US Airways

SCHEDULE IRREGULARITY Schedule Irregularity means any of the following irregularities: Delay in scheduled departure or arrival of a carrier’s flight resulting in a misconnection, or Flight cancellation, omission of a schedule stop, or any other delay or interruption in the schedule operation of a carrier’s flight, or Substitution of equipment of a different class of service, or Schedule changes which require rerouting of the passenger at departure time of the original flight. Exception: Schedule Irregularity does not include Force Majeure Events as defined. When a passenger will be delayed because of a schedule irregularity, any carrier causing such delay or in the case of a misconnection the original receiving carrier(s) will transport the passenger without stopover on the next flight on which space is available in the same class of service as the passenger’s original outbound flight at no additional cost to the passenger: If space is available on a flight(s) of a different class of service, acceptable to the passenger, such flight(s) will be used without stopover at no additional cost to the passenger only if the flight will provide an earlier arrival at the passenger’s destination, next stopover or transfer point.

As used in this rule "Force Majeure Event" means:

1.Any condition beyond US Airways’ control (including, but without limitation, meteorological conditions, acts of

2.God, riots, civil commotion, embargoes, wars, hostilities, disturbances, or unsettled international conditions),

3.actual, threatened or reported or because of any delay, demand, circumstances or requirement due, directly or

4.indirectly, to such condition; or

5.Any strike, work stoppage, slowdown, lockout or any other labor-related dispute involving or affecting US

6.Airways’ service, or

7.Any government regulation, demand, or requirement; or

8.Any shortage or labor, fuel, or facilities of US Airways or others; or

9.Any fact not reasonably foreseen, anticipated, or predicted by US Airways.

US Airways may, in the event of a Force Majeure Event, without notice, cancel, terminate, divert, postpone, or delay any flight or the right of carriage or reservation of traffic accommodations and determine if any departure or landing should be made, without any liability except to refund in the original form of payment in accordance with involuntary refund rules any unused portion of the ticket.

AMENITIES / SERVICE FOR DELAYED PASSENGERS Lodging: The passenger will be provided one night’s lodging, or a maximum allowance for one night’s lodging as established by each location, when a US Airways flight on which the passenger is being transported is diverted to an unscheduled point and the delay at such point is expected to exceed 4 hours during the period 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Exception: Hotel accommodations will not be furnished: To a passenger whose trip is interrupted at a city which is his/her permanent domicile or, When the destination designated and the flight on which the passenger is on the passenger’s ticket is:

Baltimore; Washington

Dulles Airport Baltimore

Washington National Airport Newark

White Plains / Islip / New York City

Ft. Lauderdale; Miami

Greensboro; Winston-Salem

Islip; Newark / New York City / White Plains

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