( August 13, 2024, 11:35 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A putative class complaint by customers seeking damages from Southwest Airlines Co. after being given travel credits rather than refunds for security fees paid on reservations that were later canceled is preempted under the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA), a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled in a per curiam opinion, affirming a trial court’s decision....