[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
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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