UK watchdog warns Lastminute.com of court action over holiday refunds
12/02/2021 07:17
LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Britain's competition watchdog
has threatened Lastminute.com LMN.S with court action, after
the package holiday provider failed to pay over 1 million
pounds($1.38 million) of refunds to customers for cancelled
holidays due to COVID-19.
The Competition and Markets Authority said in December that
the company had to pay out over 7 million pounds to more than
9,000 customers missing out on holidays due to the pandemic.
However not everyone has been repaid by a January 21
deadline, the CMA said, adding 2,600 customers were still owed
refunds. The CMA said it would take court action if it does not
repay outstanding refunds within seven days.
($1 = 0.7250 pounds)
(Reporting by Iain Withers
Editing by Rachel Armstrong)
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