Some travellers who checked baggage on sure WestJet flights between 2014 and 2019 could now declare their share of a class-action settlement accredited by the British Columbia Supreme Courtroom final month and valued at $12.5 million.
An announcement from Evolink Regulation Group says anybody on the earth who paid a price for his or her first checked bag on home and worldwide flights throughout sure durations after they should not have been charged has till Feb. 10, 2025, to submit a declare.
The regulation agency based mostly in Burnaby, B.C., says the settlement will probably be distributed to class members within the type of WestJet journey credit, not money.
It says the distribution will come after the deduction of sophistication lawyer charges representing one-third of the settlement’s worth, extra authorized disbursements and a $1,500 honorarium for the plaintiff, which WestJet was to pay in money.
The B.C. Courtroom of Enchantment had dismissed WestJet’s earlier efforts to overturn the certification of the class-action lawsuit in 2022.
The Calgary-based airline finally amended wording in its home tariff to take away point out that one checked bag could be free.
The assertion from Evolink says any journey credit distributed to class members should be redeemed towards WestJet flights inside two years or they may expire.
Anybody who paid for his or her first checked bag on Canadian home flights booked straight with WestJet for journey between Oct. 29, 2014 and July 29, 2017 is eligible to submit a declare, the regulation agency says in a press release issued Friday.
For worldwide flights, the journey time interval is from Jan. 6, 2016 to Feb. 27, 2019.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Nov. 15, 2024.
