Darn right I’m in. Not because there’s potentially $123.4 million on the table. Not because I’m really, really ticked off about paying those bundled “tax recovery charge” and “service fees”. Not because I have any bone to pick with the travel industry or Expedia itself. What gives? The folks managing the Expedia class action settlement election form process have made it EASY to play.
Just the other day there was a little email in my inbox (truthfully, I get a lot of emails that start out: “Notice of Settlement” or some other legalese—so it didn’t exactly stand out at first). When I opened it, I dreaded the never-ending diarrhea of legal verbiage that so often accompanies these “notices”. Not gonna lie, this one’s got it, too.
But if you take the time to click thru to the election form pages, you’ll see that your options are simple: Read the rest of this entry »