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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 6:22 am
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
Given both that EK operates in Australia and that it actively markets its programs in a way that may be deemed to constitute false advertising per (any) local laws applicable, pursuing EK locally may work; and if a judgment against them is handed down by the local courts then collecting locally may be possible although not necessarily easy.
I swear I heard a story on FlyerTalk about someone procuring an order for a sheriff to seize an aircraft, and when they showed it to a ticket agent, corporate ordered the ticket agent to pay the judgment out of her till.

Or maybe I was just having a really happy dream...
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