On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 16:37, JC Dill <jcdill.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > When you have a confirmed reservation, airlines in the US and EU are > required to pay "delayed boarding compensation" when you are involuntarily > bumped, unless the reason is something completely outside their control > (such as the weather or when planes are ordered grounded as happened after > 9/11), or they are flying smaller jets (special exceptions because of > weight-and-balance safety rules). This is in addition to allowing you to > use your ticket on the next available flight. If you elect to make > alternate travel arrangements US airlines also have to refund your ticket, > even when it's a "non-refundable" ticket.
But that doesn't really equate to network traffic (IMHO). If your upstream has an outage, it is more akin to a delayed departure rather than an airline bump or flight cancellation. You reach your destination later than planned (latency) and you may have to take a different route, but your packet^Wbutt gets through. Neither of those situations involve cash compensation, or penalties paid, by major airlines. At most you might get a few loyalty points. Now if your upstream network provider disconnected you and/or was unable to route your packets to their final destination.... -Jim P.
