A little payback for Minnesota Travelocity customers
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If you booked a trip on Travelocity.com since June 2009 and bought travel insurance to go along with it, a little cash may be headed your way.
The Minnesota Commerce Department today writes:
81,970 Minnesota consumers who purchased travel insurance on Travelocity.com between June 1, 2009 and January 24, 2012 will receive nearly $2.5 million in refunds.
A consent order issued by Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman last Friday alleges that New York-based National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh and Wisconsin-based Travel Guard Group, Inc. violated state law by automatically enrolling consumers in optional travel insurance policies.
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Commerce says consumers were required to select "opt out" to not be enrolled, "a clear violation of state law and represent a breach of consumer trust."
The insurance cost $25 to $45 per traveler. The settlement averages about $30 per Minnesota traveler.
Think you might be entitled? Email the department.
-Paul Tosto
