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The worst case for these airlines is always just a refund for whatever money they took in the first place. Someone could make a killing making a fake airline,

The worst case for these airlines is always just a refund for whatever money they took in the first place. Someone could make a killing making a fake airline, taking payments for flights, and then cancelling every single flight and only refunding the people who fight back hard enough.

simoncion 3y ago
> Someone could make a killing making a fake airline, taking payments for flights... Given how (relatively) significantly-regulated airlines are in the US, I doubt that this would work for long, and I expect that the FAA would make sure that the company lost a substantial amount of money for trying that shit.
joecool1029 3y ago
> Someone could make a killing making a fake airline, taking payments for flights, and then cancelling every single flight and only refunding the people who fight back hard enough. They did, it's called Air Canada. I was scammed out of Japan tickets by them during COVID, they have still not refunded me and they expired the credit for the tickets. I have tried every customer support avenue to no avail. It's a scam airline.
- bpye 3y ago
  Canada introduced new regulations in response to cases like yours [0]. It required some persistence but Air Canada did abide by the regulations in my case last year. My flight from Vancouver to Toronto was delayed by a couple hours and I missed the connection to Edinburgh. They, as required, booked replacement flights via Air France (not a partner airline) as the next Air Canada or partner airline route would have departed more than 9 hours late. [0] - https://rppa-appr.ca/eng/right/flight-delays-and-cancellations https://rppa-appr.ca/eng/right/flight-delays-and-cancellatio...
- alright2565 3y ago
  Apologies for the off-topic reply here, but they've just fixed the ipv6 issues with gtlib by removing the AAAA records.
  - joecool1029 3y ago
    Thanks, I thought I would die of old age before that got resolved.

simoncion 3y ago

> Someone could make a killing making a fake airline, taking payments for flights... Given how (relatively) significantly-regulated airlines are in the US, I doubt that this would work for long, and I expect that the FAA would make sure that the company lost a substantial amount of money for trying that shit.

joecool1029 3y ago

> Someone could make a killing making a fake airline, taking payments for flights, and then cancelling every single flight and only refunding the people who fight back hard enough. They did, it's called Air Canada. I was scammed out of Japan tickets by them during COVID, they have still not refunded me and they expired the credit for the tickets. I have tried every customer support avenue to no avail. It's a scam airline.

bpye 3y ago
Canada introduced new regulations in response to cases like yours [0]. It required some persistence but Air Canada did abide by the regulations in my case last year. My flight from Vancouver to Toronto was delayed by a couple hours and I missed the connection to Edinburgh. They, as required, booked replacement flights via Air France (not a partner airline) as the next Air Canada or partner airline route would have departed more than 9 hours late. [0] - https://rppa-appr.ca/eng/right/flight-delays-and-cancellations https://rppa-appr.ca/eng/right/flight-delays-and-cancellatio...
alright2565 3y ago
Apologies for the off-topic reply here, but they've just fixed the ipv6 issues with gtlib by removing the AAAA records.
- joecool1029 3y ago
  Thanks, I thought I would die of old age before that got resolved.