Opinion ID: 2508908
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Heading: The Superior Court Properly Entered Judgment in Favor of Alaska Airlines on Hallam's Claim Relating to His Ticket to Puerto Vallarta.

Text: Hallam claims that he was charged more than once for a single ticket to Puerto Vallarta that he purchased in August 1998. The cause of the double charge remains unexplained, but that is immaterial. The superior court found that Hallam suffered no damages as a result of the incident. The court therefore concluded that no award of damages for this claim is appropriate. These findings are well supported by the evidence. Hallam's credit card was billed $160.25 for the ticket on September 22. It was charged again, for $190.32, on February 20. The PDI for the ticket indicates that these charges are for the same ticket, as the ticket numbers associated with the two transactions on the credit card statements both appear on the PDI. On October 5, 1998, Hallam wrote to the credit card company to dispute the $190 charge. His credit card was credited for that amount on October 20. [16] An August 1999 letter from the credit card company says that Alaska Airlines asked to reinstate the $190 charge. The letter gives Hallam an opportunity to continue disputing the charge, but there is no evidence of how he responded. By Hallam's own admission, there is similarly no evidence showing that the charge ever actually reappeared on a bill. At trial, Hallam was unable to say whether the charge ever reappeared on his credit card bill and if so, whether he paid it or continued to contest it. He therefore did not prove that the contract was ever breached. We affirm the superior court's dismissal of this claim.