Domestic Carriage Limitation of Liability for Baggage. If all of the Passenger’s Ticketed segments are for carriage within the U.S.A., the following shall apply:
a. Liability for the loss of, damage to, or delay in delivery of a Passenger’s personal property, including Baggage, when such personal property or Baggage has been checked (unless a higher value is declared in advance and additional charges are paid and personal property is not otherwise excludable), is limited to USD $3,500.00 per Ticketed Passenger. Passenger will be responsible for documenting and proving the actual value of the loss. Carrier shall not be liable for any consequential damages arising from the loss of, damage to, or delay in delivery of Baggage.
Domestic Carriage Limitation of Liability for Baggage. If all of the Passenger’s Ticketed segments are for carriage within the U.S.A., the following apply:
a) Liability for the loss of, damage to or delay in delivery of a Passenger’s personal property, including Baggage, when such personal property or Baggage has been checked (unless a higher value is declared in advance and additional charges are paid and personal property is not otherwise excludable), is limited to USD 3,000 per Ticketed Passenger. Passenger will be responsible for documenting and proving the actual value of the loss. CO shall not be liable for any consequential damages arising from the loss of, damage to or delay in delivery of Baggage.
b) CO assumes no responsibility or liability for Baggage or other items carried in the Passenger compartment of the aircraft.
c) In the case of loss of, damage to or delay in delivery of a Passenger’s personal property, including Baggage, a preliminary notice of claim must be submitted to CO by the Passenger within four hours after arrival of the flight on which the Baggage was or was to be transported. In the event of failure to give such preliminary notice of claim (absent extraordinary circumstances to be determined at CO’s discretion), no action shall lie against CO.
d) After preliminary notice of claim to CO by the Passenger, the Passenger must obtain a written claim form from CO.
e) The completed written claim form pertaining to the claimed loss of, damage to or delay in delivery of a Passenger’s personal property, including Baggage must be received by CO’s System Tracing Center from the Passenger within 45 days after the flight date. If the Passenger’s fails to return the completed written claim form within the specified time period (absent extraordinary circumstances to be determined at CO’s discretion), no action shall lie against CO.
