Originally Posted by
Often1
As part of a carrier obtaining landing rights in a foreign country, it must agree to repatriate any pax who is denied entry into that country. The carrier is also responsible for substantial fines as well as reimbursement for security costs for the pax. Some countries have been known to physically hold the aircraft until the pax is back onboard.
According to the COC of every carrier I've seen, all of these costs are then subject to recoupement from the pax. Cost of fine, security and one-way full Y fare can be enormous. Needless to say, if the pax has a CC with sufficient credit limit, the carrier will see its money, otherwise it's expensive and like trying to get blood from a stone.
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Right you are. Fines definitely occur against the carrier. I often wonder how much "really" (??) is recouped from the passenger as far as the price of a return ticket (they don't pay the fine). Frankly, I think the airlines just eat it. Most of it could be obviated by careful Timatic entries by the customer service agents at check-in. There has to be a better way because airlines are still being fined for these mistakes - we're talking millions over a period of six months to a year and apparently, things slip through (i.e., wrong information entered).