DOT Pauses Enforcement of Refunds for Flights With New Numbers

The US Transportation Department is temporarily pausing enforcement of rules that allow passengers to get refunds when their flight is given a different flight number than was originally assigned when they purchased their ticket, the department said in a regulatory filing Thursday.

• DOT wouldn’t enforce the rule “so long as the passenger is re-booked on the flight with the new number and the new flight is operated without any ‘significant change or delay.’”
• The government said it’s pausing enforcement powers while it considers a possible regulation to modify the definition of a canceled flight, which currently includes those renumbered flights ...