Originally Posted by
scibuff
Pretty much this ^ - even if DoT fines UA, UA may refuse to pay the fine and only a federal judge can make them pay it. To me it seems more likely that the case would be thrown out because even DoT would probably side with UA (as DoT already said that its rules are NOT to protect abuse of genuine mistakes such as this one)
I'm insulted if they say my single simple LHR-EWR-LHR in business class booking that I made in Copenhagen using my US DKK account is considered abusive.
I understand if someone has 52 flights booked that it will be considered abusive, or if you have 15 random legs in LX and LH F, but a single trip that I actually have to take anyway (and have documents to prove it), that is not abusive.