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Old Jan 2, 2013 | 1:32 pm
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Loren Pechtel
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Originally Posted by ldsant
You statement of "This one day ruined a trip for a 23 year old little girl." speaks volumes. Your daughter is not a "little girl." She is an adult. If she is 23 and unable to travel alone or deal with "rude people" without falling apart then perhaps she should travel with somebody else or not at all?
Unfortunately, I think we are dealing with a 23 year old little girl here--breaking down and crying over the problems isn't how an adult should react to what happened.

I do think some compensation is due because of the improperly-handled ticket but that's about it. She's lucky the bag didn't get abandoned in LAX--she chose to abandon her bag and you're not supposed to separate from your baggage.

Originally Posted by Justin7525
Do you also do her taxes?

I do want you to understand that you are seeking sympathy from a community of people who fly 100K+ miles a year. What happened to your daughter happens to use often enough to were it barely phases us. A delayed flight made your daughter miss her connection, so she was rebooked. How the heck does she do if she's late driving somewhere if in traffic or detour?
And even those of us who don't fly that much (I used to be a 25k/yr flier, now it's half that) understand that it happens. Sooner or later you'll misconnect or the like. With that insane connection time it's going to be sooner.

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