United Airlines can now boot passengers who don't wear headphones
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United Airlines added a new rule that could ban passengers who don't use headphones when listening to audio on their devices.
If you're blasting TikTok videos out loud on your next United Airlines flight, think again — you might receive a permanent ban from the Chicago-based airline.
Long considered proper etiquette to wear headphones during a flight, United has now made it a requirement. As first reported by CBS News, United quietly updated its contract of carriage on Feb. 27 to include "passengers who fail to use headphones while listening to audio or video content" as a reason for refusal of transport, with the potential for a permanent ban from the airline.
As legally binding terms that passengers agree to when purchasing a ticket, the contract of carriage gives United "the right to refuse transport on a permanent or temporary basis or shall have the right to remove from the aircraft at any point," according to the Refusal of Transport section.
United Airlines did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment.
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