Time delayed | Compensation |
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0 to 1 hour arrival delay | No compensation |
1 to 4 hour arrival delay | 200% of one-way fare (but no more than $775) |
Over 4 hours arrival delay | 400% of one-way fare (but no more than $1,550) |
This notice is presented in accordance with the regulations of the US Department of Transportation 14CFR 250.9
If you have been denied a reserved seat on Virgin Atlantic flight departing from the US, you are probably entitled to monetary compensation. This notice explains the airlines obligations and the passengers rights in the case of an oversold flight and is in accordance with regulations of the US Department of Transportation.
If a flight is oversold (more passengers hold confirmed reservations than there are seats available), no one may be denied boarding against his or her will until we have first asked for volunteers to give up their reservation willingly, in exchange for compensation of the airlines choosing. If there are not enough volunteers, other passengers may be denied boarding involuntarily. In accordance with the following boarding priority of Virgin Atlantic.
Last to check in or arrive at the baggage drop off desks or self service check in kiosks
If you are denied boarding involuntarily, you are entitled to a payment of 'denied boarding compensation' from the airline unless:
You have not fully complied with the airlines ticketing, check in and reconfirmation requirements, or you are not acceptable for transportation under the airlines usual rules and practices; or
International Transportation
Passengers traveling from the United States to a foreign point who are denied boarding involuntarily from an oversold flight originating at a U.S. airport are entitled to:
Time delayed | Compensation |
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0 to 1 hour arrival delay | No compensation |
1 to 4 hour arrival delay | 200% of one-way fare (but no more than $775) |
Over 4 hours arrival delay | 400% of one-way fare (but no more than $1,550) |
'Alternate transportation' is air transportation with a confirmed reservation at no additional charge (by any scheduled airline licensed by DOT), or other transportation accepted and used by the passenger in the case of denied boarding.
Except as provided below, the airline must give each passenger who qualifies for involuntary denied boarding compensation a payment by cash or check for the amount specified above, on the day and at the place the involuntary denied boarding occurs. If the airline arranges alternate transportation for the passenger’s convenience that departs before the payment can be made, the payment shall be sent to the passenger within 24 hours. The air carrier may offer free or discounted transportation in place of the cash payment. In that event, the carrier must disclose all material restrictions on the use of the free or discounted transportation before the passenger decides whether to accept the transportation in lieu of a cash or check payment. The passenger may insist on the cash/check payment or refuse all compensation and bring private legal action.
Acceptance of the compensation may relieve Virgin Atlantic from any further liability to the passenger caused by its failure to honour the confirmed reservation. However, the passenger may decline the payment and seek to recover damages in a court of law or in some other manner.