Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Florida
I purchased an airplane ticket via a travel agent. I called the travel agency back to see if I could cancel my ticket and get a refund. The travel agent said that it would be a charge of $250 for the cancelation and the rest would be refunded($1381). After getting the verbal confirmation and email cancelation form from the agent, I purchased another ticket knowing that it was canceled. A supervisor called a day after to inform me that the ticket could not be canceled and that they did not charge the $250 cancelation. From what I understood, the agent made a mistake with the cancelation. I was told by the supervisor that I would have to pay the whole total and that the cancelation charge will not be processed. At this point, I felt like I was being ripped off and canceled my card and disputed that pending charge. This charge has disappeared from my charges now. Am I responsible for this payment if the agent made a mistake? Another agent told me that this agent was inexperienced. They have the Recordings of the cancelation call and I have the cancelation email from them.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Maybe. It depends whether the credit card company determines that your disputed charge is the merchants responsibility under the credit card issuers rules that govern disputed charges.