Originally Posted by
TheDudeAbides
I generally only ask to be “made whole” and have never requested additional “compensation.” I doubt AA would pay my hourly rate in any case. There have been times when AA has thrown a few miles my way in an effort to be proactive, which I genuinely appreciate. I’d say your situation is a 5-15k miles type event.
I share your frustration with the AA trick of blaming a totally obvious mechanical delay on “weather” if there is light rain anywhere in North America.
Yep, that's fair, so that's why I wanted to get a baseline of what to expect. I was thinking 10-15k as well.
Originally Posted by
Eastbay1K
"Extract out of them?" AA will give you whatever crumbs it chooses. Meanwhile your topic is misleading because "bad incomeptence" would mean things were functioning well.
If you take what they initially offer, then yeah. If you are persistent and use available resources, it is very possible to get increased amounts.
I think you made it all up! /s
I'd say 10k miles, that's what I got for an overnight delay.
Yep. Around 10k would be my initial thought, but when you add in the flat out rudeness of the AC staff and their massive operational failures that could have prevented 95% of this, I'll probably shoot for 15k + expenses.
Thanks all for the baseline on what to expect.