CNBC: Man sues airline because he got sparkling wine not Champagne
 

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/20/man-...on-flight.html

This is worse than first world problems!

Also isn't there fine print someplace that everything is dependent on route and availability? I think it is literally in the in flight magazine.

Google still has a result of "Champagne Service", but clicking through now shows
Wayback shows, from last year:
So it uses the word "Champagne" in the marketing name, specifically calling out "sparkling wine" in the description. Is Quebec learning from the US legal system?

All champagnes are sparkling wine, but not all sparkling wines are champagne.

On Sunwing I'd be more concerned about the pilot being sober, the truth be told.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...-8-months.html

Is this guy serious? Per the googles, doesn't seem like advertising champagne and serving sparkling wine rises to the level of "high-handed, malicious" and "highly reprehensible." I guess unless you're the snobbiest of wine snobs...

https://www.lindsayllp.ca/the-histor...ges-in-canada/

I suppose the judge could rule in the plaintiff's favor, award him $10, and call it a day.

Some people will complain about anything.

Or a cheap $10 of not so well known Champagne.

Or a cheap $10 bottle of sparkling wine with the word "Champagne" on the label. And make him drink it on the spot as a penalty for wasting everyone's time.

No. That just encourages them. In any sane legal system, the Registrar would refuse to lodge the case.

Yes, I assumed that was generally known.

My point was that "Champagne Service" was a brand/product name - like advertising "The World’s Most Effective" or "Less is More” or "“Better Ingredients. Better Pizza”" - which have never been held to factual standards, per US law. I'd say "Champagne Service" falls into that realm, especially when qualified with actual services. (iirc - "Puffery is not illegal and is a common method used in advertising.").

The actual description of the service being offered specifically calls for "sparkling wine".

I don't know if product marketing tag lines are legally binding in Canadia, but in the US there's no case here.

We have a couple of government authorities here that investigate consumer complaints such as these kind of things (if merited), but as to the specific case law and how this action would play out at trial re: advertising standards, I cannot answer.

BTW, here in Canada, if you sue someone and lose, you pay their legal costs.

Of course; I was being facetious.