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AMERICAN AIRLINES

Is this enough compensation for a ‘difficult’ journey?

February 5, 2024November 3, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

Air travel can be hard. It’s been that way since the dawn of commercial aviation — and people like Robert Oliver know it.

Categories Is This Enough Compensation?
If I've seen Lee Wendkos's case once, I've seen it a hundred times. Delayed on his way to Europe, he tried to invoke EU 261.

The American way of following European consumer protection laws

February 2, 2024April 7, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

If I’ve seen Lee Wendkos’s case once, I’ve seen it a hundred times. Delayed on his way to Europe, he tried to invoke EU 261.

Categories Case Dismissed
Economy class airline seats are small consider what happened to Deana Worth on a recent American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Miami.

An airline seat dispute quickly spirals out of control

February 2, 2024March 31, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

Economy class airline seats are small consider what happened to Deana Worth on a recent American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Miami.

Categories Is This Enough Compensation?
Viviane Tran and her husband are flying from Washington to Tokyo on US Airways for their honeymoon in April.

Can someone please help save Viviane Tran’s honeymoon?

February 1, 2024March 19, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

Viviane Tran and her husband are flying from Washington to Tokyo on US Airways for their honeymoon in April.

Categories Advocacy
American Airlines, has a policy of either offering a 24-hour hold on a reservation, or selling you a ticket with all the usual restrictions.

Is American Airlines cheating on the 24-hour rule?

May 24, 2024March 16, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

American Airlines, has a policy of either offering a 24-hour hold on a reservation, or selling you a ticket with all the usual restrictions.

Categories Advocacy
For Emma Basch and her family, a recent airline flight from Washington to New York was a pure nightmare from start to finish.

American Airlines is “sorry” about the flight attendant who had a psychotic breakdown

January 29, 2024February 3, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

For Emma Basch and her family, a recent airline flight from Washington to New York was a pure nightmare from start to finish.

Categories Is This Enough Compensation?
When Arthur Waskow and Phyllis Berman cancel their flight, Expedia offers them credit for a year. But that’s not entirely correct.

Help! Expedia reneged on our credit offer

January 29, 2024January 9, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

When Arthur Waskow and Phyllis Berman cancel their flight, Expedia offers them credit for a year. But that’s not entirely correct.

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
It is perhaps one of the most glaring double standards in the travel industry: Airline is under no obligation to keep its schedule.

They didn’t keep their published schedule – why do we have to pay?

January 29, 2024October 27, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

It is perhaps one of the most glaring double standards in the travel industry: Airline is under no obligation to keep its schedule.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
Ed Zielinski isn't a novice flier and neither is his 15-year-old poodle. They pay a $125 pet carry-on fee, and the trio boards the plane.

Does flying poodle deserve a straight answer about his carrier?

January 29, 2024October 13, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

Ed Zielinski isn’t a novice flier and neither is his 15-year-old poodle. They pay a $125 pet carry-on fee, and the trio boards the plane.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
When Kristen Nordlund’s American Airlines flight is canceled, she’s promised a refund. But it never arrives. What now?

Hey American Airlines, where’s the refund for my canceled flight?

January 28, 2024August 29, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

When Kristen Nordlund’s American Airlines flight is canceled, she’s promised a refund. But it never arrives. What now?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
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