Case against foreign airline

[elina2010]

Glad you agree, elina2010.

I know this first hand being swedish living legally in USA.

 

[quincy]

I know this first hand being swedish living legally in USA.

That is nice to know.

 

[elina2010]

That is nice to know.

I always have to tell people around me. For almost 95 % of the time they dont know this. And travel agencys should tell them.And they dont.

 

[quincy]

I always have to tell people around me. For almost 95 % of the time they dont know this. And travel agencys should tell them.And they dont.

There are a lot of things people don't know.

As a note, though: ESTA is for those entering the US and would not apply to the mother-in-law. I believe the wedding was in Jamaica.

 

[elina2010]

There are a lot of things people don't know.

As a note, though: ESTA is for those entering the US and would not apply to the mother-in-law. I believe the wedding was in Jamaica.

Missed that one. It could be that Europe is getting really hard on travelers cause of the massive immigration.

 

[FlyingRon]

The international treaties on air carriage pretty much bar any claim for "moral distress."

Absent knowing the details of the connection in Belgium it's hard to say if a transit visa was required or not. Note that unless the transit can be entirely done within the international "before entry" area, she absolutely does need a transit visa. Being a citizen of Sierra Leone is one of the countries that Shengen requires always to have a transit visa. She could get by with an ATV only if her connection was within the pre-customs area and didn't involve a stay at a time when the terminal was officially closed.

Other than the retained passport issue, I think you'd have a hard time recovering anything.

 

[quincy]

Missed that one. It could be that Europe is getting really hard on travelers cause of the massive immigration.

elijah_sd mentioned Georgia as his/her home state, so the fact that the wedding was in Jamaica was easy to miss.

It is hard to say why the passport was held. There are a multitude of possibilities.

 

[elina2010]

The international treaties on air carriage pretty much bar any claim for "moral distress."

Absent knowing the details of the connection in Belgium it's hard to say if a transit visa was required or not. Note that unless the transit can be entirely done within the international "before entry" area, she absolutely does need a transit visa. Being a citizen of Sierra Leone is one of the countries that Shengen requires always to have a transit visa. She could get by with an ATV only if her connection was within the pre-customs area and didn't involve a stay at a time when the terminal was officially closed.

Other than the retained passport issue, I think you'd have a hard time recovering anything.

Pretty much what I said. That she could have been missing paper work.

 

[quincy]

Pretty much what I said. That she could have been missing paper work.

It could be one of many reasons. But, since this forum is for US law only, the mother-in-law will need to seek assistance in her country.

 

[elina2010]

Pretty much what I said. That she could have been missing paper work.

Plus I have never heard that airport would hold passport for missing paper work. I know that you just dont board the plane. But nothing else.

 

[quincy]

Plus I have never heard that airport would hold passport for missing paper work. I know that you just dont board the plane. But nothing else.

We could speculate on all sorts of things, elina. The fact remains that this is not a US law concern.

 

[elina2010]

It could be one of many reasons. But, since this forum is for US law only, the mother-in-law will need to seek assistance in her country.

YES. I do agree. Nothing they can do in USA. Unless mother-in-laws country ask for some kind of proof from them that she is just visiting.And that is really was for a wedding.

 

[elina2010]

We could speculate on all sorts of things, elina. The fact remains that this is not a US law concern.

True. We will not ever know.