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Should I Take The Case?

A weekly feature in which I ask readers if I should mediate a case.

If you've ever been to Vancouver in the summer, you probably know that you have to see the whales.That's what Susan Dryburgh wanted to do.

Send this lady the whale guarantee letter

January 26, 2024April 7, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

If you’ve ever been to Vancouver in the summer, you probably know that you have to see the whales.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
If they gave an award for the longest complaint letter, then Cornelia Stumpf's missive to Celebrity Cruises would definitely be a leading candidate.

Can I write a happy ending to this Celebrity horror story?

January 26, 2024March 31, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

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Categories Should I Take The Case?
It's not every day that you hear from a real American hero like Chuck. It turns out he and his wife catch my syndicated column.

Alaska Airlines bumped a real American hero – should I get involved?

January 26, 2024March 18, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

It’s not every day that you hear from a real American hero like Chuck Yeager. Yes, the Chuck Yeager. It turns out he and his wife, Victoria, catch my syndicated column in The Sacramento Bee.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
Marnie Bute didn't enjoy the Mexican getaway she booked through Sun Country Vacations. Actually, that may be an understatement.

I want a full refund for this Mexico vacation

January 26, 2024March 17, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

Marnie Bute didn’t enjoy the Mexican getaway she booked through Sun Country Vacations. Actually, that may be an understatement. She hated it and she wants every penny refunded.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
I'm thinking about how to respond to a complaint I received from Mark Ellerman, a passenger on a recent flight from Phoenix to Chicago.

Why is US Airways so un-American?

January 26, 2024March 4, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

If you read nothing more than the headline of this story, you might think this is another rant about the evils of airline consolidation — a consolidation that, by the way, isn’t over yet.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
Cruise lines aren't exactly known for their culinary experiences, but Moshe Wealcatch's story takes the cake, as they say.

Served expired food on my honeymoon cruise – am I owed anything?

January 26, 2024February 25, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

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Categories Should I Take The Case?
Why won't Airbnb let me review my ill-fated rental? Mandy Fleming's Airbnb rental couldn't have happened at a worse place — or time.

Why won’t Airbnb let me review my ill-fated rental?

January 26, 2024February 18, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

Mandy Fleming’s Airbnb rental couldn’t have happened at a worse place — or time.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
Tia Millman and John Madsen were looking forward to a private tour of Tunisia and Kenya organized by Experience It! Tours last summer.

Should my tour operator keep $8,471 to “cover” costs of a canceled tour?

January 26, 2024February 11, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

Tia Millman and John Madsen were looking forward to a private tour of Tunisia and Kenya organized by Experience It! Tours last summer.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
Oceania's optional but "highly recommended" insurance promises discerning passengers help "in the face of the unexpected."

What to do when cruise insurance isn’t a “shore” thing

January 26, 2024February 4, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

Like other cruise lines, Oceania’s optional but “highly recommended” insurance promises discerning passengers help “in the face of the unexpected.” But that’s not what happened when George Domino and his wife cruised from Stockholm to London last year and he suddenly developed a urinary tract infection.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
Can't fly after emergency appendectomy — how about a refund? Do you ever what goes on behind the scenes when a case comes in?

Can’t fly after emergency appendectomy — how about a refund?

January 26, 2024January 28, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

If you’ve ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes when a case comes in, let me offer a little glimpse. The email goes to a group of trusted advisors and … we argue.

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