Originally Posted by
Often1
The FT notion that running around suing companies makes it all right is simply not tenable for the vast majority of the public:
1. You are spending new money in the hope of someday winning and recovering your loss. In other words, you have to be ready to lose and never recover anything.
2. It can take forever and a day.
3. You might actually be wrong. Remember, you have to prove that the other side was wrong, not that you are morally right.
4. If you do not physically reside in the location where you wish to bring an action, pursuing it can be close to impossible and may self-defeatingly mean that you need a lawyer which ups the risk of loss.
The answer to OP's issue is binary. There is no middle ground. Presuming that all is as he says, if she was properly denied boarding she loses and recovers nothing. If, on the other hand, she was improperly denied boarding, she will recover.
The details matter here and OP's statements do not all make sense. E.g., not sure how he was at the gate to listen to the interplay between his sister and the GA and not sure why a sophisticated document check issue would have waited for the gate (which seems to comport with the GA's need to postpone dealing with OP's sister's issue until after boarding).
I was on speaker phone while the discussion around the passport was going on. Although I did not speak with the agent directly but I heard everything which went on. My mother who was traveling with my sister was also present there until the last minute and was the last person to board the plane.
However its not a matter of who said what, the bottom line is that the 6 month requirement is not for residents its only for visitors (I have checked this yesterday on IATA's website, with Emirates, Gulf air and Saudi Airlines)