Kiwi Lawyer attempts to claim tax refund on $0 Jetstar fares

[moa999]

And the lawyer lost.

Lawyer Tyrone Barugh fails bid to claim $5000 from Jetstar in booking loophole - NZ Herald

Justice wouldn't be served by giving the man money he didn't have to start with: Tribunal

www.nzherald.co.nz

 

[henrus]

At the end the lawyer says he looks forward to flying Jetstar again soon. I wonder if he’s going to get banned?

 

[trippin_the_rift]

It seems he may have won if in a court and not via tribunal.

He should have consulted Harvey Specter.

"In a ruling released this week, the tribunal said while it may be that Barugh’s claim was “legally correct” it wouldn’t be in accordance with justice to award him the money."

“Unlike in a regular court, this is something that the Disputes Tribunal Act 1988 allows the tribunal to do.”

 

[p--and--t]

It seems he may have won if in a court and not via tribunal.

He should have consulted Harvey Specter.

"In a ruling released this week, the tribunal said while it may be that Barugh’s claim was “legally correct” it wouldn’t be in accordance with justice to award him the money."

“Unlike in a regular court, this is something that the Disputes Tribunal Act 1988 allows the tribunal to do.”

I have a gut feeling JQ would have fought it tooth and nail not to set a precedent and he could have ended up with court costs way in excess of his claim. Why take the risk just to be a smart a..

 

[kamchatsky]

It seems he may have won if in a court and not via tribunal.

He should have consulted Harvey Specter.

"In a ruling released this week, the tribunal said while it may be that Barugh’s claim was “legally correct” it wouldn’t be in accordance with justice to award him the money."

“Unlike in a regular court, this is something that the Disputes Tribunal Act 1988 allows the tribunal to do.”

Harvey Specter would not be bothered with such trivial cases. Louis Litt on the other hand .....

 

[Ansett Nostalgic]

Is there a full copy of the ruling somewhere?

 

[henrus]

Is there a full copy of the ruling somewhere?

https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Decisions/UC-v-K-Ltd-2024-NZDT-426-17-June-2024.pdf

It appears that it's only just come up in the news again because the ruling above has been made public.

 

[aikman]

Looks like they've actually now closed this loophole. Thank you Mr Tyrone for ruining it for everybody.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Looks like they've actually now closed this loophole. Thank you Mr Tyrone for ruining it for everybody.

It was never a ‘loophole’, at least one that anyone could enforce.

Has JQ stopped offering ‘free’ returns? They were never ‘free’… the one way fare was always more expensive than when the had sales for example.

 

[aikman]

the one way fare was always more expensive than when the had sales for example.

Which is why it was good that you used to be able to cancel that one way outbound sector but still keep the $0 inbound sector.

Now if I try to cancel the outbound sector the system is forcing me to also cancel the $0 inbound sector.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Which is why it was good that you used to be able to cancel that one way outbound sector but still keep the $0 inbound sector.

Now if I try to cancel the outbound sector the system is forcing me to also cancel the $0 inbound sector.

Errr… well… that seems fair enough! Otherwise you’d be flying for free!

 

[Flyerwin]