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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 4:52 pm
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swissbignose
 
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Originally Posted by channa
The U.S. law is quite customer friendly....

Perhaps it's the behavior of carriers like Qantas which is why the law is written the way it is.
Interesting comment. Perhaps the alternate is that while there is over-selling, the number of IDBs in Australia is not sufficient to warrant legislation. The Australian government likes to legislate to "protect the little people". If it was a major issue in Australia, there'd be legislation.
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