Originally Posted by
Hagbard Viking
What has this got to do with passenger rights? You have always been free to buy refundable tickets. If you agree to the terms and conditions of a non-refundable ticket how are your rights violated if you are later denied a refund?
So for example, if a merchant sells a bottle of water for 1000 dollars or the same bottle of water for 1 dollar + your first borne blood then it's perfectly fine since you're given a choice?
The airline has T-14 days to cancel the flight, refund the money and walk away. They have the right to sell your seat twice and leave you at the gate.
They have all the tools to recoup their losses, and from what I gather, if they just showed their effort to that extent they'd be off the hook in this trial. They decided not to.