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submitted 9 months ago by Evkob@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Jake Moffatt was booking a flight to Toronto and asked the bot about the airline's bereavement rates โ€“ reduced fares provided in the event someone needs to travel due to the death of an immediate family member.

Moffatt said he was told that these fares could be claimed retroactively by completing a refund application within 90 days of the date the ticket was issued, and submitted a screenshot of his conversation with the bot as evidence supporting this claim.

The airline refused the refund because it said its policy was that bereavement fare could not, in fact, be claimed retroactively.

Air Canada argued that it could not be held liable for information provided by the bot.

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[-] Drusas@kbin.social 16 points 9 months ago

Are chatbots really legally required?

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago

Yeah I'm also confused as to what they mean by this.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

https://lemmy.world/comment/7546839

I am assuming the customer should legally have a way to contact a company.

Companies try to make this obligation cost less and less by using automation and self service.

Source : worked on the customer service platform for a fortune 500 company.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I am assuming the customer should legally have a way to contact a company.

Companies try to make this obligation cost less and less by using automation and self service.

Source : worked on the customer service platform for a fortune 500 company.

this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2024
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