Originally Posted by
Bear96
I wasn't thinking the airline would be the one suing (see my earlier comment about corporations wanting to avoid litigation).
I was thinking of a customer suing AA for "extortion" or one of the other things people here have been accusing airlines of when they try to enforce HCT provisions.
The "things" people have been accusing airlines of doing are mostly relevant to legal defenses, and they generally wouldn't come up unless AA itself sued.
Originally Posted by
Bear96
What? Damages are the easy part.
AA: "The customer paid to go from A to B, but actually went from A to C. The fare to go from A to B was $150, and from A to C was $250. We therefore suffered $100 in damages."
Pretend you were OP or OP's lawyer. Think about how you would say that AA didn't suffer $100 in damages. Seriously, it helps to think about both sides of this.