Originally Posted by
kudzu
Please see
UA Contract of Carriage Tariff Application: Section A) 2nd paragraph
"Where a passenger's ticket indicates UA will provide the air transportation, but another carrier will operate the flight pursuant to a codeshare arrangement with UA, the terms and conditions UA applies will vary from those set forth below, and vary depending on which carrier operates the specific codeshare flight on which you are traveling................."
The above passage goes on to say "THE RULES THAT ARE DIFFERENT ON A CODESHARE FLIGHT OPERATED BY ANOTHER CARRIER ARE MARKED BELOW WITH AN ASTERISK (*), AND THESE RULES ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AND FORM A PART OF THIS CONTRACT OF CARRIAGE."
The problem is I can't find mention of rules pertaining to standby to see if they have an asterisk.
The contract goes on to restate
"UNITED SHARED DESIGNATOR/UNITED EXPRESS: UA RULE: 0500
A) AN INDEPENDENT OPERATOR WILL PROVIDE SERVICE UNDER AN AGREEMENT WITH UA. THE INDEPENDENT OPERATOR IS CONSIDERED EITHER A UNITED SHARED DESIGNATOR OPERATOR OR A UNITED EXPRESS OPERATOR AS IDENTIFIED BY THE FLIGHT NUMBERS SHOWN IN PARAGRAPH (B).
1) FOR UNITED SHARED DESIGNATOR FLIGHTS, ALL TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION APPLICABLE TO UA SPECIFIED IN THIS TARIFF APPLY EXCEPT FOR SECTION V - BAGGAGE, OR EXCEPT WHERE SPECIFICALLY NOTED. SEE THE INDEPENDENT OPERATOR'S SECTION OF THIS TARIFF FOR BAGGAGE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THEIR FLIGHTS.
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OPERATOR
@U.S. AIRWAYS (US)
FLIGHT NO. 1700-2829
So the issue now seems to be where in the contract of carriage is the specific reference to standby rules and if there is an asterisk.