$50M plane ticket to ride: Lawsuit exposes airline windfall
By J.M. Lawrence
Sunday, November 28, 2004

Airlines worldwide are ripping off passengers and the government for more than $50 million every year in fees and taxes they pocket after reselling nonrefundable tickets, a passengers' class action lawsuit now pending in Massachusetts claims.

``That seat is paid for twice as far as these fees but they keep it,'' says Framingham attorney Evans J. Carter, who sued 13 airlines this month in Middlesex Superior Court on behalf of 16 frequent fliers.

Ouch. I always thought the taxes, like the fare, were nonrefundable. Has anyone attempted to get that tax $$ back?