Utah
Utah man fights for full airline credit after an overseas currency plummets in value
SANDY — Point to anywhere on a map and chances are pretty good Dave Zwahlen has been there.
“We’ve been all over the world,” he said. “We’ve been to all seven continents.”
But a trip he decided not to take is causing him grief. Last year, Zwahlen scuttled his plans for a river cruise of the Nile.
“We canceled it because of all the unrest over there,” he said.
Zwahlen said he got airline credit for his one-way Delta Air Lines ticket from Cairo back home to Salt Lake, which he paid $874.66 for.
“And they priced it in Egyptian pounds,” he said. “Which didn’t make a lot of sense to me but that’s what they did.”
Delta gave him a credit worth £26,895.80 in 900 Egyptian pounds. But the credit proved to be worth a lot less when he tried to use it this year.
“They keep insisting that because the Egyptian pound devalued, that my ticket wasn’t worth that much anymore,” Zwahlen said.
When Egypt devalued its currency in March, its currency plummeted nearly 40% in value instantly. Some 7,000 miles away, that apparently knocked his Delta flight credit down by $300.
“I said that’s not my problem,” he said. “I paid you in dollars.”
Zwahlen said even though he bought his ticket on Delta’s website from his home, Delta refuses to budge.
“I just feel like they didn’t treat me right,” he said when asked why he asked us to investigate.
The KSL Investigators reached out to Delta on his behalf. A spokesperson responded, “Delta has looked into this and will be contacting the customer today to make this right.”
And indeed, on that day, Zwahlen got his full credit for the flight, in US dollars.
“It’s not a lot of money, just kind of the principal, I think.”
On its website, Delta does say tickets purchased on its website will show up on your credit or debit card statements as sales made in the country from which travel originates. That’s how Zwahlen’s one-way ticket from Cairo wound up in Egyptian pounds.
Utah
Multiple earthquakes detected near Kanosh
KANOSH, Utah — The United States Geological Survey recorded multiple earthquakes near Kanosh Sunday morning, each of them having an average magnitude of 3.0.
The first earthquake, magnitude 3.0, was detected just after 12:30 a.m., with the epicenter located half a mile south of Kanarraville.
The second quake, magnitude 3.2, was detected around 5:45 a.m., with the epicenter nearly five miles south-southwest of Kanosh. This was followed by two more quakes in the same area, a magnitude 2.5 quake coming in around 6:35 a.m., followed by a third around 7:45 a.m, which measured at magnitude 3.3.
This has since been followed by another quake, measuring at magnitude 3.7, being detected around 8:45 a.m. The geographic location in the USGS report places the epicenter approximately over two miles south of the Dry Wash Trail, about six miles south-southwest of Kanosh.
FOX 13 News previously spoke with researchers at University of Utah, who said that earthquake swarms are relatively common. A study published in 2023 posits that swarms may be triggered by geothermal activity. The findings came after a series of seismic swarms were detected in central Utah, within the vicinity of three geothermal power plants.
The study also says that the swarms fall into a different category than aftershocks that typically follow large quakes, such as the magnitude 5.7 earthquake that hit the Wasatch Fault back in 2020.
Utah
Embattled Utah Rep. Trevor Lee loses county GOP convention — but wins enough support to make primary
Earlier in the week, House Speaker Mike Schultz said lawmakers asked the attorney general to investigate allegations of fraud and bribery against Lee.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Trevor Lee, R-Layton, running for reelection, addresses delegates during the Davis County Republican Party nominating convention at Syracuse High School on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
Utah
A new bar brings the Himalayas to the foot of Big Cottonwood Canyon
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