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WASHINGTON, DC – Umthethwandaba weSupreme Court uzalalela umlandu wenkampani yendizamtshina eyodwa njalo ebhalwe ukuthi ukhalaza njalo.

WASHINGTON, DC – Umthethwandaba weSupreme Court uzalalela umlandu wenkampani yendizamtshina eyodwa njalo ebhalwe ukuthi ukhalaza njalo.

URabi Binyomin Ginsberg uthi ubulungu bakhe be-WorldPerks Platinum Elite buhoxisiwe ngemva kokutshelwa ukuthi “usebenzise kabi” amalungelo akhe, efaka izikhalo ephindaphindiwe zokuthuthukiswa nezinye izinzuzo.

I-Northwest Airlines, eyasetshenziswa yi-Delta Air Lines ekuhlanganisweni kuka-2008, ithe "yabe inesinqumo esisodwa" mayelana nemigomo nemibandela evamile yohlelo ukwenza izinqumo ezinjalo.

Okubangwayo ukuthi i-Ginsberg inalo yini ilungelo ngaphansi komthetho wezwe lokuletha udaba lwakhe noma ngabe ilawulwa umthetho wenkathi yawo-1970 owawususa ukulawula imboni yezindiza.

Lowo mthetho uvimbela izinhlangano ekuletheni izimangalo zezwe ezifanayo ngokumelene nezinkampani zezindiza ezihlobene “nenani, umzila, noma isevisi” yenkampani yenethiwekhi.

UGinsberg uyinduna yeTorah Academy eMinneapolis futhi uhamba njalo ezofundisa nokufundisa.

Ujoyine uhlelo lwe-WorldPerks oluvamile lwe-Northwest ngo-1999 futhi wafinyelela isimo sePlatinum Elite ngo-2005.

Kodwa ngoJuni ka-2008, uGinsberg wathi omele iNorthwest wambiza wamtshela ukuthi isimo sakhe siyahoxiswa ngesizathu sokuthi "walusebenzisa kabi" uhlelo, ngokwamaphepha asenkantolo.

UGinsberg uthe inkampani yezindiza iphinde yathatha amakhulu ezinkulungwane zamamayela aqoqwe ku-akhawunti yakhe.

“Bekungenangqondo. Ekuqaleni, ngesikhathi bengithinta ocingweni ngacabanga ukuthi kuwucingo,” kusho uGinsberg. “Ngesikhathi ngiphusha isizathu nokucacisa, bangitshela ukuthi yingoba ngikhononda kakhulu.”

Ngemva kwenyanga ngemva kwalolo cingo, iNorthwest yathumelela urabi incwadi ebika ukuthi wenze izikhalo ezingu-24 ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalombili ezedlule, okuhlanganisa nezigameko eziyisishiyagalolunye zokufika kwesikhwama sakhe sekwephuzile enqoleni yemithwalo, ngokwamaphepha asenkantolo.

“Uhlale ucela isinxephezelo ngaphezu kwezinkombandlela zethu. Sikunikeze u-$1,925 wamavawusha esikweletu sohambo, 78,500 WorldPerks bonus miles, isengezo sevawusha yendodana yakho, kanye nembuyiselo engu-$491,” kusho incwadi, ngokwamaphepha asenkantolo.

“Ngenxa yokupha kwethu esikhathini esidlule, kufanele seluleke ngenhlonipho ukuthi ngeke sisakunikeza isinxephezelo njalo lapho usithinta.”

Abameli bakaGinsberg baphikisane norabi kanye nonkosikazi wakhe babenesilinganiso sezindiza ezingaba ngu-75 eNyakatho-ntshonalanga unyaka ngamunye, nokuthi uGinsberg walinganisela ukuthi cishe amaphesenti ayishumi kuphela ohambo oluholele ekubizweni kokunakekelwa kwamakhasimende eNorthwest.

“Angicabangi ukuthi bengingumuntu okhononda njalo,” kusho uGinsberg. “Bekufanele bathathe isikhathi sabo bahlaziye: Ngabe izikhalo zami bezisemthethweni? Ingabe kufanele ngabe benza okuthile ukuthuthukisa insizakalo yabo kanye nekhwalithi yomkhiqizo? Esikhundleni sokukhathazeka, kufanele sivale umlomo umuntu okhalazayo kakhulu.”

Kamuva ngaleyo kwindla, iNyakatho-ntshonalanga yathumelela u-Ginsberg i-imeyili, lapho inkampani yezindiza yacaphuna ipharagrafu embhalweni omuhle we-WorldPerks Program.

Yathi iNyakatho-ntshonalanga inganquma “ngokwahlulela kwayo kuphela” ukuthi umgibeli ulusebenzise kabi yini uhlelo, nokuthi ukuhlukunyezwa “kungase kuphumele ekukhanselweni kwe-akhawunti yelungu kanye nokuhoxiswa esikhathini esizayo ekubambeni iqhaza kohlelo, kuphucwe wonke amamayela anqwabelene kanye nokukhanselwa kwawo akhishwe ngaphambilini kodwa imiklomelo engasetshenzisiwe.”

UGinsberg wamangalela u-$5 million ngokwephulwa kwenkontileka ngoJanuwari 2009, kodwa ijaji lombuso eSan Diego lasichitha leso sinqumo sekilasi, livumelana neNorthwest ukuthi i-Airline Deregulation Act yasishaya indiva isimangalo sakhe.

Abameli benkampani yezindiza baphinde baphikisa ngokuthi imigomo nemibandela evamile ye-WorldPerks ayidingi ukuthi iNorthwest inikeze abandiza njalo izincazelo ezinde noma izizathu zesinqumo sayo sokunqamula noma ukwehlisa isikhundla selungu ohlelweni.

Kepha ngo-2011, inkantolo yokudlulisa amacala eSan Francisco yahoxisa, yayala ukuthi icubungule kabusha izicelo zekilasi likaGinsberg. Ithe lapho iCongress iphasiswa umthetho wokuhoxiswa komthetho, yayingahlosile “ukugoma imboni yezindiza ekukhokheleni izimangalo zenkontileka yomthetho ojwayelekile.”

Akuzange kube khona ukuphawula kwaDelta eNkantolo eNkulu eyamukela isicelo sayo sokudlulisa icala.

UGinsberg - osathanda ukundiza njalo, kodwa ongasathembekile kunoma iyiphi inkampani yezindiza - uthe unethemba lokuthi uzobuyiselwa amamayela akhe, abuyiselwe isimo sakhe, futhi athole isinxephezelo esifanele ngalokho adlule kukho.

“Kimina, kuwukukhwabanisa okuqondile. Awukwazi ukuphuca umuntu imayela uma esewaqoqile,” usho kanje. “Siphila ezweni elakhelwe phezu kwenkululeko futhi lokhu kimina kuwukuxhashazwa okukhulu kwenkululeko.”

Icala yiNorthwest, Inc. v. Ginsberg (12-462).

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