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  • Department of Transportation has produced a valuable tool for airline passengers, the monthly Air Travel Consumer Reportthat ranks carriers according to flight delays, mishandled baggage, consumer complaints, involuntary bumpings, etc.

    Airline quality rankings separate apples from apples 2010

  • For more than 20 years now, the U.S. Department of Transportation has produced a valuable tool for airline passengers, the monthly Air Travel Consumer Reportthat ranks carriers according to flight delays, mishandled baggage, consumer complaints, involuntary bumpings, etc.

    Airline quality rankings separate apples from apples 2010

  • That rule would apply to both U.S. and overseas carriers on bumpings in the U.S.

    Bumping Fee Rules Proposed 2010

  • The fella who is replacing our back door was on time all considerate-like, too, and after spending several hours being alarmed at the thumpings and bumpings, the doglet is bored with him.

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway 2008

  • So why are there still so many involuntary bumpings?

    Auctions for Overbooking 2010

  • It makes us world-weary and knowing -- but we are dealt into a vast postcard called New York and in this sea of intricately woven cuss-words and iPod noddings and shoulder-bumpings, how would we pause?

    Reverend Billy: Sad I Ran 2009

  • Completely unrelated to delays, bumpings or overbooking, we had a shockingly traumatic customer service experience with Airtran coming back from our honeymoon yesterday morning that I wanted to share with you.

    AirTran Agent Screams, Curses At Travelers While Supervisor Looks On - The Consumerist 2008

  • I am finding many of the rooms barely large enough for an unobstructed view and most of the corridors must be navigated with fingers outstretched and still result in unpleasant bumpings of the shins and crown.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Young Geoffrion 2006

  • I am finding many of the rooms barely large enough for an unobstructed view and most of the corridors must be navigated with fingers outstretched and still result in unpleasant bumpings of the shins and crown.

    Scale and Importance Young Geoffrion 2006

  • I hope that Dibny doesn't get his Wizard-prophecized ugly-bumpings from a stack of hay with his dead wife's picture printed on the front.

    Week 13: Another Mad Smile Douglas Wolk 2006

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