Oh I understand what you are saying. There are alot of things I would have done differently in retrospect. But being the gullible passenger I was back in May I actually believed the man when he told me the rules had changed mid way through my journey. I checked the allowances online and weighed the bags before going to the airport and as I said the airport scale said 22 lbs which is 10 kilos. The agent was in the wrong, and he knew it. If not then, then soon after I left the counter because he made the effort to put a lie in my notes. I didn't know then about contracts of carriage or passenger rights, etc. Live and learn.
It really ticked me off with the manner in which is asked me to pay the $200 as well. The airline asks this as if it is pennies, but for lots of us we actually have to save and budget for such trips. I had already paid $140 for the privilege of extending my stay as I found out while visiting my Father that he had Leukemia and I wanted to stay with him while he went through emergency chemo therapy. I had stayed 3 weeks longer than expected and was spent out. I started to put it on my credit card but was so angry with the situation that I decided I would rather pay someone else if I was going to have to pay anyone.
Your wrong though, Delta should be expected to reimburse me the expense of getting my daughters things back because I was asked to pay in violation of their contract of carriage and truthfully I didn't have $200 to pay them at the time so I have made other arrangements. But this expense is due to their negligence. But I don't expect they will do anything about it. If I had in fact paid the $200 at the airport I would still in the same situation because of the lie. They would be saying the bag was overweight so I was charged correctly so I would have no recourse even then. Pardon the expression, but damed if you do, damed if don't .
Maybe I won't get any compensation, but I wanted people to know about it because it is just wrong.
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