I said this before, another case like this with virgin airlines or something. The lady that was severely obese weighed  the combined weight of me, my wife and one of our stuffed bags. And still they pay the same amount.  Found the article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1410877/Airline-passenger-crushed-by-23-st-woman-wins-13000.html While searching for it I found this aswell: http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/62682792/Woman-forced-from-seat-by-obese-passenger At least he said sorry