Terms & Conditions

Notice of Incorporated Terms
Effective January 1, 1983, this notice forms part of the conditions of contract between the airline and the passenger. If there is any inconsistency between the incorporated terms described below and the terms and conditions in the passenger's ticket, these incorporated terms govern.

Air transportation to be provided between points in the US (including its overseas territories and possessions) is subject to the individual terms of the transporting air carriers, which are herein incorporated by reference and made part of the contract of carriage. Foreign air transportation governed by applicable tariffs on file with the US and other governments. Incorporated terms may include, but are not restricted to:

  • Limits on liability for personal injury or death.
  • Limits on liability for baggage, including fragile or perishable goods, and availability of excess valuation coverage.
  • Claims restrictions, including time periods in which passengers must file a claim or bring an action against the air carrier.
  • Rights of the air carrier to change terms of the contract.
  • Rules on reconfirmation of reservations, check-in times, and refusal to carry.
  • Rights of the air carrier and limits on liability for delay or failure to perform service, including schedule changes, substitution of alternate air carriers or aircraft and rerouting.

You can obtain additional information on items 1 through 6 above at any US location where the transporting air carrier's tickets are sold.

You have the Right to inspect the full text of each transporting air carrier's terms at its airport and city ticket offices. You also have the Right, upon request, to receive free of charge the full text of the applicable terms Incorporated by reference from each of the transporting air carriers. Information on ordering the full text of each air carrier's terms is available at any US location where the air carrier's tickets are sold.

NOTICE-OVERBOOKING OF FLIGHTS

Airline flights may be overbooked, and there is a slight chance that a seat will not be available on a flight for which a person has a confirmed reservation. If the flight is overbooked, no one will be denied a seat until the airline personnel first ask for volunteers willing to give up their reservation in exchange for a payment of the airline's choosing. If there are not enough volunteers the airline will deny boarding to other persons in accordance with it's particular boarding priority. With few exceptions persons denied boarding involuntarily are entitled to compensation. The complete rules for the payment of compensation and each airline's boarding priorities are available at all airport ticket counters and boarding locations. Some airlines do not apply these consumer protections to travel from some foreign countries, although other consumer protections may be available. Check with the airline or your travel agent.

RECONFIRMATION NOTICE

Some international carriers require reconfirmation of your reservations. Contact the transporting air carrier for the applicable requirements.

NOTICE

If the passenger's journey involves an ultimate destination or stop in a country other than the country of departure the Warsaw Convention may be applicable and the Convention governs and in most cases limits the liability of carriers for death or personal Injury and in respect of loss of or damage to baggage. See also notices headed "Advice to International Passenger on Limitation of Liability" and "Notice of Baggage Liability Limitations".

CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT

1. As used in this contract "ticket" means this passenger ticket and baggage check of which these conditions and the notices form part. "Carriage" is equivalent to "transportation". "Carrier" means all air carriers that carry or undertake to carry the passenger and his baggage. "Convention" means the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air signed at Warsaw, 12th October, 1929, or that Convention as amended at The Hague, 28th September, 1955, whichever is applicable.

2. Carriage hereunder is subject to the rules and limitations relating to liability established by the Warsaw Convention unless such carriage is not "International" carriage as defined by that Convention.

3. To the extent not in conflict with the foregoing carriage and other services performed by each carrier are subject to (I) provisions contained in this ticket, (II) applicable tariffs, (III) carrier's conditions of carriage and related regulations which are made part hereof (and are available on application at the offices of the carrier), except transportation between a place in the United States or Canada and any place outside thereof to which tariffs in force in those countries apply.

4. Carrier's name may be abbreviated in the ticket, the full name and its abbreviation being set forth in carrier's tariffs, conditions of carriage, regulations or timetables; carrier's address shall be the airport of departure shown opposite the first abbreviation of the carrier's name in the ticket; the agreed stopping places are those places set forth in this ticket or as shown in the carrier's timetables as scheduled stopping placed on the passenger's route; carriage to be performed hereunder by several successive carriers is regarded as a single operation.

