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US Air - the excitement continues...
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:43:39 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Mike O'Dell" <mo () ccr org> Date: August 27, 2006 1:40:00 PM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: US Air - the excitement continues... Hooo boy! When did Franz Kafka take over an airline? so after the departing time of the original flight, i called back to reservations like i was instructed to do. to my considerable surprise, i was told in no uncertain terms that the agent could not do anything and that i'd have to drive to the airport to get anything done. (again, my previous experience made me doubt this as well.) "The system won't allow me to do anything to it." "Then find me a supervisor who is allowed to do it." The next thing I'm told is that the supervisor "fixed the ticket" by completely canceling all the flights including the returns!! I somehow managed to keep the expletives to myself. I was further told that to rebook all of them, now that they were completely cancelled, would be $200 per ticket (for 3 tickets already in first class). When I asked why, i was told they were non-refundable, at which point i said, "But but but but..." Doesn't matter - Cyber-Franz has declared them non-refundable and the computer is never Rong. When she the asked what credit card i wanted to use for the fees I told her "none". Boy, did that put the sabot in the gears! After a long discussion about the rules for possible treatment of "non-refundable tickets" i opted for "retaining the value of the tickets" with the claim that i'll be able to re-use the "retained value" when we get take the trip derailed by impending Hurricane Ernesto. and at that point, it will only cost me $100 per ticket incremental to use the "retained value". After having worked around FonKompanies for 15 years, I would have never believed I'd find a company more steadfastly dedicated to torturing its customers, but US Air has set a new standard for "User Fiendliness." -mo ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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