Originally Posted by
dgwright99
If you bought the ticket for your GF with cash (ie CC) not miles and if you were on the same PNR (so they couldn't distinguish which bags belonged to which of the 2 of you) then you could try a CC chargeback for any actual cash costs incurred in recovering from their error.
Also, if you paid with a CC many CCs have travel insurance that may at least partially cover your costs.
Wow. You'd really do a chargeback for a ticket because the luggage was delayed? I can't see the credit card company taking your side on that one-- they airline transported the passenger, and therefore, the airline gets to keep your money. I believe it is impossible to do a "partial" chargeback, so I'm not sure this is good advice. But two thumbs up on checking out the travel insurance on the credit card-- lots of people have the insurance but don't know it, and never file a legitimate claim.