Category: Standing

Montreal Convention cancels ticketholders’ canceled ticket claims

June 23, 2016

Papaiyawala v. Saudi Arabian Airlines (E.D.V.A. Apr. 15, 2016).  The plaintiffs, a married couple, had purchased tickets for the wife’s parents to travel from India to New York.  Several days before the outbound flight, Saudia canceled the tickets in response to a fraud alert from the plaintiffs’ credit card company and then initiated the process … More Montreal Convention cancels ticketholders’ canceled ticket claims

Brokers battle in federal court over “bank” of frequent flyer points and miles

November 25, 2014

AZ DNR, LLC d/b/a ERC, LLC v. Luxury Travel Brokers, Inc. and Timothy W. Gibson (D. Kan. Oct. 24, 2014).  Litigation between brokers has revealed some of the inner workings of the secondary wholesale market for frequent flyer program points and miles.  In its complaint, ERC alleged that it is “in the business of purchasing … More Brokers battle in federal court over “bank” of frequent flyer points and miles

Long-pending ARC case against agency’s principals headed to trial after parties fail to conclude it through “barrage of dispositive motions”

November 16, 2010

Airlines Reporting Corporation v. Belfon (D. Virgin Islands Sept. 16, 2010).  World Wide Travel was formed in 1985 and was converted from the Agent Reporting Plan to the ARC program in 1999.  In 2001, WWT began to report sales late, fail to report sales and to other otherwise breach its remittance-related obligations under the Agent … More Long-pending ARC case against agency’s principals headed to trial after parties fail to conclude it through “barrage of dispositive motions”