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You cannot just make up one sided terms and conditions, it would be thrown out in court. When I buy something, I should not need an hour to read a contract. A

You cannot just make up one sided terms and conditions, it would be thrown out in court. When I buy something, I should not need an hour to read a contract. Airlines are able to get away with this cause they haven't been challenged in courts. But once challenged, it will be deemed illegal.

URSpider94 9y ago
That's patently untrue. The USA and other countries in fact specifically have laws and regulations covering how airlines must handle overbooking situations. I suggest you Google "is airline overbooking legal?" Literally, the very first link returned is titled "here's why it's legal for airlines to kick you off your flight" http://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/here-s-why-it-s-legal-airlines-kick-you-your-n745106 http://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/here-s-why-it-s-legal...
- e59d134d 9y ago
  Thanks but it still didn't explain why it is legal. It just said it was standard procedure. Sure there are laws covering overbooking situation but that doesn't mean the actual idea of overbooking has gone through legal scrutiny.
  - URSpider94 9y ago
    Here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/ct-airlines-often-oversell-flights-bump-passengers-20170410-story.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/ct-airlines-... Not only is it specifically legal, the regulations actually state that airlines have to give passengers a pamphlet spelling out their legal rights if bumped, and how much a passenger must be compensated if they are bumped. If it were illegal, don't you think the pamphlet would say "hey, the airline can't do this to you?" What kind of legal scrutiny are you looking for? And do you not think that, among the tens of thousands of passengers who are involuntarily bumped in a year, not one of them would have challenged this in court by now?

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You cannot just make up one sided terms and conditions, it would be thrown out in court. When I buy something, I should not need an hour to read a contract. A

by e59d134d 9y ago

URSpider94 9y ago
That's patently untrue. The USA and other countries in fact specifically have laws and regulations covering how airlines must handle overbooking situations. I suggest you Google "is airline overbooking legal?" Literally, the very first link returned is titled "here's why it's legal for airlines to kick you off your flight" http://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/here-s-why-it-s-legal-airlines-kick-you-your-n745106 http://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/here-s-why-it-s-legal...
- e59d134d 9y ago
  Thanks but it still didn't explain why it is legal. It just said it was standard procedure. Sure there are laws covering overbooking situation but that doesn't mean the actual idea of overbooking has gone through legal scrutiny.
  - URSpider94 9y ago
    Here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/ct-airlines-often-oversell-flights-bump-passengers-20170410-story.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/ct-airlines-... Not only is it specifically legal, the regulations actually state that airlines have to give passengers a pamphlet spelling out their legal rights if bumped, and how much a passenger must be compensated if they are bumped. If it were illegal, don't you think the pamphlet would say "hey, the airline can't do this to you?" What kind of legal scrutiny are you looking for? And do you not think that, among the tens of thousands of passengers who are involuntarily bumped in a year, not one of them would have challenged this in court by now?