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US airlines are pushing to remove protections for passengers and add more fees

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663 points duxup | 1 comments | 24 Sep 25 12:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.295s | source
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Lio ◴[24 Sep 25 15:39 UTC] No.45361891[source]▶
> Airlines want to remove the requirement to provide automatic refunds when flights are cancelled or significantly altered.

This is wild. Are they really asking to be able to take money for a flight, then cacel it and keep the money? That's crazy.

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realusername ◴[24 Sep 25 16:07 UTC] No.45362322[source]▶
I mean, why even bother to run flights at all in this scenario?

They could cancel 80% of flights and keep the rest to pretend they are still an airline.

Cancelations would be more profitable than the flights themselves.

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delfinom ◴[24 Sep 25 16:14 UTC] No.45362438[source]▶
I imagine the class action lawsuits at that point would bankrupt them
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onlypassingthru ◴[24 Sep 25 16:21 UTC] No.45362544[source]▶
Presumably pre-emptively nullified by that arbitration agreement when you accepted the T&C to purchase the ticket.
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1. bluGill ◴[24 Sep 25 17:10 UTC] No.45363205[source]▶
Arbitration is not automatically in their favor. It is cheaper by far than a trial (in most cases), but they need to be at least somewhat fair or the whole thing collapses next time the government changes.