Class action lawsuit launched - flight refunds
This is why you don't hold AC long term... In addition to flight Suspensions, a national class action lawsuit has been launched for passengers to get a refund instead of a travel voucher since legally speaking, AC should have been issuing a refund instead of keeping the money due to the circumstances. It's estimated that this applies to hundreds of thousands of customers and the case could drag on for years. This applies to any airline in Canada - Westjet, Sunwing, Air Canada, Air Transat. "This is a consumer-protection class action seeking to enforce each passenger'srights to a refund for monies paid for their air tickets, when they are not able to travel for reasons outside of the control of the passengers," the statement of claim said. It saidcompanies should not be permitted to keep passengers' money for an indefinite period of time, whether they want to travel in the future or not. The class actionapplies to an unknown number of passengers, but it's estimatedit could affect hundreds of thousands of people. It includes anyone"residing anywhere in the world" who has not received a refund and who bought a ticket with one of the companies before March 11 fora trip scheduled between March 13 and whenever the federal government withdraw'sCOVID-19 travel advisories." https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/class-action-launched-after-airlines-give-vouchers-not-refunds-for-cancelled-trips/ar-BB11YQzL?li=AAggFp5