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Subject:	Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Mon, 8 Mar 1999 03:19:43 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote: > > Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote: > > Yes, but dirt, wet, straps torn off, scratches, or rips in the material > > are all "normal wear and tear", so, **essentially**, no. > > I would think that if you forced an airline employee to sign a receipt > for your luggage stating that it had none of those things that if you > get it back with damage you can demonstrate that it wasn't nomral wear > and tear YOU caused. I've tried. They won't. You can waste lots of time trying, though. Also, it doesn't matter the cause, the point is that they claim that rips THEY cause are part of the luggage "protecting its contents" process and therefore normal. Therefore I carry on because I am then master of the fate of the luggage. When airline employees try to make me check things because there aren't enough bins I point this out. At length. It typically does not make them happy, but I usually can get it stowed in first class. However, let me point out that all this seething discontent usually roils beneath the surface. My public demeanor to employees, who are implementing policy, after all, is usually quite pleasant. This is a good strategy because I have several times been bumped from flights and just smiled. The guy next to me who started in on them gets nothing, I get a travel voucher. I have gotten over 3000 worth of travel vouchers by smiling at misfortune. My travails this weekend (I didn't get home till 9 PM saturday) netted me 500 from NorthWest. -- Larry Piniazek http://my.voyager.net/lar Stop the FDIC from spying on us! Go to http://www.defendyourprivacy.com and sign the petition. For me: No voyager e-mail please. All snail-mail to Ada, please. - Posting Binaries to RTL causes flamage... Don't do it, please. - Stick to the facts when posting about others, please. - This is a family newsgroup, thanks.

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		Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
(...) <snipped Mr. Nice Guy> <Customer relations anecdote> Having once worked as a bank teller I try to do the same thing because I really appreciated it when folks that had problems would come in and calmly state their case, and then patiently wait (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
(...) _bumped_ from a flight? You mean, as in, you've payed for a ticket, plane leaves on time, you were there, but there was no room for you because some bigwig payed them bigtime to get in ahead of you? Is that _legal_?! Jasper (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
(...) I would think that if you forced an airline employee to sign a receipt for your luggage stating that it had none of those things that if you get it back with damage you can demonstrate that it wasn't nomral wear and tear YOU caused. A pipe (...) (26 years ago, 7-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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