due to weather, agent rebooked me to wrong airport 7900 miles away, should I fly?
Jul 29, 2019, 8:26 am
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Jul 29, 2019, 9:11 am
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Or if Amazon makes an obvious price mistake selling a $1k item for $100, you will call them up and say "hey this is a price mistake, I don't want to steal from you. Raise it back to $1k and I will buy it"?
I guess you have never paid higher than normal price either? When you go into a store and paid double the price by impulse, and find out the real price from a store next door later, you will go into the original store and demand a refund? If they don't, obviously you will call the cops because they are stealing from you because you accidentally give them more money than worth?
Jul 29, 2019, 9:35 am
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However, if you got mailed a diamond by accident, legally you don't need to act on it. If the owner finds out the mistake, they will contact you and you will just return it.
The difference of receiving something is that's completely passive, while picking up something is not.
Actually that's exactly what's happening on this ticket. A seat on a particular flight is perishable goods, just like rolls that will go bad. And that seat will never be sold even if OP doesn't take the flight.
Jul 29, 2019, 9:44 am
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Technically, a seat on the plane is perishable/perished goods after the plane takes off, not before, if there is still a chance for it to be sold and at a high price. If the OP’s flights left at 100% full, then AA may have a claim of lost revenue, technically speaking, because they could have sold that seat, assuming it was priced more than PGV. But if his new flights had even one seat open, then there can not be such a claim. Not that this would be enforceable either way.
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Jul 29, 2019, 10:05 am
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Jul 29, 2019, 10:14 am
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So if an airline publishes an obvious mistake business fare selling for $500, you will call them and say "hey this is a mistake fare, I don't want to steal from you guys. Raise it back to $3k and I will buy it"?
Or if Amazon makes an obvious price mistake selling a $1k item for $100, you will call them up and say "hey this is a price mistake, I don't want to steal from you. Raise it back to $1k and I will buy it"?
I guess you have never paid higher than normal price either? When you go into a store and paid double the price by impulse, and find out the real price from a store next door later, you will go into the original store and demand a refund? If they don't, obviously you will call the cops because they are stealing from you because you accidentally give them more money than worth?
Or if Amazon makes an obvious price mistake selling a $1k item for $100, you will call them up and say "hey this is a price mistake, I don't want to steal from you. Raise it back to $1k and I will buy it"?
I guess you have never paid higher than normal price either? When you go into a store and paid double the price by impulse, and find out the real price from a store next door later, you will go into the original store and demand a refund? If they don't, obviously you will call the cops because they are stealing from you because you accidentally give them more money than worth?
If I buy a plane ticket to PGV, and due to IRROPs an agent gives me a ticket to PVG, a normal person would clearly understand that is an error.
Jul 29, 2019, 10:35 am
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Jul 29, 2019, 12:24 pm
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Jul 29, 2019, 1:30 pm
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Maybe AA put him on the long flight to help solve a weight and balance issue or to show increased passenger volume on long haul flights in order to keep a routing. Ever think of that?
He could have been helping them by flying and thus AA did it on purpose.
He could have been helping them by flying and thus AA did it on purpose.
Jul 29, 2019, 2:47 pm
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Well, the thread has taken a turn for the worst, so we shall close it down for now. The OP can send an alert to the mod team to reopen the thread for updates later. /Moderator