Legal Opinion

Monzingo v. Alaska Air Group, Inc.

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided May 6, 2005No. S-11240PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A frequent flyer customer brought a class action lawsuit against Alaska Airlines seeking damages for changes to Alaska Airlines’s frequent flyer program that affected the value of his previously earned miles.: The superior court granted summary judgment in favor of Alaska Airlines and awarded twenty percent of actual attorney’s fees to the airline. We affirm the decision of the superior court and hold that: (l)'this breach of contract claim is not preempted by the Airline Deregulation Act; (2) the plain language of the Mileage Plan, and reasonable…

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