{"id":1677,"date":"2009-07-24T23:13:15","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T13:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=1677"},"modified":"2009-07-24T23:13:15","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T13:13:15","slug":"united-breaks-guitars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/travel-tips\/united-breaks-guitars","title":{"rendered":"&quot;United Breaks Guitars&quot; &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Air travellers who&#8217;ve had their property damaged by airlines or been frustrated in their dealings with impenetrable airline bureaucracy will enjoy watching these YouTube videos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo \" target=\"_blank\">Watch Dave Carroll&#8217;s response after a year of pursuing his complaint with United<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xDoSFqqL4WI \" target=\"_blank\">United Breaks Guitars &#8211; Inside Response from United Airlines<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only after Dave Carroll&#8217;s video received 150,000 hits and got airing on CNN did United make contact with him to try and resolve his complaint.  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