Qantas to pay $120m for allegedly selling tickets to flights that had already been cancelled
The Guardian - 2024-05-06T03:40:32.000Z

The airline agrees to a $100m fine and to repay $20m to customers in settlement with the ACCCFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQantas will fork out $100m as a civil penalty and pay $20m to customers in compensation, after striking a deal with the consumer watchdog over landmark legal action for allegedly selling tens of thousands of tickets to flights that had already been cancelled in its system.On...

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