again your missing the point, your examples showed for 9AM opposed to the last flight of the day, so either everyone has to be dissatisfied by 2 customers that were inconvenienced by ATC not the airline, and they will not have an extra plane to take 2 people down, thats why they offered the next available flight which was in the morning, so the airline acted responsible by putting them on their next flight.
That when the customer decided to take their business elsewhere, meaning they ended yhe contract and US airs responsibility to get them to the final destination, it is not US airs fault the customers paid for another flight, that is totally the customers responsibility as they CHOSE to do that, and in either case, many parents with babies carry enough food and baby needs for unforseen events
So should they get refunded the $511 or however it was? no, it was the customer who breached the contract, not the airline, again they made other arrangements
and there is something called distressed passengers that get massive discounts at hotels, so they could get a room for $120 at a 4 star hotel in many situations. And even by your math, if they waited for the flight the next morning, it still would have been cheaper, so if they brought the ickets believing that they would be refunded than thats just naiive and they shouldnt be refunded for breaking the contract.
The airline did what they could, and it wasn't good enough for them and now they are expecting the airline to "bail them out" since they went else where, which as a breach in its own mind.
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