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May 11, 2017, 3:59 pm

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Originally Posted by WineCountryUA

DOT will not enforce EU261 and reason supplied seems to fit circumstances.

Issue is how will EU261 treat this set of circumstances -- so while not pretending to be an EU261 expert but this does sort of make sense

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Originally Posted by goalie

Didn't say they would but it will force UA to respond

I don't remember the exact response from my own personal experience, but IIRC DOT just punted the letter and it was a waste of paper and ink, since it was out of their jurisdiction.