Originally Posted by
bdemaria
And in the interest of fairness, if AA were to refund your money, then the following would also be necessary:
You have a choice of Flight A (6:00 am departure) for 200.00 and Flight B (8:30 am departure) for 350.00, you don't want to get up at 4:00 am but you still book flight A b/c it is cheaper. It gets canceled and AA rebooks you on Flight B - the more expensive flight - so you then owe AA $150.00.
you are missing a very important point.
AA is dumping me on a more expensive flight (albeit one that i did not choose), so it's their problem to eat the fare difference. they would never have a cause of action against me when they are forcing schedule changes.
i see no logical relevance in your example.
a more accurate use of your hypothetical: in your example, if i oversleep the flight (as opposed to it being canceled), AA could possibly charge me hundreds and hundreds of dollars (a lot more than your $150) or preclude me from flying altogether depending on availability.
in that situation, it is my fault, and i am forced to take responsibility. if i have irregular ops, i can assure that AA doesn't care.