ExiledInIllinois Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 (edited) And the righteous here think Big Cat is pulling a fast one! http://www.huffingto..._n_3915931.html Some of the people are on the news now whining and crying that they should be able to keep their free tickets. Let the righteousness flow! Edited September 13, 2013 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/13/us-usa-unitedairlines-fares-idUSBRE98C0YO20130913 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Did u buy one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 Did u buy one? NO! :censored: And my wife was just shopping around for airfare the day before! United flies from O'Hare & we usually go outta Midway... BUT I surely would have made the extra hike up to Midway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 And the righteous here think Big Cat is pulling a fast one! http://www.huffingto..._n_3915931.html Some of the people are on the news now whining and crying that they should be able to keep their free tickets. Let the righteousness flow! Everything in this case seems fare to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 Everything in this case seems fare to me. LoL... I see what you did there! Touché away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I worked for UA from 68-'03. If they treat the "lucky people" as well as they treated the retirees, they're in for a rough ride. In 2002 UA claimed they were "Bankrupt" and couldn't possibly pay pension benefits. Somehow they left bankruptcy and are now buying 787's, A-350's, and now apparently giving sh*t away? What a great country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 I worked for UA from 68-'03. If they treat the "lucky people" as well as they treated the retirees, they're in for a rough ride. In 2002 UA claimed they were "Bankrupt" and couldn't possibly pay pension benefits. Somehow they left bankruptcy and are now buying 787's, A-350's, and now apparently giving sh*t away? What a great country! Hey Marv's... I just caught the news, United said they would honor the tickets! I suppose it is good PR, they can jack other's tickets up! LoL... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 They'll honor the tickets and promote the dumba*s with the fat fingers who caused the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 They'll honor the tickets and promote the dumba*s with the fat fingers who caused the problem. To be fair you'd also be here calling them heartless if they fired the guy and refused to honor the tickets. Just because they are idiots, doesn't mean they have to be bashed on every choice - they did a good thing here honoring the purchases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 They'll honor the tickets and promote the dumba*s with the fat fingers who caused the problem. Honoring the tickets is the right thing to do - they sold 'em. And the smart thing to do, as the legal defense resulting from saying "Sorry, not valid!" will be more than eating the cost of the error anyway. (And, they'll jack prices in a month to make up the difference, and this'll have no meaningful impact to their bottom line.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 A couple years ago Dell had a glitch and was selling a large capacity hard drive for cheap, maybe $20? I "bought" one knowing they'd probably catch the error and not ship them. Sure enough, about a week later, people started getting emails saying it was a mistake, too bad, so sad. Well, I didn't care. But others wanted to go so far as to file a lawsuit if they didn't get their drives. Last I heard they were still bitching, trying to get their drives, even though they knew when ordering it was the wrong price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 15, 2013 Author Share Posted September 15, 2013 (edited) A couple years ago Dell had a glitch and was selling a large capacity hard drive for cheap, maybe $20? I "bought" one knowing they'd probably catch the error and not ship them. Sure enough, about a week later, people started getting emails saying it was a mistake, too bad, so sad. Well, I didn't care. But others wanted to go so far as to file a lawsuit if they didn't get their drives. Last I heard they were still bitching, trying to get their drives, even though they knew when ordering it was the wrong price. I was @ Dick's sporting good last year and noticed they had a $189.99 dollar pair of lacrosse gloves marked $18.99... Sure enough, they rang up for 19 bucks! I would have put them down for if they rang up for 200 bucks! My son plays lacrosse and now I have a nice pair of gloves to toss practice w/him. He is still in a junior sized glove and and can have the adult sized when he grows out of his pair. Brine King IV: http://www.dicksspor...414020.12628632 I am as bad as Big Cat! C'est la vie in the big city... Edited September 15, 2013 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Honoring the tickets is the right thing to do - they sold 'em. And the smart thing to do, as the legal defense resulting from saying "Sorry, not valid!" will be more than eating the cost of the error anyway. (And, they'll jack prices in a month to make up the difference, and this'll have no meaningful impact to their bottom line.) Of course you're right BUT after losing a big peice of a "promised" pension, I have to wonderwhy/when they started doing "the right thing!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Of course you're right BUT after losing a big peice of a "promised" pension, I have to wonderwhy/when they started doing "the right thing!" Probably when the bankruptcy court reduced their pension liability... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Probably when the bankruptcy court reduced their pension liability... The problem is the "reduced pension liability" is no longer UA's liability, but shifts to the US Taxpayers. We've seen this happen with: Bethlehem & Republic Steel, Delco, parts of GM etc. etc. and more recently cities and municipalities. The Taxpayers should be able to say OK, if you really can't pay, we'll help out BUT, if you (UA) subsequently recover, pay the Taxpayers (PBGC) back, AND pass that new found success on to the retirees! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 The problem is the "reduced pension liability" is no longer UA's liability, but shifts to the US Taxpayers. We've seen this happen with: Bethlehem & Republic Steel, Delco, parts of GM etc. etc. and more recently cities and municipalities. The Taxpayers should be able to say OK, if you really can't pay, we'll help out BUT, if you (UA) subsequently recover, pay the Taxpayers (PBGC) back, AND pass that new found success on to the retirees! The taxpayers should be able to say "let's put an end to this corrupt union system and the defined benefit pensions they protect". I'm not saying it's right that people aren't getting what they were promised, but this pension system has been broken for decades and everyone knows it. In a defined contribution system the money would be sitting in your own account and there's no such thing as an unfunded liability to cover up with shady accounting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 The taxpayers should be able to say "let's put an end to this corrupt union system and the defined benefit pensions they protect". I'm not saying it's right that people aren't getting what they were promised, but this pension system has been broken for decades and everyone knows it. In a defined contribution system the money would be sitting in your own account and there's no such thing as an unfunded liability to cover up with shady accounting. I agree... This should have been addressed 30 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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