Sep 27, 2026 · 22 min · 10 segments
If you want your next consumer case to fail, just use any of these phrases. We can all but guarantee it will go nowhere. Warning: This podcast contains material not suitable for a younger audience…
Chris ElliottHostAydin ElliottHost
Chris booked a carnival cruise along with a travel insurance policy that covered him if he wanted to cancel for any reason.
Pretty standard, but he wanted a full refund, and he wanted our team to help him get it.
Usually, retroactively editing a contract is difficult for us here at Elliott Advocacy, as that would require magical powers.
After reading through some of his paper trail, we began to realize we may be an accomplice to a crime.
You see, when he bought his cruise ticket, he stated that it was likely he would have to cancel it, given the timeline conflicting with other plans he had.
I disclosed on that call that we would likely need to cancel, and the representative advised
me on a recorded line that it was my last chance to buy the ticket.
Carnival caught on to this when Chris made his insurance claim, and surprise, it refused.
As fishy as this seemed, it technically wasn't insurance fraud, but it could definitely get him put on a travel insurance banned list.
case impossible was what Chris wrote to us and to Carnival when he didn't get his 100% refund.
If this is not
Chris booked a carnival cruise along with a travel insurance policy that covered him if he wanted to cancel for any reason.
Pretty standard, but he wanted a full refund, and he wanted our team to help him get it.
Usually, retroactively editing a contract is difficult for us here at Elliott Advocacy, as that would require magical powers.
After reading through some of his paper trail, we began to realize we may be an accomplice to a crime.
You see, when he bought his cruise ticket, he stated that it was likely he would have to cancel it, given the timeline conflicting with other plans he had.
I disclosed on that call that we would likely need to cancel, and the representative advised
me on a recorded line that it was my last chance to buy the ticket.
Carnival caught on to this when Chris made his insurance claim, and surprise, it refused.
As fishy as this seemed, it technically wasn't insurance fraud, but it could definitely get him put on a travel insurance banned list.
case impossible was what Chris wrote to us and to Carnival when he didn't get his 100% refund.
If this is not
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