Bukharin: Deny the charges with the creditcard company.
Boom. done.

Well, done in a few weeks when credited on the next statement, but still...

You missed a line in the article where she does something really stupid:

She says she's cancelled her credit card and is still waiting for that refund.

Step 1: call credit card company
Step 2: dispute charges
Step 3: buy $200 worth of lottery tickets
Step 4: profit

Not hard

Proving a negative = dividing by zero.

And airlines wonder why their traffic is down? I would walk before flying Delta now.

It's such a shame that airports don't have any form of visual recording devices that she could use to prove that she wasn't carrying any pets with her when she arrived for her flight.

They'd make it so much easier.

DammitIForgotMyLogin: They'd make it so much easier.

Or perhaps even a written statement from her dogsitter.

Cancelling your card like that hurts your credit rating. It's based in part on the amount of your available credit. Pretty kneejerky for $200.

serial_crusher: Step 1: call credit card company
Step 2: dispute charges
Step 3: buy $200 worth of lottery tickets
Step 4: profit

Not hard

But Delta has the right to respond to the chargeback, and they don't have to show too much documentation.

Chances are she accidentally clicked the "I have a pet, $200" button or something.

1) Call FBI
2) file fraud complaint
3) profit?

Another pet peeve.

She hired a dogsitter. So there are multiple witnesses to the pet staying at home while she traveled. That would be enough proof in a court of law. What is the airline going to come up with to prove she did bring the animals on the flight?

jagec: dericwater: Not worth the negative publicity. Pay the bleepin' $200. Cheaper than the several $M lost from this being publicized.

This is Delta we're talking about. Anyone who still flies Delta either doesn't listen to bad publicity, or doesn't have any other choices for their route.

Pretty much no choice in MSP
Delta controls 89 percent of the gates in the main Terminal 1, which it shares with other major legacy carriers, such as United. Even when including the gates held by low-cost carriers such as Southwest at Terminal 2, the Humphrey Terminal, Delta controls slightly more than 80 percent of the airport's gates.

imontheinternet: Been there. My landlord charged me a pet deposit for the invisible fire-breathing dragon in my garage.

I got a notice one time from my old landlord that I was not allowed to have pets, and that I would need to cut them a check for $200 for violating their pet policy. I hadn't owned a dog in 6 years. I called them up and asked what the hell that was all about and of course the answer was, "Oh, that must have been a mistake. Don't worry about paying it." I talked to my neighbors later and they had all received one. The landlord had sent one to everyone hoping they'd catch somebody hiding a pet and would pay it.

I moved a bit later.
/yes this is a CSB

jagec: The Gordie Howe Hat Trick: jagec: dericwater: Not worth the negative publicity. Pay the bleepin' $200. Cheaper than the several $M lost from this being publicized.

This is Delta we're talking about. Anyone who still flies Delta either doesn't listen to bad publicity, or doesn't have any other choices for their route.

Airline consolidation. Pretty soon its gonna be a Coke vs. Pepsi thing. We're farked.

Hey, some people really do prefer RC Cola, and save a lot of money that way.

I do too, especially now that it's available in Estonia. Just brought back a couple of bottles.

/Check in clerk shoulda asked if she had a husband and kids.

nickerj1: downstairs: serial_crusher: Step 1: call credit card company
Step 2: dispute charges
Step 3: buy $200 worth of lottery tickets
Step 4: profit

Not hard

But Delta has the right to respond to the chargeback, and they don't have to show too much documentation.

Chances are she accidentally clicked the "I have a pet, $200" button or something.

TFA:

a supervisor told her there was a mix-up with her credit card. Her card number was similar to another passenger's, who did have a pet on the plane.

"Some of our numbers didn't match, but it was close enough, so they went ahead and charged my card $200," she said.


Sounds more like a violation of the Visa/mastercard merchant contract and/or fraud.

Ok, I didn't read TFA. I was just stating a fact, no opinion.

Yeah, that's all sorts of farked up. I'm having a hard time believing everything now. Why wouldn't Delta refund her and charge the other person? They'd lose like $5 in credit card merchant fees.

TSA must have noticed she had crabs and tipped off Delta

fireclown: I'm betting that there is video of her going through security with no pet.

Except that you don't go through security with pets. They're checked at the front, along with other luggage. They'd have to get video of the ticketing/check-in counter.