Actually, the fine print is on the passenger’s side in this case.
In United’s Contract of carriage, they discuss the terms for a “Denied Boarding” situation (due to overbooking):
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I had no knowledge of any of this info. Thanks for sharing it.
The man was Vietnamese. He was flying on the cheapest pass called a Zpass. Cheap seat goes first. This was Republic Airlines commuter flight bearing Uniteds name. The FAA rules specify who gets bumped. By the way, Republic Airways also serve Frontier Airlines, the bottom feeder of airlines. This was a Russian attempt to screw a great American airline{sarc}.