[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: 14CFR250.6]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

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

                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)

 

PART 250_OVERSALES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 250.6  Exceptions to eligibility for denied boarding compensation.



    A passenger denied boarding involuntarily from an oversold flight 

shall not be eligible for denied boarding compensation if:

    (a) The passenger does not comply fully with the carrier's contract 

of carriage or tariff provisions regarding ticketing, reconfirmation, 

check-in, and acceptability for transportation;

    (b) The flight for which the passenger holds confirmed reserved 

space is unable to accommodate that passenger because of substitution of 

equipment of lesser capacity when required by operational or safety 

reasons;

    (c) The passenger is offered accommodations or is seated in a 

section of the aircraft other than that specified on the ticket at no 

extra charge, except that a passenger seated in a section for which a 

lower fare is charged shall be entitled to an appropriate refund; or

    (d) The carrier arranges comparable air transportation, or other 

transportation used by the passenger at no extra cost to the passenger, 

that at the time such arrangements are made is planned to arrive at the 

airport of the passenger's next stopover or, if none, at the airport of 

the final destination not later than 1 hour after the planned arrival 

time of the passenger's original flight or flights.



[ER-1337, 48 FR 29680, June 28, 1983]



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