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pragmeval

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"my doctor explained that the protein that i'm allergic to is broken down in the ""oil"" form,"

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so foods cooked in peanut oil do not bother me.

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i think there should be no caps on amount airlines have to pay.

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i agree with the proposed required customer service rules.

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full prices should be fully disclosed up front,

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and the lowest price available should be disclosed.

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prices should not be increased after purchase.

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dot should extend the tarmac delay rules to all flights in the us

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on a recent trip from wa state to michigan, every single flight was late by at least a half hour, resulting in missed connections both ways.

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air travel has turned into such a frustrating exercise that we look for reasons not to go air.

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anything else whose risks of fatal reaction outweigh the mere convenience of the ignorant, i hope.

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ricport, everyone is responsible for themselves and their effects on others.

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airlines are not public spaces. if airlines ban peanuts, many passengers will bring their own peanuts on board ... as airlines cannot stop people from bringing their own snacks.

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i am sympathetic to people with allergies,

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but people with allergies need to be prepared with their medicine and then need to stop trying to impose their need on the 99% of the healthy population.

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* 30 minutes is too long;

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so set the beginning info as 15 minutes with 30 minute updates unless a resolution is known sooner.

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* specify notification be by all methods available at the airport involved, including ticket agents, with the customer additionally specifying how they are to be notified at home; email, phone, fax.

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* all commercial flights should be included.

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don't forget the obvious reasons they don't do better; no enlightened effective regulation; executive compensation; union rules; airport and faa inefficiencies; monopoly status ; ultimately the bottom line .

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let's look at this logically:

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the airline knows when they sell a ticket;

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they know when they have sold the full number.

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those passengers should be guaranteed a seat; no excuses.

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any subsequent tickets sold should be sold as standby with a ranking 1-n, first come; first served!

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problem solved.

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* first ask for volunteers to receive the next available comparable or better seat on the airline or any other airline, the airline agents to make the arrangements and pay for the seat directly, the passenger to be reimbursed in cash or credit card for their anticipated out of pocket costs due to the delay and their total out of pocket flight costs, tickets, baggage checks, any other fees.

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if points were used they would be reinstated with new expiration dates.

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* do a lottery, no limits, with at least the results in 1., above, cash or credit cards only;

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no vouchers,

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* if they still bump someone the sky should be the limit, the results to be appropriate booking plus at least double the payout in 2., above.

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of course airline lawyers would attempt to make it five pages of weasel words.

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disclosure, disclosure, disclosure!

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not just the ticket price but also the agent's fee,

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which sometimes is considerable.

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and yes! they should not be able to raise the quoted price.

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it makes no sense and is misleading to quote a one way price if i have to buy a roundtrip ticket.

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"if the itemization is boston to bombay fare, then various fees, then bombay to boston fare and various fees, it is still misleading unless it is specifically preceded by ""round trip required"""

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this whole process of additional regulation is brought about because of lack of disclosure by airlines and agents when they unbundle services and initiate obscene fees for them so that we buy tickets and still don't have a deal because we may still be hit by additional fees at checkin.

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a deal should be a deal!

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of course not.

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i think we should always be talking about airlines, travel agents, and other resellers.

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i think the smaller typeface is a bad idea.

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small type is always used for something the purveyor has to say but doesn't want us to be able to read, and we usually can't.

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no! retroactive pricing is essentially fraud and violates the contract made when money changes hands.

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i would favor a rule that disallowed even having a round trip requirement for prices.

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if an airline wants to give a credit for roundtrip like stores give case discounts on groceries or such, and listed it as a separate credit in their advertising and on their ticket that might work.

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fares from boston to new york might vary by time of day and by day of the week

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but they should never be based on round trip required.

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this is the same as bumping and should be compensated as such.

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see my comments under that category.

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it is not just the five hours,

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though that is bad enough;

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it is all the other inconveniences, arriving late at night, having to cancel engagements, having to call a cab for a long ride vs bus transportation, and a myriad other inconveniences for which the airlines in their hubris currently accepts no responsibility.

