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- <text id=93AC0123>
- <title>
- Consumer Complaints Against US Airlines:1986-93
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- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--United States Statistics
- Energy & Transportation
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Almanac</source>
- <hdr>
- Consumer Complaints Against U.S. Airlines: 1986 - 1993
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <table>
- <tblhdr><cell>Complaint Category<cell>1986<cell>1988<cell>1989<cell>1990<cell>1992<cell>1993
- <row><cell type=a>TOTAL<cell type=i>10,802<cell type=i>21,493<cell type=i>10,553<cell type=i>7,703<cell type=i>5,639<cell type=i>4,438
- <row><cell>Flight problems(1)<cell>3,390<cell>8,831<cell>4,111<cell>3,034<cell>1,624<cell>1,211
- <row><cell>Baggage<cell>2,149<cell>3,938<cell>1,702<cell>1,329<cell>752<cell>627
- <row><cell>Refunds<cell>1,627<cell>1,667<cell>1,023<cell>701<cell>721<cell>482
- <row><cell>Customer service(2)<cell>702<cell>2,120<cell>1,002<cell>758<cell>695<cell>599
- <row><cell>Reservations/ticketing/boarding(3)<cell>687<cell>1,445<cell>821<cell>624<cell>680<cell>577
- <row><cell>Fares(4)<cell>468<cell>455<cell>341<cell>312<cell>573<cell>398
- <row><cell>Oversales(5)<cell>849<cell>1,353<cell>607<cell>399<cell>265<cell>257
- <row><cell>Advertising<cell>122<cell>141<cell>89<cell>96<cell>54<cell>51
- <row><cell>Smoking<cell>311<cell>546<cell>232<cell>74<cell>25<cell>30
- <row><cell>Tours<cell>33<cell>37<cell>22<cell>29<cell>12<cell>16
- <row><cell>Credit<cell>40<cell>35<cell>19<cell>5<cell>10<cell>4
- <row><cell>Other<cell>424<cell>935<cell>584<cell>342<cell>228<cell>186
- </table>
- <list style=hang>
- <item>1. Cancellations, delays, etc. from schedule.
- <item>2. Unhelpful employees, inadequate meals or cabin service, treatment of delayed passengers.
- <item>3. Errors in reservations and ticketing; problems in making reservations and obtaining tickets.
- <item>4. Incorrect or incomplete information about fares, discount fare conditions and availability, etc.
- <item>5. All bumping problems, whether or not airline complied with DOT regulations.
- </list>
- <p>Source: U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Office of Consumer Affairs.
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- </body>
- </article>
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