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Mum accused of trafficking daughter in airline blunder
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05:18:31 on Tue, 28 Feb 2006, mrtravel remarked: Since the baby wouldn't have gotten the passport in time, they would have still been out the money for the plane tickets and the other expenses. The American Embassy in London will issue an emergency passport same day, in the situation described. I have no reason to believe the Australians wouldn't. -- Roland Perry |
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Mum accused of trafficking daughter in airline blunder
"Runge" wrote in message ... US US US you can only talk about that country in this group???? "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" a écrit dans le message de news: ... Miss L. Toe wrote: Monday, 27th February 2006, 10:02 Category: Crime and Punishment ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - A horrified mum missed her own daughter's christening and was arrested as a baby trafficker after a blunder by budget airline Ryanair, it was claimed today. There are occasions when our U.S. eagerness to file multimillion dollar civil suits seems justified! And you talk about what country? At least the US hubs for Foreign Travel, Europe included, the agents are taught what is needed/ |
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Mum accused of trafficking daughter in airline blunder
Calif Bill wrote:
And you talk about what country? At least the US hubs for Foreign Travel, Europe included, the agents are taught what is needed/ There is no US equivalent to Ryanair. People want cheap fares, but don't seem to understand that the price doesn't give them the same services. If they had flown on BA, they would have not had a problem. On the other hand, I doubt the bothered checking the doc required before starting the trip, and would not have been able to get a passport in time for thier flight, which would have still caused them to lose the money. |
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Mum accused of trafficking daughter in airline blunder
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 05:18:31 on Tue, 28 Feb 2006, mrtravel remarked: Since the baby wouldn't have gotten the passport in time, they would have still been out the money for the plane tickets and the other expenses. The American Embassy in London will issue an emergency passport same day, in the situation described. I have no reason to believe the Australians wouldn't. Same day doesn't mean it would have been in time for the trip. First, she has to get to the consulate and it must be within their hours for providing this type of service. I don't expect every airline employee, especially at a cheap carrier, to know what it takes for a non citizen of that country to get into another country. |
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Mum accused of trafficking daughter in airline blunder
On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:50:47 +0000, mrtravel wrote:
Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 05:18:31 on Tue, 28 Feb 2006, mrtravel remarked: Since the baby wouldn't have gotten the passport in time, they would have still been out the money for the plane tickets and the other expenses. The American Embassy in London will issue an emergency passport same day, in the situation described. I have no reason to believe the Australians wouldn't. Same day doesn't mean it would have been in time for the trip. First, she has to get to the consulate and it must be within their hours for providing this type of service. I don't expect every airline employee, especially at a cheap carrier, to know what it takes for a non citizen of that country to get into another country. You would have to advise at least a passport in every case, unless you know differently, and few travellers know so little as to neglect to check with the local consulate. Even an Australian in the UK! |
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Mum accused of trafficking daughter in airline blunder
"mrtravel" wrote in message . com... Miss L. Toe wrote:\ Do they - If they specifically asked Ryanair for specific advice ? Who were they supposed to ask for advice ? I would guess the logical people to ask would be the representatives of the government of the country they are going to.... you know, the Italian consular people. How many times to people ask the consulate of the country they are going to before boarding a plane? The usual thing to do is to call the airline, after all it's their job to know these things. |
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Mum accused of trafficking daughter in airline blunder
"mrtravel" wrote in message . com... Calif Bill wrote: And you talk about what country? At least the US hubs for Foreign Travel, Europe included, the agents are taught what is needed/ There is no US equivalent to Ryanair. People want cheap fares, but don't seem to understand that the price doesn't give them the same services. If they had flown on BA, they would have not had a problem. On the other hand, I doubt the bothered checking the doc required before starting the trip, and would not have been able to get a passport in time for thier flight, which would have still caused them to lose the money. They did check. They called the airline. They had no reason to doubt their advice. |
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Mum accused of trafficking daughter in airline blunder
Mark Hewitt wrote:
How many times to people ask the consulate of the country they are going to before boarding a plane? The usual thing to do is to call the airline, after all it's their job to know these things. They don't have to go to the consulate. In a lot of cases, the information is easily found online. I check the entry requirements for any country I plan to visit. If you want to rely on someone at the airline to know, that it up to you. Of course, she claimed she asked Ryanair. This isn't always the same as actually asking them. She might have said that to deflect the blame. |
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Mum accused of trafficking daughter in airline blunder
"mrtravel" wrote in message et... Mark Hewitt wrote: How many times to people ask the consulate of the country they are going to before boarding a plane? The usual thing to do is to call the airline, after all it's their job to know these things. They don't have to go to the consulate. In a lot of cases, the information is easily found online. I check the entry requirements for any country I plan to visit. If you want to rely on someone at the airline to know, that it up to you. Of course, she claimed she asked Ryanair. This isn't always the same as actually asking them. She might have said that to deflect the blame. Sure, you know that, I know that. But the average bod in the street isn't going to think to look at the Italian consulate or FCO websites, how do you know she even had a computer? For most people the reasonable course of action is to call the airline, and if they give her certain advice (which they did, twice) then she cannot reasonably be blamed for acting upon it. |
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Mum accused of trafficking daughter in airline blunder
Mark Hewitt wrote:
"mrtravel" wrote in message . com... Calif Bill wrote: And you talk about what country? At least the US hubs for Foreign Travel, Europe included, the agents are taught what is needed/ There is no US equivalent to Ryanair. People want cheap fares, but don't seem to understand that the price doesn't give them the same services. If they had flown on BA, they would have not had a problem. On the other hand, I doubt the bothered checking the doc required before starting the trip, and would not have been able to get a passport in time for thier flight, which would have still caused them to lose the money. They did check. They called the airline. They had no reason to doubt their advice. She "said" they called the airline. I would expect that since both her and husband were immigrants then they would have a better idea of who to contact. |
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