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Old Dec 12, 2018, 6:14 pm
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Originally Posted by NickB
... the Court found that the clause was unfair due to lack of transparency, because, among other things, the passenger was not in a position to know when he booked the ticket what would be the cost of not taking the last leg.
From a legal/travel perspective, that's a very interesting rationale. There are all sorts of consumer laws, in most/all countries requiring various forms and degrees of transparency in pricing. I would be interested to see that approach attempted in the U.S. in a similar situation.
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