Virgin/BA Refund is this legit??

[Suited_Jock]

Got this link https://www.airpassengerrefund.co.uk/ sent in an email to me and was wondering if it was legit or not??

I remember seeing it in the news but then this site looks a bit iffy and it was flagged as spam within gmail..

Just wondering cuz I'd have 4x return flights to claim..

[Sheriff Fatman]

I got the same a couple of days ago and wondered the same think.

I haven't launched the files, although they're PDFs so, as far as I'm aware, harmless.

(awaits correction from techno-bod)

[Bongo]

Domain name:
airpassengerrefund.co.uk

Registrant:
Epiq Class Action & Claims Solutions, Inc.

Trading as:
EPIQ

Registrant type:
Non-UK Corporation

Registrant's address:
10300 SW Allen Boulevard
Beaverton
Oregon
97005

[Suited_Jock]

Domain name:
airpassengerrefund.co.uk

Registrant:
Epiq Class Action & Claims Solutions, Inc.

Trading as:
EPIQ

Registrant type:
Non-UK Corporation

Registrant's address:
10300 SW Allen Boulevard
Beaverton
Oregon
97005

which would lead us to these folk:
http://www.epiqsystems.com/

[Suited_Jock]

more digging

http://www.ttglive.com/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=61139&CMPI_SHARED_articleId=937500&CMPI_SHARED_ImageArticleId=937500&CMPI_SHARED_articleIdRelated=937500&CMPI_SHARED_ToolsArticleId=937500&CMPI_SHARED_CommentArticleId=937500

[kinboshi]

It's linked to from the Virgin website:

http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/gb/index.jsp

near the bottom



(had to mess about with the URL because of the Virgin tags being placed and buggering up the URL.)

[tikay]

Domain name:
airpassengerrefund.co.uk

Registrant:
Epiq Class Action & Claims Solutions, Inc.

Trading as:
EPIQ

Registrant type:
Non-UK Corporation

Registrant's address:
10300 SW Allen Boulevard
Beaverton
Oregon
97005

Following the fines on BA & Virgin for price-fixing, (specifically, colluding as to Fuel Surcharges) Congress stated they must offer anyone who was overcharged a refund, & what is more, they must actively seek out those who may have been "forced" to overpay. I believe the EC have engaged Epiq, too, again against BA & Virgin.

Virgin & BA were specifically debarred from managing this process, & the Contract was awarded to Epiq, who do this sort of thing for a living. If you write to BA or Virgin, they will refer you to Epiq, & they (BA & Virgin) have been advertising this info for some time now in their "In-Flight Magazines".

I believe Virgin & BA, between them, have deposited, or set aside, over £300 milliion to settle these potential claims.

The matter came to light when Virgin grassed up BA, before confessing that they too had been equally naughty.

[kinboshi]

Also linked from BA:

http://www.britishairways.com/travel/home/public/en_gb?countrycode=GB

[henrik777]

Hover your cursor on the link within the email and see if the information behind the link is the same as the visual link. Always check this when visiting a link especially for those involving finance and passwords.

Copy and paste will only show the visual link.

Sandy