Laut Aufsichtsbehörde bot Air Canada keine Rückerstattungen oder Umbuchungen an und verhängte eine Geldstrafe von über 400.000 US-Dollar

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/air-canada-failed-to-offer-refunds-or-rebooking-fined-more-than-400k-regulator-says/

13 Kommentare

  1. $400k is just the cost of doing business. If fines aren’t actually going to hurt nothing is going to change.

  2. magicbaconmachine on

    We need better protection from Air Canada. They have been screwing over customers for decades. Their anti-consumer reputation is well known. Fines are just a cost they factor in. We are very limited in Canada to a select few airlines, so consumers have very little choice in most situations to fly with this airline, even after being screwed over repeatedly. We need to find a way to legally force them to behave through heavier regulations. I have been screwed over with canceled flights and lost lost luggage too many times now that I just expect it at this point. Flying with airlines in Asia or Europe is an entire different experience.

  3. Customers bilked out of more that $400k and that fine is definitely not going people that were affected. Fines should equal the amount stolen plus 10%.

  4. kaiser-so-say on

    How does this deter them in the future? It’s still less than what they rightfully would have to refund. So where is the deterrent to doing it again?

  5. Demetre19864 on

    Myself and many I know travel alot for work.

    I had similar experiences with WestJet.

    It’s always a fake reason, it’s always impossible to talk to an actual human during these issues due to no one being available.

    Then it’s always a declined submittal months later when you have just had the fight beaten out of you.

    Rarely do I support allowing international companies coming in to ruin „Canadian“ business however these companies have shown they do not have any Canadian interest at heart.

    Open the flood gates.

  6. 400k is nothing to them. Fine AC 400k/passenger. That’s going to hurt them more to change their business practices

  7. MightyMightyMonkey on

    Stupid question: where does the fine amount get paid to? Customers, the regulator?

  8. So westjet cancelled my parents flight and moved it to the next day which my parents couldn’t make anymore. (They don’t live close to the airport and westjet didn’t want to offer a refund, or accommodations for the night) They denied my parents claim to refund also. Who do I talk to (an outside organization) in order to fight this? A travel lawyer?

  9. Air Canada’s moto should be, “We are happy that you are not happy!”

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