Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
Very hypothetical, but that looks like a ticket to me from the section bolded. Moreover,there is a clause in the Regulation that suggests that if it is a transferred reservation then the passenger is definitely covered by EC261 (article 1.2.b). However that has to be set against the fact that all paths lead back to United in terms of cause.
Yep - pax accept United were at fault from the offset. Let’s see what they offer as compensation, it may end up matching or at least coming close to what EC261 would have offered anyway.