5 things airlines won't tell you about weather delays

[Istik]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/travelti ... index.html

I

t's very convenient to put weather over any other shortcomings," says Henry Harteveldt, an airline analyst with Forrester Research. Why? Because under most airline contracts of carriages -- the legal agreements between you and the airlines -- weather is considered an "Act of God" and it basically means the carrier owes passengers nothing. "They don't have to offer you accommodations, meals or hotel vouchers," he says. "It's a giant loophole that the airline likes to fly through

[Toucan]

all you have to do then is contest it, and prove that god does not exist and therfore cannot be held liable for his actions