Moshe Peled (Plaintiff No. 5)
- In a statement of claim, they petitioned for expenses for food and drink, taxis and a hotel in the sum of $562.4.
- The affidavit indicates that he understood that the operator was looking for a solution for them where to stay until the flight scheduled for the next day. He was told to manage on his own. Take care of your own overnight stay at the Watson Hotel ($150.87) for October 19, 2019 and October 20, 2019 at a cost of $125.91. Getting to the hotel was done independently at $61.42 from the airport and from the hotel to the airport at a cost of $75. Meals cost in the city: $146.2. Breakfast on 20.10 is £9.52. Dinner on 20.10 at a cost of $74.86. Breakfast on 21.10 is $24.78 and dinner on 21.10 is $37.04. Shuttle services within the city US$6.
- In his testimony, he admitted that he had seen the letter that El Al had distributed to the passengers, in which he clarified the possibility of receiving compensation subject to sending appropriate receipts, but chose not to act accordingly and not to transfer the receipts to the defendant on the grounds that he was not interested in bringing the receipts to El Al (pp. 93-94 of the transcript) and that he was not the one who should run after El Al as the victim. He heard that an El Al representative shouted that they should go and manage on their own and did not offer him to keep receipts adapted for assistance services. According to him, the receipts attached to the affidavit amount to about $600. According to the summary of the receipts, the defendant must return the plaintiff the sum of $705.58.
Sefi Yosef Forer (Plaintiff No. 47)
- There is no detailed reference in the statement of claim.
- His affidavit showed that he spent $59.58 on personal economics (food). Travel cost was only shown within the city - a receipt of $12.84 and $17.21. The cost of the Courtyard Hotel is $240.57 - from 20.10 when arriving at 7.21am and departing on 21.10.
- His testimony indicated that he received his expenses back after contacting El Al (p. 3 of the transcript of April 9, 2025). According to his testimony in his affidavit (paragraph 9), he remained in the field until about four o'clock, and therefore he should be compensated according to the cost of a voucher of $15 per person.
Keren Dangor and Yitzhak Gindi (Plaintiffs Nos. 14-15)
- In the statement of claim, they petitioned for expenses for food and drink, taxis and a hotel in the amount of $674.97.
- In the affidavit, it was stated that a representative of the flight operator told them that if they had how to manage on their own, they should do so, and if they could not manage, they should wait for an explanation about the hotel, but this did not happen. They took a taxi independently and came to stay with their family. The cost of the taxi ride is $179.22 (there is a ride around 4 a.m. on October 19, 2019 for $104.74 and a ride around 3 p.m. on October 21 - the day of the alternative flight at 19:15 - for $74.48). Food expenses $164.97, clothing expenses $216.87.
- In her testimony, she stated that she was familiar with El Al's letter regarding reimbursement of expenses, but she did not contact the matter. She was confronted with the fact that the $159.40 food receipt at the restaurant was for five people, including the family who hosted them. She testified that they had other receipts that they could not find (p. 55, s. 35) and that she expects them to return to her for what she ate. She confirmed that they had been told to manage on their own, and if not, then El Al would arrange a hotel for them. The defendant demands that her demand for a refund for clothes be rejected, since she is not obligated to indemnify a passenger for the purchase of clothes that are not assistance services. Moreover, in the statement of claim there is no mention of the purchase of clothes as part of the required expenses, and this is the reason why the defendant asked the passengers to send her receipts for the purchase of assistance services and could not have made refunds in any other way. According to the defendant, the plaintiffs are entitled to a total refund of less than $300 for both of them combined.
I will note that even if the receipt should be divided in the amount of $160, and that it was hosted by a family, it is difficult to assume that for two days they did not purchase any additional food, even slightly, except for that meal, when she claimed that there were other receipts that they could not find, and therefore I found in these circumstances to rule for food for both of them (when it is not possible to know who ate and what and at what cost within the receipt of $160 that can and roughly divide it is $32 per person for one meal, which is certainly a matter of course). in a reasonable amount) a sum of $120 (equivalent to that single meal in a rough division and the balance to the balance of food and drink supplies, taking into account that it is two days for two - even if they stayed with someone who felt obligated as a token of gratitude instead of staying at the hotel, going out to dinner with them, and taking into account that it was also a holiday) - so that the defendant would pay the plaintiffs the sum of $299.