Did you forget about the domestic airlines price-fixing settlement?
Well, don’t worry, Top Class Actions hasn’t forgotten — BUT the process is taking a while.
A multidistrict litigation that began several years ago accuses several domestic airlines of scheming together to keep ticket prices high by limiting seating capacity on domestic flights.
Individual airlines have begun reaching settlements in these cases. Southwest Airlines agreed to a $15 million settlement in late 2017, and American Airlines agreed to settle claims against it for $45 million in 2018.
The American and Southwest settlements do not indicate any wrongdoing on the part of the airlines. Rather, they are meant to achieve the best outcome for all parties without the risks and costs associated with ongoing litigation.
The other defendant airlines have not reached settlements at this point, and additional money may result from future trials or settlements, according to the settlement website.
However, if the case is decided in favor of the defendants who did not settle, no additional money will become available.
It’s simply too early to know.
Consumers who purchased a domestic airline ticket on American, Delta, Southwest, United, Continental, or US Airways at any point between July 1, 2011, and Dec. 20, 2017, for the Southwest Settlement and between July 1, 2011, and June 14, 2018, for the American Settlement may be entitled to make a claim.
While the deadlines to object to or opt out of the settlement passed in January 2019, the window for filing a claim form has not yet opened.
However, consumers who believe they may be Class Members are encouraged to register on the settlement website in order to receive updates about the litigation and settlements.
Do you plan to file a claim in the domestic airlines price-fixing settlement when the claims period opens? Let us know in the comment section below.
The plaintiffs are represented by interim Class counsel Adam Zapala of Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP and Michael Hausfeld of Hausfeld LLP.
The Domestic Airlines Ticket Price-Fixing Class Action Lawsuit is In re: Domestic Airline Travel Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 1:15-mc-01404, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
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