*. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-07-06 15:42 |