Real-life MMD: Boarding pass blunder - who should pay?

notakid

The person who made the mistake should pay. I'm talking from experience here, I booked flights for a group booking and incorrectly put down the wrong surnames for two of the group. I had to pay to put the problem right, one of my friends helped me sort it out and offered to put money towards the mistake as she had been talking to me as I was making the booking but at the end of the day it was my mistake I should have double checked.

However I don't think the first name is really necessary, I booked a flight for my parents and put my fathers name down as his middle which he is universally known by. Of course his passport says otherwise but passport control let him thru stating if it had been the surname that would have been a problem, and this was Ryanair.

meher

If I make a mistake, I might pay but that would depend on how much I like the person. If I am just about tolerating them, I wouldn't pay and very much hope that this would be the last I would see of them :rotfl: In fact I might even make a mistake with the hope of getting rid of them :rotfl: Four is a huge crowd anyway. Whereas if I like them, I would pay for them. I am quite epressive aout these kind of matters because I believe friends should know where they stand with me. However what I won't do is put my share for someone elses mistakes for someone elses ticket. In fact I might ask the person who is so keen on sharing, to offer my share as well :rotfl:

Btw on a serious note, I only say this because someone above has declared that they should not be friends with whoever doesn't share or pay and I think that is an overeaction and a very bad attitude. Ultimately it boils down to a person's integrity of realising that it is their individual responsibility - leave it with others only if you wouldn't trouble them later should anything go wrong. It is wrong to make another person responsible. It is a bit like asking someone to safekeep something while you are on your holiday and then return to find that it was gone along with other belongings and yet you accusing them of it. You have to take a risk when you ask someone a favor.