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Tagged with air-travel passenger-rights
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When in a window seat on a plane, how do I deal with people who want the shade closed?
I take several international flights a year.
I find that traveling with the window shade open helps keep me from feeling claustrophobic and, simultaneously, viewing the outdoors (even through a ...
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Strategy to improve seats on a flight?
I'm not talking about getting a business class upgrade. I'm talking about where you're in Economy, you look at your ticket and you realise you're in the back row, middle seat for a 15 hour flight.
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If a passenger damages another passenger's property (accidentally) on a flight, who is responsible?
This came up after listening to a Rick Steves podcast on travel.
He and I have both apparently wondered - when the passenger in front suddenly reclines their seat and nearly decapitates your laptop - ...
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What rights do we have after being 'abandoned' in Guatemala during a technical stop?
We flew Barcelona-Managua return with Iberia this July/August. At Barcelona we were given boarding passes for changes of plane in Madrid and San Salvador.
When we arrived in Guatamala we were told ...
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Right to accommodation in case of delayed flight, missing connecting flight [duplicate]
A non-EU-citizen booked on a flight from outside the EU with a connection in Istanbul continuing into Europe experiences a flight delay of several hours due to bad weather on the first flight, and ...
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How to deal with flight attendants behaving unlawfully?
How do travelers deal with flight attendants who conduct themselves unlawfully (racist/homophobic/etc)?
I have seen and even overheard flight attendants discuss amongst themselves why they are going ...
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Airline weekly/monthly passes from Gujarat state to Pune, India
I want to know if there exists a monthly/weekly ticket in any of the Airlines operating from Ahmedabad to Pune in India
I want to travel to and from every day.
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Am I entitled to air passengers compensation if my flight was cancelled and I did not get a re-route?
Recently a flight was cancelled and I think I was mistreated. On the day, about 5 of the flights from the airport got cancelled, they claimed it was because of bad weather. I had to wait for two more ...
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Under what situations can a passenger be restrained by flight crew?
I came across a news story recently where a passenger was restrained using tape for unruly behaviour on an Icelandair flight.
Under what situations is a flight crew allowed to take such action, and ...
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What rights do I have if my flight is cancelled?
Last week I tried to fly to Amsterdam. Unfortunately the weather conditions were really bad and my morning flight got cancelled. I waited in a line for 5 hours to get booked on an afternoon flight. ...
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What rights do passengers have when flights in the USA are delayed?
What rights do passengers on delayed flights in the USA have? In some countries, depending on the length and type of delay, passengers can receive a free phone call, meal ticket, lodging, booking on ...
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