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When Gayle Hackner takes a Trafalgar bus tour throughout Spain and Portugal for 13 days, she is disgusted that a man and his young son in adjacent seats appear to be sick. Their constant coughing irritates her. The last straw comes when she becomes ill on the last day of the tour.
When George Paddock’s wife woke up in their hotel room with small red welts on her legs, they immediately thought the worst — bedbugs! But, when they reported their concerns to the hotel staff, the room was inspected by Orkin Pest Control and no bedbugs were found. So why is Paddock now asking for almost $3,000 in damages?
If you’ve ever been on an airplane, you’re familiar with the “fasten seatbelt” sign and repeated reminders from the flight crew to keep your seatbelts fastened.
What kind of compensation can you expect from an airline when an equipment delay makes you miss an important event? What if missing that event causes you to lose a customer or hurts you in your job? Do you get anything extra?
Occasionally our advocates encounter cases, like Beth Agnew’s, that make us want to beat our heads against the wall in frustration.
Stan Shopa is disappointed to miss his Qantas connection from Los Angeles to Melbourne. The airline rebooks him on a flight the next day — but downgrades his seat from premium economy to standard economy. So shouldn’t he be entitled to a price adjustment?
Kelsey Prima was planning a trip to Bangkok, then on to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was a complicated itinerary using multiple airlines, the sort of thing that many travelers wouldn’t want to plan on their own, so she used a company called TravelMerry.
After a long flight delay, Jan Kleinman wants American Airlines to pay for her next vacation. But that’s not a reasonable expectation. What would be a fair resolution for both Kleinman and American Airlines?
Baris Evran’s story may sound familiar. The resolution will not.
After a lightning strike zaps Brittany Burns’ vacation, she tries to secure a refund for her airline ticket. But is she entitled to it?
When Tim Tyler’s luggage goes missing after a flight on LATAM Airlines, communication failures with the airline stall the resolution of his claim for compensation. Can our advocates get LATAM to process the claim without further delays?
TAR Airlines offers Michael Fried a refund or a generous credit after it cancels his friend’s flight. Why won’t it do what it promised?
When Iberia Airlines promises Susie Burton compensation for her lost luggage, she waits. And waits. And waits. Four months later, she calls our advocacy team. Can they help?
Samuel Lisenco needed to go to Texas for a wedding, so he booked a flight on American Airlines with a connection in Dallas. But crew scheduling issues caused American to cancel his onward flight, and he ended up back home.
Helen Weinheimer books tickets on American Airlines, for her and her four grandchildren. They are rerouted, then bumped. What should have been a short flight turns into a 30-hour odyssey, with overnight expenses. Can our advocates help them get compensated?
A long string of delays kept Flora Rodriguez-Brown in Dallas an extra night when she was supposed to be airborne on an American Airlines flight to Costa Rica for her vacation.
Geoffrey Small pays an extra $150 for an economy plus seat on El Al, only to find that nothing in that seat works. As compensation, El Al offers a $150 voucher. Is that sufficient compensation for Small’s malfunctioning seat?
Diana Lawson, 60, a self-professed “knitting grandma,” recently traveled to Lubbock, Texas, with power tools in her luggage. On her return flight, she was denied boarding and removed from the airport by two police officers and two American Airlines employees. She flew a different airline the following day and wants compensation from American.
When Sandra Wucher hears that her Spirit Airlines flight has been canceled, she wants compensation for the emotional distress she suffers. Is Wucher’s request reasonable? And can our advocates help her get it?
When Robert Wilija’s flight was delayed, he was promised 2,400 euros ($2,827) and reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses as compensation. Unfortunately, that’s compensation he’s unlikely ever to see — and our advocates can’t help him obtain it.
Celeste Powers is bumped from her flight, and British Airways issues her a debit card worth $659 as compensation. The card doesn’t work, and a month later the airline still won’t resolve the issue. Can our advocates help her get compensation for her overbooked flight?
When Silvania da Silva booked air tickets on United and Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras through the online travel site OneTravel (a brand of Fareportal), she expected to be able to board her flights. But Azul denied her boarding, saying the fare hadn’t been paid — even though she had paid for her tickets when she made the booking.
Vivienne Pearson’s airline seat — the one for which she paid an extra 40 pounds — doesn’t recline. A flight attendant promised her a refund, but now the airline is balking.
Chantal Legge is supposed to fly to Toronto on an Alitalia flight from Rome, but the flight is canceled, and Alitalia rebooks her for the next day. But the new flight is overbooked. Legge ends up flying through Boston to get to Toronto. Alitalila promises compensation, but doesn’t deliver. Can we help Legge get what she is due?
Frank Fantasia plans the perfect vacation to Portugal with family and friends. They land in Lisbon as scheduled and disembark. When they arrive at Portuguese Immigration, Fantasia realizes he left his passport on the plane in the seatback pocket. Portuguese officials not only detain him, but deport him back to Boston. Will our advocates fight for his compensation?
Ilene Kahn files a claim with WOW Airlines for a delayed flight. The airline issues a claim number, but doesn’t process it. Can we help Kahn?
If a company promises a discount, but there’s no record of it, did it really happen?