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The reason people buy flight insurance is because they reasonably deduce the flight might be cancelled.
by ErikVandeWater 6y ago
The reason people buy flight insurance is because they reasonably deduce the flight might be cancelled.
- jacobr1 6y agoThere is a line (fuzzy line, granted) between the general possibility and specific knowledge. An example might be: flying to the southeast coastal areas during hurricane season. There is an increased likelihood based on historical evidence of the weather canceling flights. But nothing specific. Once a storm is a named, has tracks with predicted (but still not certain) dates and locations, there is much more specific evidence. This type of situation is very difficult to write rules to handle every case, but we can create rules of thumb that the courts at least will tend to be even-handed about.
- close04 6y agoThere's also a clear line between specific knowledge ("I know for a fact Company X will cancel flights starting next week") and reasonable deduction ("many times it rained heavily they cancelled flights"). I get why the first one is unacceptable but the wording in their agreement fits the second one.