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Cash Out On Delayed Flights

April 29, 2024
You may be entitled to cash refunds the next time your air travel plans are ruined!
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Last week, the Department of Transportation issued a rule requiring airlines to issue cash refunds to passengers for canceled or delayed flights. Under the new rule, passengers are entitled to a cash refund if...
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Hey brother, have you ever had a flight like get canceled
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on you? Yeah,
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I mean, do you want me to tell you the story
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being United, bro?
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So I was going to Hawaii.
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It was our anniversary honeymoon,
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like birthday all in one and then we're like all ready.
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We get on the plane actually and they take us off and
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I'm like, what the hell is going on?
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And then they're like,
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oh well, we're canceling it.
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We're waiting on the app.
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No, refresh it,
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refreshes finally move to tomorrow.
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I'm like, yo,
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what the hell so and you know my wife said,
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oh, she just go home like no,
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no, no, hold on.
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So I go carry it out.
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Well, not really.
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I'm just like, hey,
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yo, what's going on?
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Oh well, I make,
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I make a sob story that I can't go all the way
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home because it is pretty far.
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Yeah, it is pretty far.
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So they gave me a hotel room nearby for the next day
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so I can not have to go all the way home and
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then I carried out some more and got upgraded seats,
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but I lost the whole day.
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In Hawaii. And like so,
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yeah, I mean,
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that sucks. Well,
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brother, actually the Biden administration just issued a new rule.
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If your flight is canceled or delayed,
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you get cash money.
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Oh. Oh, passengers are entitled to a cash refund if
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their flight is canceled for any reason.
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So, or significantly delayed.
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Wait, wait, wait.
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What does that mean though?
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What is significantly delayed me because they always have some kind of
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loophole? huh.
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Well, if it's ok for more than three hours domestically,
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so there's that and six hours for international flights and airlines must
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process refunds within 20 days.
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So now that they,
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they esper or having to call in and this and that,
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that's pretty cool. I mean,
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because I didn't see any money they gave me a free and
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on top of that you had to kind of haggle like that
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because they were like,
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oh, we see tomorrow and I'm like,
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no, no, hold on.
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So now it's automatic.
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Look, not just that and wait,
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there's more and if you cancel a flight because you're sick,
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airlines must give you a travel credit that is valid for five
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years. Oh, you know what?
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That's cool. But I'm wondering it's gonna happen to the airline
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insurance people because don't be like,
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oh, sure you're for it if you get sick.
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But it's like that kind of,
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huh? That's a good,
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yeah, I know they're shaking in their boots right now.
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They're quivering in their boots.
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The transportation secretary said passengers deserve to get their money back when
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an airline owes them without headaches because it is a headache.
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You've had to face it.
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You've had to go through it.
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So it is a headache.
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But guys, I know what you're thinking.
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Does this apply to Volaris?
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Because we've all had like,
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I'm sorry, but we've all had horror stories from or flights
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you know, those international airlines,
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right? So, no,
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it does not. Doesn't apply only the domestic airlines like
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yeah, so don't let them push you around,
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people get your money because we work hard for these freaking vacations
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and we deserve them.
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I want my money and I need it now.
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Well, you're getting it now.
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Anyhoo, let's move on.