[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR250.1]



[Page 200-201]

 

                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)

 

PART 250_OVERSALES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 250.1  Definitions.









Sec.

250.1 Definitions.

250.2 Applicability.

250.2a Policy regarding denied boarding.

250.2b Carriers to request volunteers for denied boarding.

250.3 Boarding priority rules.

250.5 Amount of denied boarding compensation for passengers denied 

          boarding involuntarily.

250.6 Exceptions to eligibility for denied boarding compensation.

250.7 [Reserved]

250.8 Denied boarding compensation.



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250.9 Written explanation of denied boarding compensation and boarding 

          priorities.

250.10 Report of passengers denied confirmed space.

250.11 Public disclosure of deliberate overbooking and boarding 

          procedures.



    Authority: 49 U.S.C. chapters 401, 411, 413, 417.



    Source: ER-1306, 47 FR 52985, Nov. 24, 1982, unless otherwise noted.





    Airport means the airport at which the direct or connecting flight, 

on which the passenger holds confirmed reserved space, is planned to 

arrive or some other airport serving the same metropolitan area, 

provided that transportation to the other airport is accepted (i.e., 

used) by the passenger.

    Carrier means: (1) A direct air carrier, except a helicopter 

operator, holding a certificate issued by the Department of 

Transportation pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 41102 (formerly sections 401(d)(1), 

401(d)(2), 401(d)(5) and 401(d)(8) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958), 

or an exemption from 49 U.S.C. 41101 (formerly section 401(a) of the 

Act), authorizing the transportation of persons, or

    (2) A foreign route air carrier holding a permit issued by the 

Department pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 41301 through 41306 (formerly section 

402 of the Act), or an exemption from the appropriate provision of 49 

U.S.C. 41301 through 41306, authorizing the scheduled foreign air 

transportation of persons.

    Comparable air transportation means transportation provided to 

passengers at no extra cost by a carrier as defined above.

    Confirmed reserved space, means space on a specific date and on a 

specific flight and class of service of a carrier which has been 

requested by a passenger and which the carrier or its agent has 

verified, by appropriate notation on the ticket or in any other manner 

provided therefor by the carrier, as being reserved for the 

accommodation of the passenger.

    Large aircraft means any aircraft that has a passenger capacity of 

more than 60 seats.

    Stopover means a deliberate interruption of a journey by the 

passenger, scheduled to exceed 4 hours, at a point between the place of 

departure and the final destination.

    Sum of the values of the remaining flight coupons means the sum of 

the applicable one-way fares, including any surcharges and air 

transportation taxes, less any applicable discounts.



[ER-1306, 47 FR 52985, Nov. 24, 1982, as amended by ER-1337, 48 FR 

29680, June 28, 1983; 68 FR 52836, Sept. 8, 2003]