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
