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Old May 29, 2009 | 8:10 pm
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Originally Posted by jeffrocowboy
I thought it was law now that all US carriers and those carrying passengers into/out of the US are required to allow passengers to use POC?

BTW down in this part of the world (Australia and New Zealand) you can use POC, or small oxygen bottles issued (for each flight) by an authorized suppler
The mandatory compliance date was May 13, 2009. UA waited to that very day before they complied. That way they could continue to charge $125 per segment for oxygen.
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