Class action case over fuel surcharge results in Avios distribution (US members only)
Jul 7, 2018, 9:17 am
#151
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And you folks think BA's systems are so solid that there couldn't be an error?
And I fail to see how offering one member of a household account satisfies the valid claim of another member. The household isn't a plaintiff, but all the individuals are.
There have been no reports of more than one family member in a household account getting an email or unique id. And my offer is half of what it should be for redemptions out of the household account, based on the fuel surcharges I know I paid.
If this stays this way, I will be filing a complaint to the judge regarding the administrators, based on the lack of an offer for my wife, and the insufficient offer, based on 16.9% of the YQ on eligible plantiffs/redemptions, the lack of transparency, and the lack of reasonable communication on the part of the administrator.
But please, the rest of you, just trust BA and the plantiff lawyers.
And I fail to see how offering one member of a household account satisfies the valid claim of another member. The household isn't a plaintiff, but all the individuals are.
There have been no reports of more than one family member in a household account getting an email or unique id. And my offer is half of what it should be for redemptions out of the household account, based on the fuel surcharges I know I paid.
If this stays this way, I will be filing a complaint to the judge regarding the administrators, based on the lack of an offer for my wife, and the insufficient offer, based on 16.9% of the YQ on eligible plantiffs/redemptions, the lack of transparency, and the lack of reasonable communication on the part of the administrator.
But please, the rest of you, just trust BA and the plantiff lawyers.
Jul 22, 2018, 3:51 pm
#153
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And you folks think BA's systems are so solid that there couldn't be an error?
And I fail to see how offering one member of a household account satisfies the valid claim of another member. The household isn't a plaintiff, but all the individuals are.
There have been no reports of more than one family member in a household account getting an email or unique id. And my offer is half of what it should be for redemptions out of the household account, based on the fuel surcharges I know I paid.
If this stays this way, I will be filing a complaint to the judge regarding the administrators, based on the lack of an offer for my wife, and the insufficient offer, based on 16.9% of the YQ on eligible plantiffs/redemptions, the lack of transparency, and the lack of reasonable communication on the part of the administrator.
But please, the rest of you, just trust BA and the plantiff lawyers.
And I fail to see how offering one member of a household account satisfies the valid claim of another member. The household isn't a plaintiff, but all the individuals are.
There have been no reports of more than one family member in a household account getting an email or unique id. And my offer is half of what it should be for redemptions out of the household account, based on the fuel surcharges I know I paid.
If this stays this way, I will be filing a complaint to the judge regarding the administrators, based on the lack of an offer for my wife, and the insufficient offer, based on 16.9% of the YQ on eligible plantiffs/redemptions, the lack of transparency, and the lack of reasonable communication on the part of the administrator.
But please, the rest of you, just trust BA and the plantiff lawyers.
Jul 25, 2018, 7:20 pm
#154
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I didn't get a claim code so e-mailed for info. After a couple of replies (they need name and address, not the BAEC number) got an offer of $710 or 20,000 avios. No brainer.
I wouldn't have known about this unless reading about it on FT so really appreciate the info. I'm not sure there's real due diligence in contacting class members as there's no reason they couldn't have contacted me.
I wouldn't have known about this unless reading about it on FT so really appreciate the info. I'm not sure there's real due diligence in contacting class members as there's no reason they couldn't have contacted me.
Jul 25, 2018, 7:23 pm
#155
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I'm assuming you are not Weiss. Their objection concerned this critique. Defendant argues that qualified class members had to make the purchase from their own individual account in order to receive compensation. If one member of a household account makes a redemption for one or more account holders, then it counts as one claim and not two. The cash option was calculated to account for all tickets purchased by an individual and not a household. For instance, I flew to JNB on BA in 2010. The flights I paid for myself and my then girlfriend were attributed to myself and not both of us because I was the payor of these fees and she was not. Further, as described above, both my brother and I belong to the same household and both of us received claim numbers because we each paid for tickets using our own accounts. Their objection will likely be quashed, and they are not presenting themselves to argue.
Jul 25, 2018, 8:08 pm
#156
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I didn't get a claim code so e-mailed for info. After a couple of replies (they need name and address, not the BAEC number) got an offer of $710 or 20,000 avios. No brainer.
I wouldn't have known about this unless reading about it on FT so really appreciate the info. I'm not sure there's real due diligence in contacting class members as there's no reason they couldn't have contacted me.
I wouldn't have known about this unless reading about it on FT so really appreciate the info. I'm not sure there's real due diligence in contacting class members as there's no reason they couldn't have contacted me.
Jul 26, 2018, 10:50 am
#157
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Is your E-mail address you'd given BA still the same?
Jul 26, 2018, 8:28 pm
#158
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Jul 26, 2018, 10:55 pm
#160
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Jul 27, 2018, 7:47 am
#161
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I don't remember ever receiving an email but I was pretty sure I would be included based on the dates. I was going to just wait and see how many Avios I was going to get since I didn't get a Unique ID number (since I never got the email) but when I saw one of the posts on a blog forum noting the cash option had to filled by the 29th I decided to email to see what my options were.
Boy am I happy I did that!!!!
Once I got my Unique ID I saw that my options were 20,000 Avios or $693.50! Seriously? Who would go for the points in that case? Thankfully I took some initiative to follow-up on this before the deadline. I would have been upset with myself if I automatically got 20k Avios instead of that much money back. Probably explains why BA sent out emails that went into peoples spam folders and got lost since 20k Avios is probably much cheaper for them.
Feel bad for all those people that don't read FT or other blogs who had the email go to their spam folders and thus never filed for the cash option and will get some measly Avios amount as compensation.
Boy am I happy I did that!!!!
Once I got my Unique ID I saw that my options were 20,000 Avios or $693.50! Seriously? Who would go for the points in that case? Thankfully I took some initiative to follow-up on this before the deadline. I would have been upset with myself if I automatically got 20k Avios instead of that much money back. Probably explains why BA sent out emails that went into peoples spam folders and got lost since 20k Avios is probably much cheaper for them.
Feel bad for all those people that don't read FT or other blogs who had the email go to their spam folders and thus never filed for the cash option and will get some measly Avios amount as compensation.
Jul 27, 2018, 8:09 am
#162
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Jul 27, 2018, 10:40 am
#163
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I updated my BAEC address, then sent an email to [email protected] requesting my Unique ID (included name, BAEC No., and address in the email). I got a reply a couple hours ago with the Unique ID, then logged on and saw the 20,000/$509 offer and chose the cash option.
So it's definitely possible that you'll get a response in time.
Aug 10, 2018, 8:40 pm
#165
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 1,318
Anyone receiving their miles/dollars yet?
For some reason I can no longer find my emails with the claim code, but I'm pretty sure I submitted the claim online. (Either way, I think a claim submission was not necessary if the claimant was requesting Avios anyway.)
For some reason I can no longer find my emails with the claim code, but I'm pretty sure I submitted the claim online. (Either way, I think a claim submission was not necessary if the claimant was requesting Avios anyway.)