Ticket Terms and Conditions and Other Important Notices

Charges & Financial Obligations · User right or choice

Extra protection can usually be bought from a private insurance company

The notice advises that additional protection can usually be obtained by buying insurance from a private company, and says such insurance is not affected by any limit on the carrier's liability under an international treaty. It refers the passenger to the carrier or an insurance company for more information. Nothing in this passage says that the company issuing the notice sells that insurance.

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Additional protection can usually be obtained by purchasing insurance from a private company. Such insurance is not affected by any limitation of the carrier’s liability under an international treaty.

For further information, please consult your carrier or insurance company.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The notice says additional protection can "usually" be obtained; it does not guarantee availability.

Not stated here

• The notice does not name any insurer or say what such insurance covers or costs.

Charges & Financial Obligations · User right or choice

A higher baggage liability limit may be available by declaring value at check-in

Whichever Convention applies, the notice says the passenger may benefit from a higher limit of liability for loss of, damage to or delay of baggage by making a special declaration of the value of the baggage at check-in and paying any supplementary fee that may apply. As an alternative, if the baggage is worth more than the applicable limit, the notice says the passenger should fully insure it before travelling.

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Regardless of which Convention applies to your journey, you may benefit from a higher limit of liability for loss of, damage or delay to baggage by making at check-in a special declaration of the value of your baggage and paying any supplementary fee that may apply.

Alternatively, if the value of your baggage exceeds the applicable limit of liability, you should fully insure it before you travel.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The declaration must be made at check-in.
• A supplementary fee "may apply"; its amount is not stated.
• Written as a possible benefit ("you may benefit"), not a guarantee of a higher limit.

Not stated here

• The size of any supplementary fee and any cap on declared value are not stated here.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): Montreal Convention limits: 1,288 SDR for baggage and 6,303 SDR for delay damage per passenger, in most cases — A higher baggage limit may be available by declaring value at check-in, so the stated baggage limit is not the only possible limit for a passenger who makes that declaration.
• qualifies (model-proposed): Warsaw system baggage limits: 17 SDR per kg checked and 332 SDR for unchecked baggage — The declared-value option applies regardless of which Convention applies, so it also qualifies the Warsaw baggage limits.

Charges & Financial Obligations · User right or choice

Excess valuation may be declared on certain articles, and carriers may apply special rules for fragile or valuable items

The baggage notice says excess valuation may be declared on certain types of articles, and that carriers may apply special rules for fragile, valuable or perishable articles. In each case the passenger is told to check with the carrier.

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BAGGAGE: Excess valuation may be declared on certain types of articles. Carriers may apply special rules for fragile, valuable, or perishable articles. Check with your carrier.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated as "may": excess valuation applies to "certain types of articles" and special rules apply "may" be applied by carriers.

Not stated here

• Which articles qualify, and what special rules or fees apply, are not stated.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

Checked baggage: carriers may permit a free allowance that varies by class or route, and may charge for excess

The notice says carriers may permit a free checked baggage allowance, which is set by the carrier and may differ by class and/or route. Carriers may apply extra charges for checked baggage over the permitted allowance. The passenger is told to check with the carrier.

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Checked Baggage: Carriers may permit a free checked baggage allowance, which is set by the carrier and may differ by class, and/or route.

Carriers may apply extra charges for checked baggage in excess of their permitted allowance.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The allowance is set by the carrier and "may differ by class, and/or route".
• Stated as "may": the notice does not promise a free allowance.

Not stated here

• The allowance size and the amount of extra charges are not stated.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

Cabin baggage: carriers may permit a free allowance that varies; keeping cabin baggage to a minimum is recommended

The notice says carriers may permit a free cabin (unchecked) baggage allowance, which is set by the carrier and may differ by class, route and/or aircraft type. It recommends that cabin baggage be kept to a minimum and tells the passenger to check with the carrier.

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Cabin (Unchecked) Baggage: Carriers may permit a free cabin baggage allowance, which is set by the carrier and may differ by class, route, and/or aircraft type. It is recommended that cabin baggage be kept to a minimum.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The allowance may differ by class, route and/or aircraft type.
• The recommendation to keep cabin baggage to a minimum is not stated as a rule.

Not stated here

• The allowance size is not stated, and the notice does not say whether extra charges apply to cabin baggage.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Context

With more than one carrier, each carrier may apply different baggage rules

If more than one carrier provides the transportation for the journey, the notice says each carrier may apply different rules on baggage, both checked and cabin.

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If more than one carrier is providing the transportation for your journey, each carrier may apply different rules on baggage (both checked and cabin).

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when more than one carrier provides the transportation.

Not stated here

• The notice does not say which carrier's rules govern a connecting journey.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception

Back-to-back and hidden-city ticketing are prohibited by many carriers and may lead to cancellation or extra charges

The notice says circumventing a carrier's rules, including back-to-back ticketing (booking two or more tickets with overlapping travel dates to circumvent minimum stay requirements) and hidden-city ticketing (booking tickets with segments the booker does not intend to use to circumvent a carrier's pricing structure), is prohibited by many carriers. Using prohibited practices may result in the carrier cancelling the ticket, denying boarding, revoking frequent flier miles and other benefits, making additional charges to the booker's credit card, collecting additional charges at the airport, or invoicing the booker in future.

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The circumvention of a carrier's rules, including practices such as back-to-back ticketing (booking two or more tickets with overlapping travel dates in order to circumvent minimum stay requirements) and hidden-city ticketing (booking tickets including segments which the booker does not intend to use in order to circumvent a carrier's pricing structure), is prohibited by many carriers.

The use of prohibited ticketing practices may result in the carrier taking actions including the cancellation of the ticket, denied boarding, revocation of frequent flier miles and other benefits, additional charges to the booker's credit card, additional charges collected at the airport or future invoicing.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The practices are described as prohibited by "many" carriers, not all.
• The consequences are listed as what carrier actions "may" include.

Not stated here

• The notice does not say which carriers prohibit these practices or how charges are determined.
• The list of consequences is introduced by "including", so it may not be exhaustive.