5. An air carrier issuing a ticket for carriage over the lines of another air carrier does so only as its agent.

6. Any exclusion or limitation of liability of carrier shall apply to and be fore the benefit of agents, servant and representatives of the carrier and any person whose aircraft is used by carrier for carriage and its agents, servants and representatives.

7. checked baggage will be delivered to the bearer of the baggage check. In case of damage to baggage moving in International transportation complaint must be made in writing to carrier forthwith after discovery of damage and, at the latest, within seven days from receipt; in case of delay, complaint must be made within 21 days from the date the baggage was delivered. See tariffs or conditions of carriage regarding non-international transportation.

8. This ticket is good for carriage for one year from date of issue, except as otherwise provided in this ticket, in carrier's tariffs, conditions of carriage, or related regulations. The fare for carriage hereunder is subject to change prior to commencement of carriage. Carrier may refuse transportation if the applicable fare has not been paid.

9. Carrier undertakes to use its best efforts to carry the passenger and baggage with reasonable dispatch. Times shown in timetables or elsewhere are not guaranteed and form no part of this contract. Carrier may without notice substitute alternate carriers or aircraft, and may alter or omit stopping places shown on the ticket in case of necessity. Schedules are subject to change without notice. Carrier assumes no responsibility for making connections.

10. Passenger shall comply with Government travel requirements, present exit, entry and other required documents and arrive at the airport by time fixed by the carrier or, if no time if fixed, early enough to complete departure procedures.

11. No agent, servant, or representative of carrier has authority to alter, modify or waive any provision of this contract.

CARRIER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE CARRIAGE TO ANY PERSON WHO HAS ACQUIRED A TICKET IN VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE LAW OR CARRIER'S TARIFFS, RULES OR REGULATIONS.

ADVICE TO INTERNATIONAL

PASSENGERS ON LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Passengers on a journey involving an ultimate destination or a stop in a country other than the country of origin are advised that the provisions of a treaty known as the Warsaw Convention may be applicable to the entire journey. Including any portion entirely within the country of origin or destination. For such passengers on a journey to, from, or with an agreed stopping place in the United States of America, the Convention and special contracts of carriage embodied in applicable tariffs provide that the liability of certain carriers, parties to such special contracts, for death of or personal injury to passengers is limited in most cases to proven damages not to exceed US $75,000.00 per passenger, and that this liability up to such limit shall not depend on negligence on the part of the carrier. The limit of liability of US $75,000.00 above is inclusive of legal fees and costs except that in case of a claim brought in a state where provision is made for separate award of legal fees and costs, the limit shall be the sum of US $58,000.00 exclusive of legal fees and costs. For such passengers traveling by a carrier not a party to such special contracts or on a journey not to, from, or having an agreed stopping place in the United States of America, liability of the carrier for death or personal injury to passengers is limited in most cases to approximately US $10,000.00 or US $20,000.00.

The names of carriers, parties to such special contracts, are available at all ticket offices of such carriers and may be examined on request. Additional information can usually be obtained by purchasing insurance from a private company. Such insurance is not affected by any limitation of the carrier's liability under the Warsaw Convention or such special contracts of carriage. For further information please consult your airline or insurance company representative.

NOTICE OF BAGGAGE LIABILITY LIMITATIONS

Liability for loss, delay or damage to baggage is limited unless a higher value is declared in advance and additional charges are paid. For most international travel (including domestic portions of international journeys) the liability limit is approximately $9.07 per pound for checked baggage and $400.00 per passenger for unchecked baggage.

For travel wholly between U.S. points federal rules require any limit on an airline's baggage liability to be at least $1250.00 per passenger. Excess valuation may be declared on certain types of articles. Some carriers assume no liability for fragile, valuable or perishable articles. Further information may be obtained from the carrier.