{"id":422381,"date":"2026-05-07T19:25:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/delta-air-lines-5-million-refund-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T19:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:25:05","slug":"tricks-and-traps-why-delta-faces-a-5m-lawsuit-over-how-it-handles-refunds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=422381","title":{"rendered":"‘Tricks And Traps’: Why Delta Faces A $5M Lawsuit Over How It Handles Refunds"},"content":{"rendered":"

US carrier Delta Air Lines<\/a><\/span> faces a multi-million-dollar class-action lawsuit over allegations that it uses deceptive techniques to stop passengers from getting full cash refunds on premium, fully refundable tickets. According to the lawsuit, Delta has designed its website to push electronic credits and make it more difficult for passengers to select full refunds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Plaintiff claims the airline’s cancellation and refund page has the e-credits option pre-selected while hiding the cash-compensation option!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,13477,476,565,719,423,1777],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airline-refunds","category-airlines","category-delta-air-lines","category-lawsuit","category-united-states","category-us-department-of-transportation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t