Ouch. I could see him reading that and his face boiling. I hope LX does not back down.

Why?

Agreed, and, this isn't even a valid battle worth fighting.

He actually bought First class tickets on his own, to pursue compensatory damages lol.

Lol. Buying a ticket to manufacture damages when you had no intention of traveling until you tried to take advantage of what you knew to be a mistake. Probably a good thing he isn't a member of a bar, as this sort of conduct would cause trouble with the disciplinary authorities.

The affirmative defenses here just get better and better: failure to mitigate, mutual mistake, unclean hands. It's turning into a contracts final hypothetical issue spotter.

Hopefully, barbri gave him his money back when he failed, or let him keep his books or something...

And he took his 14 month old son in Swiss F too ....

Oh boy...I expect a series of at least 20 posts about this...remember the Ethiopian saga?

And of course blogging about his intentions ("strategy") makes it even worse. I assume (hope) he used Chase or AmEx points to "buy" these tickets through AmEx or Chase travel services and didn't actually lay out his own cash for this scheme.

And that, after all, is the point of the whole stunt at this stage.

Some of his arguments are just laughable such as:
Really? SWISS F is his only option to get back to the US? Interesting. No idea if that argument could hold any water in a lawsuit but from a common sense standpoint (and someone who has traveled worldwide with their little one) it's a ridiculous statement to make.

The comments to his post from yesterday are entertaining, both from the clueless cheerleaders to the people questioning him on it.

It wouldn't. At all. A judge would have the same reaction you have. Maybe more so.

How exactly did you deduct that?

Scarring the kid for life?

Or maybe not.

Following up on an earlier post, I thought it would be fun to turn this behavior into a law school final exam question. Granted, it is far easier than the exams I took in law school, but it is a fun exercise. I wrote it up in the format of an actual law school final, so could be fun for the lawyers and non-lawyers alike. It's too long to post here, but I've posted it on my blog at Travel Blogger Malpractice and a Contracts Law School Exam Hypo – You Went Where???. Happy to discuss the right answers here, and will also post an explanatory answer after folks have had a chance. So whip out those bluebooks (or I guess computers).

Yes they would. Without a doubt.

You sure it's not in the from of a palm reader final exam? Seems like some of the facts stated could only be sourced to a crystal ball, and the others are simply wrong (or 'altered for dramatic effect').

Based on a couple rulings in 'mistake fare' category I've seen, I have plenty of doubt.