<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Rule 240
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Comparable Air Transportation – transportation provided by air carriers, or foreign air carriers holding certificates of public convenience and necessity, or foreign permits.</font>

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B) Schedule Irregularity
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When a passenger will be delayed because of a Schedule Irregularity caused by CO, CO will use its best efforts to arrange onward transportation over its own lines in the same class of service at no additional cost to the passenger. If space is available on CO flight(s) in a different class of service acceptable to the passenger, such flight(s) will be used at no additional cost to the passenger only if the flight(s) provide an earlier arrival at the passenger’s destination. At the passenger’s request, provided that the tariff covering the original transportation permits Routing via the carrier which will transport the passenger, CO will reaccommodate the passenger in the same class of service on the next available flight on another carrier, or combination of carriers, if the length of the delay to the passenger’s destination exceeds 2 hours.
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C) Change in Schedule
When a passenger will be delayed because of a Change in Schedule, CO will, at its election arrange to:

1) Transport the passenger over its own lines to the destination, next Stopover point, or transfer point shown on its portion of the Ticket, without Stopover, at no additional cost to the passenger, provided that a passenger who paid a Coach fare will only be transported on a flight in First Class or Business First Class Service subject to availability, if such flight will provide an earlier arrival than CO’s next flight on which coach space is available;

2) Reroute passengers holding confirmed reservations between the two cities, over the lines of one or more carriers when a Change in Schedule results in the cancellation of all CO service between two cities.

3) Provide a refund in accordance with Rule 260 (Involuntary Refunds) if the passenger is not transported as provided in D)1) and D)2) above.(should be C1 and C2)

EXCEPTION: Change in Schedule does not include Force Majeure Events as defined below. CO may, in the event of a Force Majeure Event, without notice, cancel, terminate, divert, postpone, or delay any flight, right of carriage or reservations (whether or not confirmed) and determine if any departure or landing should be made, without any liability on the part of CO except to refund any unused portion of the Ticket in the original form of payment, in accordance with involuntary refund rules herein. As used in this rule, a Force Majeure Event is defined as:
(blah blah blah, basically weather, ATC and strikes)</font>

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">When such interruption is due to circumstances outside CO’s control such as weather condition and air traffic control delays.</font>

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Rule 260
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The amount CO will refund upon surrender of the unused portion of the passenger’s Ticket, pursuant to Rule 35 (Refusal to Transport), Rule 50 (Acceptance of Children), or Rule 240 (Flight Delays/Cancellations), will be:

(a refund)

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If alternative surface transportation is provided and such is acceptable to the passenger, no refund will be provided.</font>