Just 100,000 apply for BA / Virgin compensation
08.05.08
Only 100,000 people have signed up for a refund from British Airways and Virgin Atlantic over the fuel surcharge price-fixing scandal, the Guardian reports. It is thought that around 5.65 million UK citizens are eligible to claim compensation, but the vast majority have yet to claim.
The passengers, plus over 1,000 businesses, have registered to share in the £73.5m compensation pot agreed by the two airlines in February, according to legal firm Cohen Milstein, which brought the class action suit on behalf of UK consumers. The latest registration figures were disclosed as the firm released more details of the procedure to claim compensation.
The payments, of £20 per return flight bought with either BA or Virgin between August 11 2004 and March 23 2006, will be sent out from October. For more information visit www.airpassengerrefund.co.uk.
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