| Dying Former Marine Denied Refund, Fellow Veterans Boycott Spirit Airlines |
| May-01-2012 |
| Keywords: Vet, dying, boycott, spirit airlines, ticket refund |
Spirit Airlines is facing a patriotic boycott by veterans furious the airline didn't refund a dying former Marine after he was told by his doctor not to fly.
Veterans groups hearing the story are rallying around their fellow veteran, former Marine Jerry Meekins, following the airline's refusal to refund him $197 for a ticket. Meekins told FoxNews.com he's received "hundreds of calls" from veterans expressing their outrage at the airline.
"The response from most veterans is that they're going to boycott Spirit Airlines," Meekins told FoxNews.com. "We're talking 6 or 7 million people."
Military men and women, who live the credo of taking care of their own, are furious at the airline. Spirit Airlines, hardly living up to its name was presented with a note from his doctor and even the receipt from his prepaid funeral service, but still the airline refused the veteran his refund request.
"They've got no humanity, they've got no patriotism," Peter Forbes, president of the Veterans of the Vietnam War and the Veterans Coalition, told FoxNews.com. "[Meekins] deserves a little bit better treatment ... Give him a hand up and not a handout, he's not asking for much at all."
Spirit has a strict "no refund" rule for customers who refuse to pay extra for insurance. Some company officials did express sympathy for Meekins, but they still refused to make an exception in his case.
Read more about the boycott on FOXNews.com: Vets mull boycott of Spirit Airlines after dying former Marine denied refund |
|
|
Posted by Lou Dobbs Staff at 3:00 PM Email to a friend |
| < Back to Today's Issues |
|
 |
|
|
|
