Jesus Christ. Airlines REALLY dont want to give your money back...

[Krynn72]

So I was looking at prices for airline tickets, and looked up the refund policy...

Trip Cancellation/Trip Interruption

In the event You are prevented from taking or completing Your Flight because:

(a) You, a Traveling Companion, or an Immediate Family member suffers an Injury, Sickness, or death; or
(b) You or Your Traveling Companion
(i) are hijacked, quarantined, required to serve on a jury, or subpoenaed;
(ii) has a principal residence made uninhabitable by fire, flood, volcano, earthquake, hurricane, or other natural disaster; or
(iii) are directly involved in a documented traffic accident while en route to departure;

If You sustain an Injury (1) while as a passenger in, on, boarding, or alighting from an air conveyance organized and licensed for the transportation of passengers for hire; or (2) being struck or run down by an aircraft which results in death or loss of limb, eyesight, speech, or hearing within 365 days of the date of the accident; the Insurer will pay the largest applicable amount as follows: the benefit amount shown in the Schedule of Coverages for death, loss of speech and hearing in both ears, or loss of any combination of two hands, feet, or eyes; one-half the benefit amount for loss of any one of these; and one quarter the benefit amount for loss of thumb and index finger of the same hand. In no event will the Insurer pay more than the maximum benefit amount shown on the Schedule of Coverages for all losses due to the same accident.

So basically, unless something happens that completely and utterly destroys your life as you know it, you wont get your money back. Also, you need to pay 15 bucks to be eligible for even that amount of coverage.




What... the... fuck.

 

[Darkside55]

I don't see a problem with any of this. What's $15? Plus, what're the odds you're even going to get caught in any of those situations?

And at least you're covered if you do.

 

[Raziaar]

We're hijacking this plane! Pilot, fly into the volcano!


Retarded shit, truly. Also my post makes no sense.

Also, I'm going to bed.

 

[Darkside55]

We're hijacking this plane! Pilot, fly into the volcano!

That's happened before.

Spoiler

thetans

 

[Krynn72]

I don't see a problem with any of this. What's $15? Plus, what're the odds you're even going to get caught in any of those situations?

The odds are several million to one. Which is the point. Its ridiculous what you have to go through in order to get your money back. And come on. You, of all people, should know what 15 bucks is worth. There are plenty of fantastically awesome things you can get for 15 bucks. You can't tell me that theres nothing you'd rather spend it on.

 

[highlander]

Volcano insurance!

 

[Kamikazie]

What happens if my flight is delayed. Permanently.

 

[Krynn72]

Then I think we know what to do...

 

[G(ordon)-man]

But what if during the flight hell comes to earth? Who's sending it back?

 

[Eejit]

Sorry, no refunds if you're in a coma.

 

[Dynasty]

Well I guess if you take into consideration the fact that they couldve put someone else onto the plane instead, but now cant, then they have the right to keep your money?

Its all about bookings. Without them, the airline wouldnt exist. Simple as.

 

[Pesmerga]

Their flight was delayed. Permanently.

 

[mechanicallizard]

F*** insurance. ive never had anything insured. if something breaks, its broken.im always annoyed in
places like england when people say "you cant drive my car your not insured". gtfo

 

[Eejit]

What's wrong with that? How would you feel if some uninsured cockmunch crashed into you and it turned out he had no money to pay for your repairs?

 

[Pesmerga]

Insurance is an economically sound concept that helps people pay for emergencies and unpredictable turns of events. Insurance companies profit because small payments from a large amount of people is greater than the price of paying off large quantities to a small amount of people.

The problem with insurance companies is the lack of smart regulation lets those companies exploit their own necessity.

 

[mechanicallizard]

here in zambia the polite thing to do is drive off as quick as you can.they dont know anything about
roads. 75% of them think that the speed bump is a crossing, so they all walk on it.

but i guess it annoys me cos i havent grown up with that kind of thing. like i said, when someone hits
you in a car, youre just like oh f*** you and thats it, not OMG IM GOING TO CLAIM BEATCH!

 

[Darkside55]

You, of all people, should know what 15 bucks is worth. There are plenty of fantastically awesome things you can get for 15 bucks. You can't tell me that theres nothing you'd rather spend it on.

You're talking to a guy who, earlier this year, bought a plane ticket to LA and decided to spend a few hundred dollars extra just so I could be A1. Just for the sake of being called first and sitting in the first seat in first class on a spur of the moment trip. For this, I spent a few hundred dollars that I didn't have to on a flight that lasted the better part of one hour. Regardless of what $15 does buy, it's nothing. It's less than a pittance. It's like...I can't even call $15 "wipe my ass" money. It's less than even that. So if the airline were to tell me, "Want to buy $15 insurance just in case we crash into a volcano?" Dude, I'll take three.

Even if we're not anywhere NEAR a volcano.

Because then I can tell people, "Son, I'm so goddamned rich I bought VOLCANO INSURANCE."

 

[Eejit]

See you coulda saved that money towards buying a computer that can play TF2 to record some videos for Crispy.

 

[Darkside55]

At the time I had a $4300 rig at work, so I didn't think of saving any money for buying a computer for myself. No foresight.