Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are facing major class action lawsuits after passengers discovered they were paying premium prices for window seats that had no actual windows. According to CNN, the lawsuits, filed in federal courts in New York and San Francisco, claim both airlines have been charging extra fees for seats positioned next to blank walls instead of providing the promised view outside the aircraft.
Two separate class action cases were filed on August 19, 2025, seeking millions of dollars in damages for more than 1 million passengers at each carrier. The Delta lawsuit is led by Nicholas Meyer from Brooklyn, who paid for a window seat on August 5, 2025, from LaGuardia to California but found himself next to a blank wall for the entire four-and-a-half hour flight. The United case involves plaintiffs Marc Brenman from San Francisco and Aviva Copaken from Los Angeles, with Copaken purchasing three window seats ranging from $45.99 to $169.99, all of which lacked windows.
