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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25 thoughts onDomestic Airlines Price-Fixing Class Action Lawsuits, Settlements Still in Limbo
Add me please 🙏
My husband flew every week sometimes twice a week for three months on the road three months at home all through those years damn skippy we will be waiting for that to settle!!!!
Put me down I fly
You have to put yourself on register
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Yes add me
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Yes I am but they shit down the website! How do we file a claim?
You register for the settlement itself, the settlement will keep in touch with you
Why did you go to jail for blowing the whistle on them
They do not want “Joe Public” exposing them for cutting corners when they compile class member lists. The fastest and easiest way to discredit anyone who exposes them, is to come up with some fake charge to get him thrown in jail.
I know for a fact that I was not living in the USA during the period cited in the lawsuit. I also called all the airlines. They have no record that I purchased any tickets. I have my tax returned to prove that I did not reside in the USA. All of the evidence is proof that Rust Consulting is faking the class member lists using mailing lists, rather than info from the defendant airlines.
I did the same thing to Cigna. They threatened to have me thrown in jail if I do not back down, when I pointed out that they leak customer information in violation of their own privacy policy. Two of their marketing partners called me using info they obtained from Cigna.
Let me in
Yes but can not fill out claim form
Domestic trust anti litigation settlements go to registration