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the price of fuel doesn't change while i am trying to book a flight.

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maybe airlines should only be allowed to change prices once a week, or once a day, always at midnight, or something like that.

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"it is extremely frustrating to try to buy a ticket and have availability and or or price change while you are pushing the ""buy"" button."

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since all these airlines are still split on what services call for fees and how much those services actually cost, they need to create a standard for every airline to use as a basis for quoting prices.

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"go back a few years to what was considered ""standard"", and have them quote on: - rt airfare- 1 checked bag- advance seat selection- beverage service- taxes and fees"

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from there, passengers can unbundle as necessary or add things like premium seating and 2nd or 3rd checked bags .

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* although perhaps an improvement over current procedures, this will only help a portion of peanut or nut allergic people, and mostly likely won't help severely allergic individuals.

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* airborne peanut or nut proteins can cause anaphylactic reactions faster than surface-bound peanut or nut proteins;

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the recycled air in the plane exacerbates this problem.

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* every surface could still be contaminated, even if you wipe down your seats; for example, touching any other arm rest, using lavatory doors, toilets, sinks, and surfaces right after someone else who was eating peanuts or nuts.

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* there would simply still be too many risks.

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* again, better than current procedures, and better than a buffer zone, but still a problem.

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a peanut or nut allergic individual would likely be walking onto a plane that was not peanut or nut free 30 minutes prior;

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and although some cleaning of the cabins occurs between flights,

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many of the same issues mentioned above would still exist.

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* most people don't understand and or or are not tolerant of peanut or nut allergy, purely out of lack of knowledge of its severity

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prior to having a son diagnosed with peanut or nut and soy allergies i didn't know what it entailed either;

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"* this has the potential to single out the peanut or nut allergic ""offender"" ."

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* the only viable solution to make air travel routinely safe for everyone.

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* although there may still be risks of passengers violating the policy,

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this resolves all of the issues mentioned above.

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the surfaces of and air inside the plane would be safe,

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all travelers would know what to expect,

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no one would know who was or wasn't peanut or nut allergic.

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* airlines have nothing to lose by instituting a full ban;

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they only have customers to gain.

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like with any changes in air travel policy, if such a ban is universally instituted, everyone will have to accept it,

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and it will not prevent people from continuing to fly.

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however, what will happen is that a large and continuously growing part of the customer market that currently cannot or will not fly, will buy tickets knowing that air travel can be safe.

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* bear in mind the severity of a situation where a peanut or nut allergic individual goes into anaphylactic shock mid-air.

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in some cases, benadryl and an epipen will resolve the reaction for an amount of time.

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however, in many cases these measures merely buy you enough time to get to an emergency room, typically 10 to 15 minutes;

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which would not be possible when in mid-air.

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they are not sufficient, assuming that the goal here is to make air travel safe for everyone.

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i don't think that flights of less than 60 should be covered:

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in general passengers on these smaller aircraft get more personal service and it would be less cumbersome to deplane passengers if needed.

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where a plane is at the gate and the aircraft door has not yet been closed, passengers should be permitted to deplane after, say, 1 hour.

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in addition, passengers should be able to deplane if the plane has returned to the gate and the delay is over 1 hour.

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in relation to deplaning delayed or diverted international passengers, i recall facing exactly the same issue when traveling trans-pacific and transiting hawaii.

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we were always able to deplane in hawaii as long as we remained within a certain area of the airport.

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at least we were able to stretch our legs and use the bathroom facilities in the airport.

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i agree with dot's proposals on clarifying bumping rules and adequately compensating those involuntarily bumped.

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passengers who are voluntarily or involutarily bumped should be advised by the gate agents on the cash or check or travel voucher option and the criteria for involuntary bumping prioritization.

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on compensation, i think the actual ticket amount, plus a small premium to cover the unbundled aspects of the costs associated with the trip would suffice.

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given that these smaller aircraft service less popular routes , oversales should be prohibited,

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"but the airlines should allow a few passengers to be on ""stand by"" in the event of a no show."

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