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Suit Against Airlines Made Class Action

May 6, 2004





DETROIT, May 5 (AP) - A federal judge says millions of
airline passengers will be included in a lawsuit filed
against three carriers over a disputed cost-saving practice
known as "hidden-city ticketing."

Passengers who use the practice try to save money by using
only part of a multistop ticket. For example, a traveler
would buy a ticket for a flight with an intermediate stop,
then get off at that stop, in cases where the price for the
two-stop trip is cheaper than flying direct to their
destination.

Airlines say doing so constitutes fraud and penalize
travelers who do not use their entire ticket. Passengers
have challenged the airlines' rules in court, accusing them
of unlawfully conspiring to violate federal antitrust laws
by prohibiting certain ticket purchases that resulted in
lower costs for travelers. The lawsuit seeks about $1
billion in damages.

In certifying the class action, United States District
Judge Gerald E. Rosen decided Tuesday that the suit will
include all passengers who bought full-fare tickets on
Northwest Airlines that began or ended with flights at
Northwest's Detroit or Minneapolis hubs since October 1992.


It will also include US Airways passengers who bought
tickets for travel at airports in Pittsburgh or Charlotte,
N.C., since 1995 and Delta Air Lines passengers who bought
tickets since 1995 involving trips that ended or began in
Atlanta or Cincinnati.

A Northwest spokesman, Kurt Ebenhoch, told The Detroit News
that the ruling was "an expected step." He declined further
comment.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/06/business/06ticket.html?ex=1084874018&ei=1&en=64631024fe5b160b


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