United Airlines (NYSE: UAL) has asked a San Francisco federal judge to dismiss a proposed class-action lawsuit against the carrier, claiming it charged extra for window seats that lacked windows. United has argued that the terminology of "window" seat denotes a seat positioned on the side of the fuselage, and that it in no way guarantees a view on its own.

United has argued that court rulings and federal law generally bar passenger breach-of-contract suits over ancillary fees. The plaintiffs, who are represented by law firm Carter Greenbaum, seek millions in damages and estimate more than 1 million customers per airline were affected. A parallel lawsuit targets Delta Air Lines in New York, with the case spotlighting how airlines label seat attributes on aircraft like the Boeing 737 an

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