Comments on: See you in court: 5 times when you should just sue ‘em

By: Milton Karabell

Milton Karabell — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:26:28 +0000

I recently had occaision to take an airline to small claims court for a second time. A bag lost for 5 days on a transfer between 2 airlines on a ticket that cost me 50,000 miles. I had to abort 8 days of the 2 week the trip and got my bag 3 hours before my flight home. They refused to reinstate the miles. I sued for my purchases, costs, telephone and interent charges incurred while trying to find out where my bag was. I also claimed $1250 which is the cost of purchasing miles at $0.25/mile. I collected all the above; it was cheaper to pay me than to fly someone in to appear in court in court. Moral: sue for less that it will cost to defend the case. Small Claims Court decisions are not precendent. I also suggest that charging for baggage establishes an implied warranty; no matter what the Airline Conventions say.

By: Doug Baker

Doug Baker — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:43:33 +0000

In summary: we were repatriating from the Middle East where I was a contractor to the USGovt. Family – wife and kids – had confirmed reservations from Delta for flights (we have their emails) but when they showed up in the middle of the night for their flights with all their possessions, it turned out Delta had put them on an earlier flight and didn’t tell them. The found a flight several hours later on another airline. Between the other flights and the different baggage rules for flights not to the US, we are now out $3000. We asked for compensation and an apology, they offered $25 in Delta dollars. We are threatening to sue. What do you think? Thanks, Doug Baker

By: Manny K ESQ

Manny K ESQ — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:17:00 +0000

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