Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
It has stated that for a couple of years (since 2016Q4 - see references in the thread's wiki) and with the exception of one special case, no one has reported UA enforcing this DOT allowed 7-day exemption with any normal booking.
while this is indeed the case on the reports in this forum, should definitely be noted that with the language there, you’d have no recourse if you booked a flight within 7 days and they refused to refund