Flight Credits Class Action

[Hvr]

Today I've received an email and SMS from Echolaw:

Flight Credits Class Action against Qantas — Echo Law

www.echolaw.com.au

"Echo Law is pleased to confirm that, on 13 March 2026, the parties reached an agreement to settle the class action for a sum of $105 million. The settlement agreement is subject to Court approval and is made with no admission of liability.

To participate in the proposed settlement, Group Members must register by 4pm (AEST) on 2 October 2026. It does not cost any money to register to participate in the proposed settlement and you will never be 'out of pocket' as a result of participating in this class action."

https://www.qantas.com/en-au/book/flights/travel-credits

https://www.qantas.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:756ba82e-34a0-4abf-a176-b8b24bca8e0a/original/as/notice-of-proposed-settlement-registration-and-opt-out.pdf

Federal court

I'm assuming lots of AFFers have received this. Has anybody signed up? Is it worth it or should I just ignore it?
I got my cancelled flights refunded.

 

[Seat0B]

Interesting. I still have a small COVID flight credit sitting there with QF because it’s pretty hard to be bothered calling for it. I have not received this notice. I’ll look into it as it appears I would be eligible.

 

[Himeno]

I had a points + pay booking made in that period which was cancelled. Qantas never sent me anything beyond the "your flight is cancelled" email.
When I followed up, they refunded the points and ~40% of the cash. Never got a full refund, or any sort of credit.

 

[Be.au]

Yes I received an SMS this morning from Echo Law.

Can't wait for my $50

If the settlement is approved on the basis of the proposed Settlement Distribution Scheme, you will receive an amount calculated in accordance with a formula. This amount is referred to as your ‘settlement payment’.

Your settlement payment is not yet known and cannot be accurately estimated yet. You should note however that any payment that eligible registered Group Members will receive will be at least $50, being the minimum return determined under the proposed Settlement Distribution Scheme.

In many cases, the amount received by eligible registered Group Members will be higher, particularly in circumstances where they had multiple eligible bookings or experienced significant delays in receiving their refunds. How much you receive may be based on a number of factors, including: the number of eligible Group Members who register to participate in the settlement; the amount of the Applicant’s legal costs, disbursements and funding commission approved by the Court and the administration costs for distributing the settlement to Group Members; individual factors like the amount of money you paid for the flight/s and how long you held your flight credit/s.

 

[Seat0B]

Yes I received an SMS this morning from Echo Law.

Can't wait for my $50

Had you previously registered with them or was it a “cold call.”

 

[airbound]

Had you previously registered with them or was it a “cold call.”

I received the email and SMS yesterday too. I had not previously registered.

 

[Be.au]

Had you previously registered with them or was it a “cold call.”

'Cold call' - never registered as I wouldn't have even thought I'd be eligible - so this was based on the Qantas records they've given over.

You are receiving this Notice because Qantas' records identify that you are a nominated point of contact for flight booking/s that are the subject of the Flight Credits Class Action against Qantas. You can find details about your relevant flight booking/s by clicking the Register button and using your unique ID for registration.

(turns out I did get the email this morning around the same time as I got the SMS, but went to junk).

 

[Seat0B]

Ok I might look in junk because I’m pretty sure I’m also eligible. Thanks for the prompt reply @Be.au

 

[CaptJCool]

Rocked up now

 

[CaptJCool]

Yes I received an SMS this morning from Echo Law.

Can't wait for my $50

Turns out that’s minimum guaranteed