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Old Aug 3, 2014, 7:12 pm
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Originally Posted by DErg
Glad you agree, hopefully the DOT will as well. I'm still debating the best course of action to try and recover the fare difference between what I paid for an F seat and if I had booked a Y seat (what I ended up flying in this time). Not sure if I'll dispute the transaction or try small claims. Does anyone have some advice based on their experiences?
If you dispute the transaction, they'll claim the same lie: you bought an economy seat and flew. You'll probably lose the dispute.

In Small Claims Court, I think you have a much better chance. You can show the judge what the booking process looks like and Untied can attempt to claim that some invisible unfindable terms override the clear "First Class" wording.
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