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Old Apr 18, 2017, 10:44 am
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Originally Posted by Ocn Vw 1K
This will almost always depend on the individual case. As you state, it's likely this will be settled in this crew-members-resulting-in-oversale UX situation. If, in this case, the plaintiff and UA wish to bargain based on the customer's hopeful return to UA/UX as an airline choice -- whether or not the parties bargain for such benefits as future free travel, elite status, redeemable MileagePlus miles, etc -- then the customer will have full, maybe even preferred, access to UA booking channels.

If, on the other hand, an airline determined that there was fraud, dishonesty, or oppression in the customer's past dealings with the carrier, that could have a different outcome. (See, e.g., Northwest Airlines v. Ginsberg (2014) 134 S.Ct., 1422 [cancellation of member's Platinum elite FF status].)
I suspect future UA flying will be a pretty low priority topic in the lawsuit. I'm guessing he is as likely to be flying on NetJets in the future rather than UA.

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