Air Passenger Duty Refund Update..

[orchidvilla]

Just got this update through as i registerd some months back ...

Dear Potential Class Member:

This notification is being sent to you regarding a proposed settlement that has been reached in a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that British Airways Plc and Virgin Atlantic Airways, Ltd. unlawfully conspired to fix prices of fuel surcharges imposed on “long-haul” passenger fares. Long-haul flights include most flights between the U.K. and non-E.U. destinations, including flights to and from the United States. All flights on Virgin Atlantic qualify as long-haul. Tickets must have been purchased between 11 August 2004 and 23 March 2006.

Attached to this email are copies of the court-ordered Notice and a Claim Form that you can file to apply to participate in the Settlement. Members of the Class who file a valid claim will be paid 33.3% of the passenger fuel surcharge they paid on qualifying coupons. Refund payments will range between £4 and £20 per passenger per round-trip ticket purchased in the U.K. and between $7 and $34 per passenger per round-trip ticket purchased in the U.S.

For more information about the terms of the proposed Settlement, please read the attached legal notice. You may also visit www.airpassengerrefund.co.uk. If you would prefer to file a Claim Form electronically, there is an on-line Claim process available on the website.

Please do not reply to this message. We are unable to respond to inquiries in reply to this email. If you wish to contact the Settlement Administrator, you may do so by writing to info@airpassengerrefund.co.uk. There is also an information helpline at 0 800 043-0343 (U.K. Free Phone).

This e-mail is being sent to potential Class Members as required by the Settlement Agreement and under Order of the United States District Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco Division. This is not a recurring email. Recipients can unsubscribe by clicking on the link below.

Sincerely,

Settlement Administrator
Air Passenger Fuel Surcharge Settlement Fund

[Katys Grandad]

This isn't anything to do with 'Air Passenger Duty' which is something very different - although just as much of a rip-off.

[sammibabe]

Is that the link to claim for Virgin flights booked during the price fixing period? Have tried it but the page said there was a problem with the website security. Continue on was not recommended. Not being technically minded I just closed the page down. Where do you go to register your claim please?

[floridageoff]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by sammibabe
Is that the link to claim for Virgin flights booked during the price fixing period? Have tried it but the page said there was a problem with the website security. Continue on was not recommended. Not being technically minded I just closed the page down. Where do you go to register your claim please?
[/quote]The link in orchidvilla's post worked for me when I clicked on it and that is the site to claim your refund.

[sammibabe]

I've got Vista on my laptop but when we tried it on the other computer it worked fine. Apparently have until 2012 to claim - hopefully that doesn't mean they are going to take that long to sort out! Has anybody heard if any claims have been dealt with yet or any sort of timescale?

[blott]

That's weird isn't it?

I tried the link earlier and was stopped from using it with this message.

There is a problem with this website's security certificate.

The security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website's address.

Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or intercept any data you send to the server.

We recommend that you close this webpage and do not continue to this website.

Click here to close this webpage.

Continue to this website (not recommended).

For more information, see "Certificate Errors" in Internet Explorer Help.

Now I've just received exactly the same email as posted above and I haven't registered for anything to do with this previously.

I'm not sure that the site is genuine or not? Looks either like spam or a scam?

[CERICROWLEY]

I have looked at their website, they do give a lot of information etc, but what do they get out of claiming the refund, rather than going direct to the airline, do they get a percentage of the claim.

[Katys Grandad]

This does appear to be genuine because the same information (containing the same e-mail address) is available as a direct link from the BA site. How people are selected to receive this e-mail remains a bit of a mystery though.

[Linicia]

After reading this thread yesterday, I received two of those emails, both to different email addresses and both from different people. I hovered my mouse over the links and strange looking info came up. As it happens, I also had an email reply from that email address as I had sent them an enquiry from the email contact form on the official website, reached hrough the Virgin Atlantic site.

I think best be safe than sorry and do not link through these unsolicited emails. Better to reach them through the airline sites.

[Frosty]

I got the warning on my computer also when i tried the link.

It may be down to which kind of virus software you us.

I use AVG and it checks for phishing sites and untrusted security certificates.

I would be very carefull giving out any info on such a site.