[The Lone Surfer]

I don't recall signing anything other than a credit card receipt.

[little_nasty]

I don't recall signing anything other than a credit card receipt.

did the credit card receipt come in the form of a form with legal brown trout on it or just a plain old credit card slip... if that's it then they're just bluffing and hoping you'll just go away (most people do).

[The Lone Surfer]

No. just a little slip. This is interesting. it does seem like they are just trying to get me to go away. now they wont even talk to me and keep sending me to some online form which i did fill out but no one has responded to. If anything, i may have been too nice on the phone.

[little_nasty]

No. just a little slip. This is interesting. it does seem like they are just trying to get me to go away. now they wont even talk to me and keep sending me to some online form which i did fill out but no one has responded to. If anything, i may have been too nice on the phone.

i guess you gotta keep trying.  usually at this point i sic my wife on 'em.  she's a relentless bulldog.  honestly, sometimes i feel bad for them.  Then the last resort is getting a supervisors name, finding out when he/she is going to be there, and going down there in person and releasing the hounds.

[waterwolfnyc]

remind them of the good ol' USA coming to bail out their limey teabag butts during WWII

Totally off topic I know, but dear sir--this is a misconception. seriously.

we waited. And waited. And WAITED to "bail out" the limeys as you say.
We did assist with really discounted military supplies and equipment--but the Nazi's kept sinking the convoys that we're being snuck across the pond.

The Isolationist thinking  of the US govt at the time (VERY F*CKED UP IF YOU ASK ME) was that every single Pommy soldier that died was one American boyo who didn't.

France's Imaginary Line (the MAGINOT Line), considered one of the most fantastic failures in history, gave up France. The subsequent invasions ofthe LOw Countries and BOoYAKAShah! Mother England (getting bombed badly in what they call the Battle of Britain) was under the very real threat of invasion by zee germans. thery later abandoned th idea and just decided to bomb civilians...how'd they survive? kept a stiff upper lip and drank a lot.



Back to your history lesson --Wikipedia says: "War broke out in Europe on 1 September 1939, with the German invasion of Poland. France and the United Kingdom honoured their defensive alliance of March 1939 by declaring war two days later on 3 September. Australia and New Zealand declared war the same day, although through the quirk of the international date line, New Zealand then Australia were the first to declare war on Germany."

simply amazingly trivial fact

Yes, I have had bags lost on airlines before flying into Paris and the then Nice. I had them pay for the delivery to the chateau. I berated the airline delivery men in perfect french and then threw my badmiton cockshuttle at them.

[Crackie Onassis]

i've had a piece of luggage lost on BA.. can't remember if it was a surfboard... maybe.. anyway, as i remember they handled the claim quite quickly and reasonably...


btw the obligatory warning..  American sucks..

So does Taca.

[suspectdevice]

If there's a baggage tag, they will find it.
Your bag is sitting in a hangar somewhere, its just a matter of them finding it.
Don't expect a speedy turnaround.

continental once lost my boardbag on the way home from a trip. after 3 weeks or so of jumping through hoops, i had followed everything to a T and was psyched to get cash instead of my gear...that's when they found it somewhere and delivered it to my doorstep.

[The Lone Surfer]

That's my biggest fear b/c i've already started replacing the stuff. What am i gonna do? i had a surfboard and my 4/3 wetsuit in there. I already bought the replacement board. I guess it wouldn't be the end of the world to have an extra board, and i wont need a 4/3 for another month at least.

[jscottk]

Curious, how this turn out?

[The Lone Surfer]

Still in complete limbo. Phone service was rediculously terrible. They would essentially say, "go to the website" and then hang up. I gathered all my reciepts, put together an itemized list and wrote a claim letter, which i sent to their JFK claims office registered mail. Now i'm probably going to have to call them a hundred times, and i'm sure they will say they do not have my claim, etc.