I have just received the following email from ACFTCAsettlement.com? Did anyone receive the same? Is it a scam?
To file your Election of Benefits Form online:
ID Number: 101XXXXXXXXX
You can file a claim for cash or vouchers from a class action settlement
about your rental of a vehicle at a California airport location from
January 1, 2007 to November 14, 2007.
A settlement has been reached with
The Hertz Corporation, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., Avis Budget Group, Inc., Vanguard Car Rental USA, LLC, Enterprise Holdings, Inc., Fox Rent A Car, Inc. and the California Travel and Tourism Commission in a class action lawsuit claiming that these companies agreed with each other to pass on the Airport Concession Fee (ACF) and Tourism Commission Assessment (TCA) to customers for rentals at certain California airport locations. The Defendants deny all of the claims in the lawsuit, but have agreed to the settlement to avoid the cost and risk of a trial.
Who is included? Defendants’ records show that you are included in the settlement. Generally, the settlement includes people who rented a vehicle directly from corporate-owned locations of Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Fox Rent A Car, Hertz, National, or Thrifty for pick up at a California airport location from January 1, 2007 through November 14, 2007, and who were charged and paid an ACF and/or TCA as a separate line item on their invoice. Rentals from non-corporate owned airport locations, rentals made as part of a pre-existing agreement with a business or governmental body according to which the rental charge was determined, and rentals where a package price was paid to a tour operator or online booking agency (like Priceline or Hotwire) are not included and are not entitled to cash payments or vouchers.
What can you get? You can elect to receive one of the cash or voucher options below based on the total number of days you rented one or more vehicles directly from that rental car defendant at a California airport location from January 1, 2007 to November 14, 2007, and paid an ACF and/or TCA as a separate line item on your invoice. Benefit options are:
Total number of rental days Option Description
Any Cash $2 per day ($5 minimum payment)
Less than eight One—One Day Voucher one voucher good for free time and mileage for one rental day
Eight or more Two—One Day Vouchers two vouchers, each good for free time and mileage for one rental day; or
One—Two Day Voucher one voucher good for free time and mileage for two rental days
Vouchers will be issued in the brand name of the rental car company that charged and collected the ACF and/or TCA, and will be available for use at any of that rental car company’s U.S. corporate-owned locations. Avis and Budget vouchers may be redeemed at an Avis or Budget U.S. corporate-owned location. The settlement will also require the California Travel and Tourism Commission to adopt certain practices related to meetings and its communications with the public and rental car companies about Tourism Commission Assessments.
How to Get Benefits? You must submit an Election of Benefits Form by January 25, 2013 to get a cash payment or voucher. Using the ID number above, you can submit a form online at
www.ACFTCAsettlement.com. You may also request one by calling 1-888-758-5690 or by sending a letter by mail to the Settlement Administrator.
Your Other Options? If you submit an Election of Benefits Form or do nothing, you will be legally bound by the settlement and you will give up your right to sue the Defendants for any claim asserted in this lawsuit or released by the Stipulation of Settlement. If you do not want to be legally bound by the settlement or be able to get a cash payment or voucher from it, you must exclude yourself by October 1, 2012. If you do not exclude yourself, you may object to the settlement or you may ask for permission for you or your lawyer to appear and speak at the hearing—at your own cost—but you don’t have to. The deadline to submit objections and requests to appear is October 1, 2012. The detailed notice, available at the website, explains how to act on all of your options.
The Court will hold a hearing on October 29, 2012 to consider whether to approve: the settlement; attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses of up to $5,870,000; and a $2,000 payment to the Class Representative. These fees, costs, expenses and payments will be paid separately by the Defendants and will not reduce the amount of cash or vouchers available. The complete terms of the settlement, including the benefits you may be entitled to receive and the rights you may be giving up are contained in the Stipulation of Settlement, which may be found online at
www.ACFTCAsettlement.com.
File your claim online at
www.ACFTCAsettlement.com. You may also request an Election of Benefits Form and more information by calling 1-888-758-5690.