Comments on: Finally…compensation for overbooked flights http://wideopenwallet.com/2008/09/finally-compensation-for-overbooked-flights/ An honest look at family finances Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:10:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Another Set of Flickr Photos Found | Matt McGee http://wideopenwallet.com/2008/09/finally-compensation-for-overbooked-flights/#comment-1340 Another Set of Flickr Photos Found | Matt McGee Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:38:07 +0000 http://wideopenwallet.com/?p=226#comment-1340 [...] like when you pushed the button on your camera. A blog called Wide Open Wallet recently found and used one of those [...] [...] like when you pushed the button on your camera. A blog called Wide Open Wallet recently found and used one of those [...]

]]> By: No Debt Plan http://wideopenwallet.com/2008/09/finally-compensation-for-overbooked-flights/#comment-1034 No Debt Plan Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:04:53 +0000 http://wideopenwallet.com/?p=226#comment-1034 Even though it is some incentive, what if you have a $1,500 week long vacation at a resort booked that you have to cancel (and not get your money back)? Still sucks. Even though it is some incentive, what if you have a $1,500 week long vacation at a resort booked that you have to cancel (and not get your money back)?

Still sucks.

]]> By: Miss Thrifty http://wideopenwallet.com/2008/09/finally-compensation-for-overbooked-flights/#comment-1027 Miss Thrifty Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:37:17 +0000 http://wideopenwallet.com/?p=226#comment-1027 Great idea. I can't believe that the official figure is just 1 in 10,000 - it must be more than that, surely? The worst experience I ever had was with Lufthansa. Transatlantic flight with two changeovers. They tried to bump me at 6 'o' clock in the morning, while my husband and I were sitting in the departure lounge waiting for the gate to open. Oh yeah - and it was our HONEYMOON. Someone at Lufthansa HQ in Germany had overbooked passengers for the 2nd leg of the flight (which flew from Germany) and decided to bump me off! Kicked up a huge fuss and was reinstated. Sadly, I'd been bumped from both connecting flights - so had to kick up huge fusses at both stopovers. It was horribly stressful. Then when we arrived at my destination, we found that my luggage had been "held" in Germany and I was without clothes for 3 days! Horrible. I would have appreciated a bit of compensation at the time! Great idea. I can’t believe that the official figure is just 1 in 10,000 - it must be more than that, surely?

The worst experience I ever had was with Lufthansa. Transatlantic flight with two changeovers. They tried to bump me at 6 ‘o’ clock in the morning, while my husband and I were sitting in the departure lounge waiting for the gate to open. Oh yeah - and it was our HONEYMOON. Someone at Lufthansa HQ in Germany had overbooked passengers for the 2nd leg of the flight (which flew from Germany) and decided to bump me off!

Kicked up a huge fuss and was reinstated. Sadly, I’d been bumped from both connecting flights - so had to kick up huge fusses at both stopovers. It was horribly stressful. Then when we arrived at my destination, we found that my luggage had been “held” in Germany and I was without clothes for 3 days!

Horrible. I would have appreciated a bit of compensation at the time!

]]> By: tiffanie http://wideopenwallet.com/2008/09/finally-compensation-for-overbooked-flights/#comment-990 tiffanie Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:59:34 +0000 http://wideopenwallet.com/?p=226#comment-990 i'm so glad to hear this! i'm surprised it took so long to come up with something because it really is wrong to bump people for something they've already paid for. i know if i had saved for a vacation with my family for a year, and then got bumped...i'd be more than angry! i’m so glad to hear this! i’m surprised it took so long to come up with something because it really is wrong to bump people for something they’ve already paid for. i know if i had saved for a vacation with my family for a year, and then got bumped…i’d be more than angry!

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