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Old Aug 31, 2017 | 12:58 am
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Originally Posted by spin88
United. If the OP prints out everything showing that he is in Y, and no BE disclosures, and UA's fare rules prohibit selling BE to non-US addresses, then he has a pretty good argument that its not his issue, he gets Y. That is my point. A reasonable airline would just put you in Y, but hey this is United we are taking about...

Now does he win that argument? YMMV. I am 100% I win that argument, but I'm a lawyer, and I know how to escalate very effectively...

The alternative "I don't want to mess with it" response is just to book OAL, especially if the price is the same/similar. OP suggested he might just do this. It is all his risk threshold.
Love to see you try winning that argument.

He would have bought his ticket through ctrip. It's up to the agency to deal with the traveler at that point if they sold something they should not have, especially cross border, and it's up to the agency to disclose the purchase conditions.
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