Lawsuit claims two Canadian airlines colluded to charge extra fees
A proposed class action lawsuit is going to try and get you back some of those baggage fees you鈥檝e been paying whenever you fly out of town.
The lawsuit focuses on two announcements made by聽WestJet聽and聽Air Canada聽three days apart back in September 2014 and there are suggestions the two airlines met behind closed doors and agreed to charge more.
McGill Business Professor Karl Moore doubts collusion, suggesting it鈥檚 more a case of reaction on the part of Air Canada. 鈥淭here鈥檚 something where you let the other guy be the bad guy, if you would. Let them get the negative publicity and then when you announce it, people go, 鈥極h, well. They鈥檙e just following their competitor.鈥�
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