As part of £70 million compensation package paid out by BA and Virgin Atlantic, millions of UK airline passengers are presently encouraged to file their claims. Notably, two law firms assisted in realizing the compensation following the event when these two carriers admitted that they had colluded to fix fuel surcharge amounts. The American law firms filed their case representing over 11 million passengers. 

According to the compensation package, those transatlantic passengers who flew either on Virgin Atlantic or British Airways between August 2004 and March 2006 are entitled to receive refunds as part of the pending settlement of £100 million. Over and above, though the settlement was finalized in US courts, more than three fourths of the award is reserved for UK passengers who flew on these flights.

The refund amount ranges between £4 and £20 for a return ticket while the same is £10 on a one-way fare. Most interestingly, frequent flyers of either airline can hope to gain hundreds of pounds as refund. During the specified period mentioned in the announcement, the refund package applies to transatlantic flights and the other long-haul services.

Following an investigation into the fuel surcharge price fixing charges earlier, The Office of Fair Trading commanded BA to pay £270 million, while the US Department of Justice ordered the carrier to pay £150 million. Since Virgin reported this illegal activity, it was not punished. The claims for the above said refund policy are being registered on www.airpassengerfund.co.uk