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Even the smartest travelers get cheated or mistreated. We'll do our best to get you justice.

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  • When Your Rental Car Gets Robbed

    A traveler loses her belongings in a rental-car robbery and contends that the rental agency is doing nothing to protect its theft-prone cars

  • An Airline's Automated System Penalizes Flyers

    A family's vacation itinerary, planned and booked well in advance, is secretly sabotaged by automated airline schedule changes.

  • Sky-High Fees for Overweight Bags

    A passenger gets slapped with a fee for an overweight bag he later discovers may have been well under the weight limit.

  • A Nightmare Honeymoon Flight to Tahiti

    Everyone says the first year of marriage is the hardest. For these newlyweds, things got rocky from the first day.

  • Eurofly Loses a Bag, With No Apologies

    A passenger's bag goes missing on an Italian airline for so long, it must have been accidentally shipped into the Negative Zone

  • Spirit Air Leaves a Family Deflated

    Taking a flight anywhere these days is about as enjoyable as gum surgery. You don't need uncooperative airline employees to add to your misery.

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