UAs Official Response to HKG Ticketing/IT Error: Redeem @ Correct Amount or Redeposit
#3932
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Join Date: Nov 1999
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Can you please post what it is exactly that you are smoking or drinking so that I can stay far away from it. Its been over 2 months and if the DOT was going to do anything be rest assured they would have. They dont need 2 months or more to work thru it
#3933
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Bureacracy works slower than you believe. UA has done their game theory and pro et contra. Based on what DOT may decide, they picked what they estimated would give the best total outcome.
#3934
Join Date: Jul 2005
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What about "We will notify you once the DOT makes its decision" says to you if they were going to do or say something, they would have already done so?
#3936
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 797
What happened? This thread was entertaining but has now been dormant. Still waiting for something from the DOT?
#3938
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#3939
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Rather than require UA to re-instate the tickets, the DOT could just fine UA some dollar amount and close the case.
#3940
Join Date: Dec 2011
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Thats the only thing they are empowered to do. What has yet to be determined is whether they'll make the fine high enough to induce UA to reinstate them.
#3941
Join Date: Sep 2009
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IMO, I think this is basically over. I am not sure there will even be a fine. I know nothing has been decided, but, as the weeks go on, I think this will just fade away.
#3942
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I'm still waiting to go watch my first big court case but haven't heard of any . Guess the supreme courts busy.
What's even more interesting is the DOT does not report back to the one filing a complaint. They make the airline do it
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#3943
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#3944
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Have you actually read that McDonald's case? There is much more to it than most people think. It could have been settled for a few thousand in Doctors bills, and should have been settled. McDonald's was on notice from prior lawsuits for serving what amounted to a dangerous product, and the women in question suffered second degree burns. The only stupid thing about this case is the way McDonald's handled it.
Of course there were morons who sued McDs, there are lots of grifters and hungry lawyers who will file against a deep pocket company with the notion of buying a lotto ticket.
Me too. I am waiting for the first person to report filing small claims and a trial date. Almost worth flying in for entertainment value.
#3945
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 26
DoT told me and many others that they will let us know personally when a decision is made. So while they may have United respond to the complaints they will also inform many of the people that filed a complaint that a decision has been made