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Year: 2012

If luggage fees are wrong, who pays?

June 24, 2024March 2, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Carla Stewart believes she’s flying from Madrid to Cancun on Air Europa, and that her luggage fee is 60 Euros per bag. She’s wrong on both counts, and has to spend 500 Euros to transport her luggage on another airline. Who is responsible?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter

Can a car rental company double my rate because I’m not American?

January 22, 2024February 29, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

There’s something funny going on with car rental prices, and Hal Gordon wants answers.

Categories Commentary

Do I deserve a refund after volcanic eruption?

January 22, 2024February 27, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

When Chile’s Puyehue volcano erupted last fall, prompting airlines to cancel numerous flights, Donna Vogeler-Boutin decided her planned Christmas vacation in Bariloche, Argentina, would be too risky.

Categories Commentary

Our host died and Dad’s not well — how about a refund?

January 22, 2024February 23, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

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Categories Commentary

Does Sandals owe me anything for deleting my wedding photos?

January 22, 2024February 14, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

This is one of the strangest cases I’ve come across in my two decades of fielding consumer complaints. It involves a honeymooning couple’s missing wedding photos, me, and another me.

Categories Commentary

FAA bill offers a mixed bag for air travelers

January 22, 2024February 12, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

It looks as if the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill can fly, after all.

Categories The Navigator

I have a seat but I don’t have a seat assignment

January 22, 2024February 8, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

If you have a seat on a plane, shouldn’t you also have a seat assignment?

Categories Commentary

Did United Airlines do enough for mystery meat victim?

January 22, 2024February 7, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Something happened to Steve Mukherjee on his recent flight from Accra, Ghana, to Washington — something that even to this day makes him “sick to my stomach.”

Categories Commentary

I paid for tickets on the wrong airline

December 2, 2024February 3, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Laurie Spear’s travel agent tells her she’s booked on American Airlines. But it turns out she’s on British Airways and that leads to all kinds of problems. Who’s responsible, and how does she fix it?

Categories Commentary

Who’s responsible for this bump in my bumper?

January 22, 2024February 2, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Chris Benzinger has a problem with National Car Rental. The company sent him a surprise repair bill, but it isn’t telling him what he did to deserve it.

Categories Commentary
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