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Would you want to stay there again if they triple charge you and do not want to fix it? That's called theft. Would you want to work with a business that is nonc

by jules 4y ago

Would you want to stay there again if they triple charge you and do not want to fix it? That's called theft. Would you want to work with a business that is nonchalant about stealing from you? I bet the hotel would not be so nonchalant about you stealing 2x of the cost of the hotel room from them. I made the mistake of not using a credit card to pay for an airline ticket. They canceled my flight at the last moment with no reason given, did not want to provide alternative transportation, and only offered to refund 80 euros of "credits" tied to that airline (far less than what I paid for the flight!). I never want to use that airline again, and would happily chargeback.

closewith 4y ago
I would definitely try to avoid using a hotel chain that overcharged me, but the unfortunately reality is that the chains (like airlines) are so big that you do meaningfully reduce your options in the future.
bartread 4y ago
> I never want to use that airline again, and would happily chargeback. The problem with that idea is that sometimes Airline X is the only game in town for certain destinations. I have an Airline X that screwed my then girlfriend now fiancee and I over rather badly last year, forcing us to fly a day later than planned, with knock on impacts on our plans/schedule. Airline X are a bunch of unregenerate, dishonest scoundrels who I'd cheerfully feed into a running woodchipper but the strongest position I can realistically take is that, where a viable alternative to Airline X is available, even if it's a bit more inconvenient or expensive, I'll use that alternative. However, sometimes a combination of scheduling, availability, outbound airport, destination, and other constraints make it either literally impossible or practically impossible to avoid using Airline X. So a few months after the unpleasant occurrence last year I had to use them once again for a one way flight because they were the only viable option. It pained me to hand over the money, and it pained me even more to watch them single out somebody in the queue for reasons that are obscure to me and make their life extremely unpleasant even though, apparently, they'd paid for the bag they were trying to bring aboard. Scumbags. But I still needed to get home. So I can't afford to get barred by them.

by jules 4y ago

closewith 4y ago

I would definitely try to avoid using a hotel chain that overcharged me, but the unfortunately reality is that the chains (like airlines) are so big that you do meaningfully reduce your options in the future.

bartread 4y ago

> I never want to use that airline again, and would happily chargeback. The problem with that idea is that sometimes Airline X is the only game in town for certain destinations. I have an Airline X that screwed my then girlfriend now fiancee and I over rather badly last year, forcing us to fly a day later than planned, with knock on impacts on our plans/schedule. Airline X are a bunch of unregenerate, dishonest scoundrels who I'd cheerfully feed into a running woodchipper but the strongest position I can realistically take is that, where a viable alternative to Airline X is available, even if it's a bit more inconvenient or expensive, I'll use that alternative. However, sometimes a combination of scheduling, availability, outbound airport, destination, and other constraints make it either literally impossible or practically impossible to avoid using Airline X. So a few months after the unpleasant occurrence last year I had to use them once again for a one way flight because they were the only viable option. It pained me to hand over the money, and it pained me even more to watch them single out somebody in the queue for reasons that are obscure to me and make their life extremely unpleasant even though, apparently, they'd paid for the bag they were trying to bring aboard. Scumbags. But I still needed to get home. So I can't afford to get barred by them.