You have my sympathies, I know a lot of people who've been JetsGoed. But as a consolation, it could've been worse: I was Canada3000'd a few years back - stranded in Cuba when CDA3000 went belly up (wasn't that the same CEO as JetsGo?), and to cap it off, we experienced a little thing called Michelle:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2001michelle.html http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/prelims/2001michelle2.jpg jp >-----Original Message----- >From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 7:21 PM >To: PDML >Subject: OT: I've Been Jetsgoed > >Jetsgo: (vt) A new Canadian verb, meaning to have purchased >tickets from a discount airline, only to have the airline go >bankrupt before being able to use said tickets, leaving the >purchaser with a useless piece of paper, and little chance for >recompense. > >I don't know how many of you heard about it, but one of our >discount airlines folded last week, with absolutely no >warning. Naturally, no other airline will honour these >useless tickets, and since they're bankrupt, no refunds are >available (unless there's any money left after the secured >creditors get their cut - which there never is). > >If tickets were purchased from a travel agent, there's a fund >for such exigencies, but of course, I got mine direct from the >airline on-line. > Some credit card companies may offer refunds, but so far, >mine is balking. > >Luckily, as it was a discount airline, the fare was indeed >very low, so I'm not out much in terms of money. However, my >brief Easter vacation to visit my mother, sister and eldest >daughter in Nova Scotia just went down the tubes, as I'll >never be able to re-book at a good price now. Haven't seen >mom and sis in 2 1/2 years, so I guess another couple of >months won't hurt any... > >Okay, you can put your violins away now. <vbg> > >cheers, >frank >-- >"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > >
