Regulations last checked for updates: Dec 17, 2025

Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space last revised: Nov 03, 2025
§ 250.2a - Policy regarding denied boarding.

In the event of an oversold flight, every carrier shall ensure that the smallest practicable number of persons holding confirmed reserved space on that flight are denied boarding involuntarily.

authority: 49 U.S.C. 329 and chapters 41102, 41301, 41708, 41709, and 41712
source: ER-1306, 47 FR 52985, Nov. 24, 1982, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 14 CFR 250.2a