A lawsuit has been launched against WestJet over a “cap” the airline has put in place on how much it will pay passengers if they need meals and hotel stays, which a passenger rights group says is illegal. "We just want to put money back in people's pockets that belongs to the passengers to begin with," said Gabor Lukacs, president of Air Passenger Rights, the group that filed the lawsuit in British Columbia over WestJet's reimbursement policies. According to the WestJet website, it states there is a cap of $150 or $200 for non-Canadian destinations per night for hotel stays and a $45 cap per day for meal expenses. The group says those caps are against the law.

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