Judge Rules Orbitz Still Owes Marketer $12 Million For Now-Illegal Practices
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Under the partnership, Orbitz passed customers' credit card information to Trilegiant without notifying consumers. Orbitz terminated the practice starting in 2008, but a judge says Orbitz still has to make the payments that the contract called for.
A New York Supreme Court Justice ruled that Orbitz still owes Trilegiant more than $12 million for a discontinued marketing partnership and practice that has been banned under federal law.
The dispute relates to a 2005 marketing contract between Orbitz and Connecticut-based Trilegiant in which Orbitz users would book a flight or hotel and then receive an offer to buy additional travel-related services without having to re-enter their payment information.
Under the multiyear marketing pact for this
