[Magic_Mikki]

Here is what happened:

8 of us booked a trip to San Diego. One person was in charge of booking the trip via Expedia. Since Expedia didn't allow us to book all 8 people in one transaction, she did it in two transactions of 4 people each. However, she accidently booked the second group of 4 people (including me, DH, and another couple) for the wrong flight-- the flight was supposed to be for 9:15AM and she accidently booked us for a 9:15PM flight! The first group did get booked correctly, for the 9:15AM flight.

I was very understanding about the mistake. I know she is human and this seemed to be an easy mistake to make. I also did everything in my power to get the 4 of us changed to the morning flight. The best I could do is that we would wait until 12:00AM the morning of the flight and buy "stand-by" tickets online for $50/person. That was a fine idea, and that's what we did.

Now here is the dilemma-- Who pays the $50 for the 4 stand by tickets? Do we each pay for our own, or does my friend, who made the mistake, pay for them? DH and I had to choose between either paying $100 (for two of the $50 tickets) or miss an entire day's worth of fun in the sun! The plane was to land at 11:00AM, Cali time. Otherwise, if we took the night flight, it would land at 11:00PM, Cali time! We would miss all the fun, including the dinner reservations we had already made.

So who should pay for the $200 (4 stand by tickets at $50 each)? The 4 of us who got booked on the wrong flight or the person who made the mistake?

[quagmire8]

Maybe since there are 8 of you then the 8 can divide the $200 8 ways? Or the person that made the mistake can foot the bill. It doesnt seem fair that you would have to pay for another person's mistake.

[DK615617]

I personally think the person who made the mistake should offer to pay. However people don't always do the right thing, at the very least she should pay half of that money.

[Magic_Mikki]

I was just really frustrated with the whole event... If it were my mistake I would TOTALLY have offered to pay for it. It was $200 total, and that is a lot of money but it was a fixable amount, you know? It wasn't SO much that one person (two, really.. it was a couple) couldn't do it.

Anyway, what ended up actually happening was that, when it came time to pay for it, she offered to pay half. So each person ended up paying $25. I guess I was OK with that. But honestly, if it were my mistake I would have offered to pay it all.