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Originally Posted by adzii_nufc
Morally I don't agree, I think it's a silly practice. I just term everything based on their official contracts so as to not confuse what's legal and illegal. It's a shoddy practice that they can get away with 99% of the time by offering incentives which legally they have to do, but it doesn't bother them because they've already made bank. This is the 1% where the thugs they've called have made a pigs arse of it and now they look like idiots too.
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con...iage.aspx#sec5
Section 5G
If people stand for it the majority of time, UA couldn't give a toss. We don't oversell football stadiums because we can. |
Looks like they broke their own rules.
Rule 25 paragraph 2.
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Boarding Priorities - If a flight is Oversold, no one may be denied boarding against his/her will until UA or other carrier personnel first ask for volunteers who will give up their reservations willingly in exchange for compensation as determined by UA. If there are not enough volunteers, other Passengers may be denied boarding involuntarily in accordance with UA’s boarding priority:
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The passenger had clearly boarded.