BA and Virgin to pay out refunds (Price fixing on fuel surcharges)

worldtraveller

People who flew long-haul with British Airways or Virgin Atlantic between 11 August 2004 and 23 March 2006 will be eligible for a refund.

Virgin and BA have reached agreement on a class action suit, which will now have to be approved by US courts.

BA was fined for price-fixing on fuel surcharges while Virgin also admitted breaching the law but escaped a fine.

The refunds will be worth one-third of the fuel surcharge, between about £1 and £11.50 for each flight.

Cohen Milstein estimates that the settlement will be worth about $200m (£100m), £73.5m of which will be set aside to pay claims by passengers who bought tickets in the UK in pounds sterling.

Passengers and businesses that bought tickets would be eligible for refunds of up to £10 for each leg of a journey.

BBC News

U.K. CLAIMS:
It is my understanding from the U.K. representative of Cohen Milstein that, subject to the courts final approval of the settlement, U.K. claims will probably be handled by an independent claims administrator. Claims would not be made to the actual airline(s). You would require proof that you bought a ticket between 11th August, 2004 and 23rd March, 2006 for a long-haul flight on Virgin and/or BA. The claim amount for U.S. flights, for example, would be approximately £10 per flight per passenger (£20 for a round-trip). Therefore, again, purely as an example, a family of four who flew BA to Florida, round-trip, could claim £80.00. It is not just for U.S. flights. They say that claims should be relatively easy to settle, probably online or a freephone number. This is all to be finalised in due course.

Alikay

Oooohh! Six of us travelled to Orlando with Virgin during those times -so a refund would be really nice. Only problem is I haven't kept any of the documentation and the old computer complete with any related emails died and was buried a year ago. Tried Expedia who we booked with, but there's no info in the "my trips" area anymore ...probably too old. Will email Expedia to see if they can help. I still know the dates, just haven't got any proof, exept entry stamps in passports which don't mention airline:(

PBA

Says on the BBC article (linked in 1st post) that the details of the claims process will be published in 60 days. I can't imagine they could insist on seeing proof, almost nobody would still have their boarding pass and that is the only real proof of being on a flight (an eticket receipt shows that a ticket was bought, but not that you actually travelled). BA & Virgin must still have copies of the manifests, so if you know what dates you travelled they should be able to confirm your details and pay out.

Little_Chicken

I've flown with both airlines longhall about 6 times during this time - i'm gonna be rightthere as soon as i can make a claim. does anyone know what happens if you flew with them as part of a package deal? do you think we'll still be able to claim? Ta

chalky_bertie

Me too also entitled to some money back. Can check and have prrof that I travelled with BA as the flights taken are in "My transactions" on the BAEC website. However you can only check back 3 years so just out of range for the full time period but it's looking like 4 round trip flights for 2. :T

photome

Radio5 news says proof could be in the form of a bank/credit card statement.

My question is Does the flight have to have been taken in that timeframe or the tickets purchased in that time frame

jetskidia

Surely the airlines can provide proof of when people flew with them?

Engadine

During the period they are talking about I took quite a few flights so any money back would be great!

If you are a member of a frequent flyer scheme for either airline you will be able to get flight information through your account. Just checked my BA Executive Club account, it will let you search for transactions going back 3 years so not enough to cover the whole period they are talking about but better than nothing.

_Andy_

photome wrote: »

Radio5 news says proof could be in the form of a bank/credit card statement.

My question is Does the flight have to have been taken in that timeframe or the tickets purchased in that time frame

Paid for in that timeframe

alanrowell

Details of how UK passengers and businesses will be able to register to claim the refund will be available from 7pm today on www.virginbapassengerrefund.co.uk, or by telephoning 0800 043 0343.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...ng-782686.html

bagand96

The refunds will be worth one-third of the fuel surcharge, between about £1 and £11.50 for each flight.

What will I spend my £10 on?! To be honest I'm wondering whether I want to claim, knowing I'll get enough for three pints, and some US lawfirm are running off to the sunset with millions...