Orbitz/Delta payment demand 12 months after flight?

Question

In June 2007 I reserved a flight ticket and flew in August 2007. Now Orbitz has written to me demanding payment on behalf of Delta. It looks as though they had tried to charge to an old credit card that they had on record and no longer existed instead of to my current credit card.

Am I obliged to pay after all this time?

Answer 1

If you have never paid them, then you are obligated to pay for the flight. The fact that they screwed up applying the charge to the wrong card is stupid, but you still owe the money for the flight.

If you have already paid them once and they are coming after you again, then you do not have to pay.