Originally Posted by
ConciergeMike
The VDB should not be processed until acceptance is acquired. If an airline really were dumb enough to deboard someone who had not accepted the terms of the VDB, then they deserve to pay out an IDB and deal with the resulting ding from the DoT and such. I doubt this would really happen all that much in practice.
I agree that it would be foolish to process, and that no sensible airline or GA would do so. But, no sensible traveller would fly through EWR unless necessary for the specific routing.
Under the scenario presented by ralfp, the VDB, in being denied boarding, would have been constructively processed before acceptance.