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Old Nov 6, 2021, 4:05 pm
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HNLbasedFlyer
 
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Originally Posted by jimmc66
Why should people traveling with custom equipment like this not be required to have insurance for it?
I'm not even sure places insure those things - regardless, UA agreed to fork over the $30,000 for a new one. Cost wasn't the issue. The issue apparently what the time needed to actually make a new custom one and the non-custom one was a problem but UA can't do anything about that.
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