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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 7:49 am
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Originally Posted by Snozzy
I don't think that makes sense at all. I agree that one bag serving two people does not deserve twice the compensation, but whoever checked the bag should be able to claim the loss of every item in it... up to the limit for one bag.
And that's how I understand the ruling. The limit for one bag was judged to be that of one passenger, and they were granted the compensation for the one lost bag. The SDRs at that point become a limiting factor. There's no way they were ever going to get CDN$5000.

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