My first class action

In 2020, Clara and I had flights booked from Sydney to Kansai airport in Japan. You may recall that something happened in 2020 that resulted in a bunch of flight cancellations. Something about a Mexican beer? A class action lawsuit was filed in Australia against Qantas for how they handled refunds (or lack thereof) for these flights. According to the legal firm: This class action relates to flight credits issued by Qantas to customers for flights that were scheduled to depart between 1 January 2020 and 1 November 2022 but were cancelled by Qantas (Cancelled Flights). The class action alleges that Qantas breached its legal obligations by failing to provide customers with refunds for Cancelled Flights within a reasonable time and instead issued flight credits. Earlier this year, the parties reached an agreement for Qantas to pay $105 million to settle the class action, without admission of any liability. The Proposed Settlement requires Court approval to be effective. The Court will…