JBeukema
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Can you get your money back if you opt out of the TSAs assault on your freedom? Yes, but airlines dont want to admit that. (Thats nothing new.) You may have to put up a fight.
Heres whats happening, and what you can do:
With National Opt-Out Day coming up, travel journalist Christopher Elliott contacted several airlines to see how they would handle requests for refunds from ticketed passengers who arent allowed to fly because they opt out of being x-rayed or groped.
Disturbingly, several airlines (American, Southwest, United/Continental, and US Airways) told Elliott that they would not give refunds to such passengers holding nonrefundable tickets.
Airlines cant just make up new rules governing tickets and refunds after tickets are issued. Those rules are published in airlines tariffs and conditions of carriage, as filed with the Department of Transportation.
Almost all airlines conditions of carriage provide that, if an airline refuses to transport you, you are entitled to a fuall and unconditional involuntary refund of all fares, fees, and charges, even if the fare at which your ticket was issued is otherwise completely nonrefundable.
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