5 things airlines won't tell you about weather delays
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:14 am
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/travelti ... index.html
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t's very convenient to put weather over any other shortcomings," says Henry Harteveldt, an airline analyst with Forrester Research. Why? Because under most airline contracts of carriages -- the legal agreements between you and the airlines -- weather is considered an "Act of God" and it basically means the carrier owes passengers nothing. "They don't have to offer you accommodations, meals or hotel vouchers," he says. "It's a giant loophole that the airline likes to fly through