LH Gave away my suit coat and promised to reimburse-Now they won't...
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They offered to pay $270 for the jacket, which is apparently 50% of what he spent, so sounds like the jacket cost $540? LH/LX have reimbursed me far more for my luggage that they've damaged (we're talking about thousands here).
And frankly it shouldn't be a factor that the jacket cost what it cost. LH made a mistake, and they should make the passenger whole. If there was a limit regarding reimbursement, the crew should've communicated that limit clearly (like the credit card companies do on lost luggage insurance, etc.).
$500 is par for the course for a professional looking sport coat for an important meeting, if not on the lower side. I assume OP didn't have time to bargain hunt in the Bahrain Filine's Basement.
And frankly it shouldn't be a factor that the jacket cost what it cost. LH made a mistake, and they should make the passenger whole. If there was a limit regarding reimbursement, the crew should've communicated that limit clearly (like the credit card companies do on lost luggage insurance, etc.).
$500 is par for the course for a professional looking sport coat for an important meeting, if not on the lower side. I assume OP didn't have time to bargain hunt in the Bahrain Filine's Basement.
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Every employee of LH is a representative, and if they say one thing, LH should stand by their word. And if the response is that the company is too large, that LH can't possibly manage what every employee says in this regard, that's their problem.
FWIW the ground staff in Bahrain were great upon arrival
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I didn't know there was fine print on this.
I think LH should still fully reimburse because of what the FA said to the passenger. Every employee of LH is a representative, and if they say one thing, LH should stand by their word. And if the response is that the company is too large, that LH can't possibly manage what every employee says in this regard, that's their problem. They need to train their employees better.
I think LH should still fully reimburse because of what the FA said to the passenger. Every employee of LH is a representative, and if they say one thing, LH should stand by their word. And if the response is that the company is too large, that LH can't possibly manage what every employee says in this regard, that's their problem. They need to train their employees better.
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For lost items it is 100 percent of the current value. And this is not the price of new item, but for the value of the lost item. Might make a difference or not. And we are not talking about delayed or,lost checked baggage but by a clear mistake of LH.
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In this case since its a mistake of LH the correct thing to do would be putting that fully right & paying up.
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(And yes I am aware that Swiss law is not applicable in this case but I don't happen to be fluent in all other countires laws but I'm quite certain there is a similar thing ing erman law)
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This is fortunately not what the Schwizer Obligationenrecht says. If you were correct there would be no need for Prokuristen and Handlungsbevollmchtigte. A flight attendent has fortunately no what so ever statutory PoA under relevant German law (and only this is applicable if it comes to representation of a German Corporate) and very limited contractual PoA.
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This is fortunately not what the Schwizer Obligationenrecht says. If you were correct there would be no need for Prokuristen and Handlungsbevollmchtigte. A flight attendent has fortunately no what so ever statutory PoA under relevant German law (and only this is applicable if it comes to representation of a German Corporate) and very limited contractual PoA.
The rule I was referring to goes into consumer protection, where a person makes a contract with an employee of a firm and the firm later decides to backtrack based on the explanation that said employee had no rights to make such a contract. As mentioned above it'd have to be a reasonable (for example the employee offers the consumer 250$ to take a later flight, the airline later decides to not pay out). In that case a court ruling would probably favor the consumer as he had no reason to believe the employee was overstepping in offering this.
As if an employee offers you to buy lufthansa group for 100$ it's probably fairly obvious that they are overstepping their boundaries...
I currently don't have time to search the file on which I am basing my argument on, but will do so later.
In the case of OP I'm not even sure the promise of reimbursement can be qualified as a contract.
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And customer services dont get that promises were made on behalf of the company
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To clarify: I'm not talking about the normal "proffessional" business of making contracts (i.e. for example ordering airplanes) and I am quite aware that to make contracts of such magnituted you need a person with the rights of the firm to do so. I'm talking about the contracts a firm like Lufthansa makes with a consumer: Like an upgrade buy up where the MdC offers an upgrade for like 1000$ to a pax (which is a contract) or an agent at a check-in desk that or an agent at the gate doing the same or other things of which most interactions are contracts (i.e we pay you 250$ to take a later flight, this would certainly qualify as a contract).
The rule I was referring to goes into consumer protection, where a person makes a contract with an employee of a firm and the firm later decides to backtrack based on the explanation that said employee had no rights to make such a contract. As mentioned above it'd have to be a reasonable (for example the employee offers the consumer 250$ to take a later flight, the airline later decides to not pay out). In that case a court ruling would probably favor the consumer as he had no reason to believe the employee was overstepping in offering this.
As if an employee offers you to buy lufthansa group for 100$ it's probably fairly obvious that they are overstepping their boundaries...
I currently don't have time to search the file on which I am basing my argument on, but will do so later.
In the case of OP I'm not even sure the promise of reimbursement can be qualified as a contract.
The rule I was referring to goes into consumer protection, where a person makes a contract with an employee of a firm and the firm later decides to backtrack based on the explanation that said employee had no rights to make such a contract. As mentioned above it'd have to be a reasonable (for example the employee offers the consumer 250$ to take a later flight, the airline later decides to not pay out). In that case a court ruling would probably favor the consumer as he had no reason to believe the employee was overstepping in offering this.
As if an employee offers you to buy lufthansa group for 100$ it's probably fairly obvious that they are overstepping their boundaries...
I currently don't have time to search the file on which I am basing my argument on, but will do so later.
In the case of OP I'm not even sure the promise of reimbursement can be qualified as a contract.
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I'm just saying that in contrary to what has been said, when an employee makes a contract with a consumer and with that overstepping his authority, this does not always automatically mean the contract is void. As always, it does depend on the situation...
And I don't think a lot of pax actually now what cabin crew members are allowed and not allowed to do regarding promising compensation etc...
But this is getting a little OT now.
OP, has the other passenger managed to returned your original jacket?
And I don't think a lot of pax actually now what cabin crew members are allowed and not allowed to do regarding promising compensation etc...
But this is getting a little OT now.
OP, has the other passenger managed to returned your original jacket?
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I'm just saying that in contrary to what has been said, when an employee makes a contract with a consumer and with that overstepping his authority, this does not always automatically mean the contract is void. As always, it does depend on the situation...