Which is much less than the contract of carriage should of provided you. Most airlines offer something along the following lines: If a flight is cancelled or delayed due to a fault of the airline (not weather/ATC), AND the airlines offered re-routing gets you into your destination greater than 2 hours from your originally scheduled arrival time, you can request a re-routing on another airline (with an available seat), or in some cases some cash. If you bought a a ticket, you formed a contract for the airline to get you from point-a to point-b within some parameters. If your violate the contract (by not showing up), you forfeit the monies paid... but if the airline violates the contract, there are terms as well. I've pushed it. Going DCA->OMA and weather in ORD required UAL to cancel the ORD->OMA connection. UAL claimed "weather" and booked me into a flight that was 10 hours later. I said I bought a ticket and formed a contract for passage DCA->OMA, but UAL chose to route me through ORD. I got a ride on Midwest Express for a direct DCA-OMA flight, at UAL's expense. While I have sympathies for UAL, some moron decided to make ORD their hub! Matthew On Sunday, November 10, 2002, at 12:39 PM, Donald Mamula wrote: > On 1 Nov 2002 at 18:16, Dennis W Zeuch wrote: > >> (if this would happen at Delta I understand the passengers would >> have had to pay for any damage to the acft---and their tickets >> would not be valid for future flights without a $500.00 payment > > Had a 2 hour departure delay at SEA on DL in early October. Due > to onward connections, it necessitated rebooking the same > itinerary for the following day. A week later, a letter from DL > with a $75 voucher hit the mailbox. Not sure whether this was > because of the day delay, my "first citizen" status or if > everyone received it - in any case, it was a nice touch and > SOOOOO out of character for the folks on Virginia Avenue. > > Don > SEA