{"id":136597,"date":"2025-01-04T17:24:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T17:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/taylor-swift-fan-left-denied-compensation-after-westjet-flight-cancellation-national\/"},"modified":"2025-01-04T17:24:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T17:24:23","slug":"taylor-swift-fan-left-denied-compensation-after-westjet-flight-cancellation-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/taylor-swift-fan-left-denied-compensation-after-westjet-flight-cancellation-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift fan left denied compensation after WestJet flight cancellation – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WestJet<\/a> has denied compensation to a religious\u00a0Taylor\u00a0Swift<\/a>\u00a0fan whose cancelled flight triggered a 10-hour drive by means of the evening from Prince George to make the singer\u2019s reveals in Vancouver final month.<\/p>\n

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Carol Hansson says she and different Swifties on the flight incurred a whole bunch of {dollars} in prices after the cancellation lower than 24 hours earlier than\u00a0Swift\u00a0took the stage for the primary of three live shows at BC Place.<\/p>\n

She says the Calgary-based airline advised her the cancellation was because of \u201cunplanned aircraft maintenance\u201d and was required for security functions.<\/p>\n

WestJet confirms that in a written response and says Hansson is due to this fact not eligible for compensation underneath Canada\u2019s Air Passenger Protection Regulations.<\/p>\n

The laws say that in conditions \u201cwithin airline control but required for safety purposes,\u201d airways have obligations for a passenger\u2019s remedy and completion of their itinerary \u2014 however not compensation.<\/p>\n

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Hansson says WestJet delayed the night flight from Prince George for about 5 hours, earlier than cancelling the Dec. 5 service.<\/p>\n

Airlines are additionally obliged underneath the laws to supply alternate journey in the identical class of service for disruptions past three hours, however Hansson says she was provided a Dec. 8 flight that will have meant lacking all three of Swift\u2019s reveals.<\/p>\n

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Instead, she joined a bunch of different passengers to lease a automotive for the 750-kilometre drive, setting off at midnight and ultimately making it to Vancouver on Dec. 6 forward of the primary present that evening.<\/p>\n

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Hansson attended all three live shows at BC Place.<\/p>\n

She mentioned the price for her unused lodging for Dec. 5 was $900, and the rental automotive value was $770.<\/p>\n