Originally Posted by eightmillionmiler
On the other hand, do you think that a policy that just revokes the rest of the ticket and leaves someone stranded 10,000 miles from home is reasonable? This was a special case not a desire on my part to reschedule or visit different countries.
What exactly was so "special" about this case? You made a mistake, and were solely responsible for it.
Why on earth would AA even check for a Russian visa, since you were flying to a totally different country? AY (and not AA) would have been responsible for transporting you back to HEL, since they were the ones, who brought you to LED.