Seattle attorney Steve Berman said airline passengers may be paying 10% to 20% more than they should, because major airlines are sharing private fare data instead of competing on price.
Berman’s Seattle law firm, Hagens Berman, filed a proposed class-action lawsuit Nov. 4 in federal court in Seattle on behalf of two travelers. The complaint accuses seven airlines of violating federal antitrust laws: Delta, United, American, Alaska, Hawaiian, Southwest and JetBlue. It also names the Airline Tariff Publishing Company, or ATPCO, a data clearinghouse, and its subsidiary 3Victors.
KIRO host Gee Scott asked Berman how much of a $500 round-trip ticket might be inflated…