---
title: "List carriage facts before any air-carrier claim is written"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/aviation-drones-and-space/prepare-the-montreal-convention-claim-against-an-air-carrier-for-baggage/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A60-N20261018-5-US"
practice_area: "Aviation, Drones & Space"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# List carriage facts before any air-carrier claim is written

> List the carrier, the date, the places named, and whether the file describes baggage, cargo, or delay. Do not state a notice period, a time bar, or a damages figure, and do not write the claim.

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Aviation, Drones & Space](https://ailawframework.com/practice/aviation-drones-and-space.md) |
| Human involvement | Red: Lawyer writes; AI may check, clarify or collect data |
| How AI is used | List the carrier, the date, the places named, and whether the file describes baggage, cargo, or delay. Do not state a notice period, a time bar, or a damages figure, and do not write the claim. |
| What the lawyer must review | You write the claim after you open the instrument that governs it. Congress.gov Treaty Document 106-45 is the Senate transmittal of September 6, 2000. It identifies the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, done at Montreal on May 28, 1999, and it discusses a proposed Article 57(a) declaration. On the pages read it does not set out the notice periods or a damages cap. Do not take a period from that transmittal. 14 CFR Part 260 is a refund rule for a covered carrier on a cancelled or significantly delayed or changed flight to, from, or within the United States, and for certain bag and ancillary fees. It is not a claim under the Convention. Model Rule 1.4(b) requires you to explain that the period has not been taken from the Convention text. You open that text before you send a notice or file a claim. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare the Montreal Convention claim against an air carrier for baggage, cargo or delay](https://ailawframework.com/practice/aviation-drones-and-space/prepare-the-montreal-convention-claim-against-an-air-carrier-for-baggage.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List the carrier, the date, the places named, and whether the file describes baggage, cargo, or delay. Do not state a notice period, a time bar, or a damages figure, and do not write the claim.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not invent a 7-day, 14-day, 21-day, or two-year period. Those figures were not in the pages opened.
- A Part 260 refund is a different claim from a Convention claim for baggage, cargo, or delay.

## Sources

- [Congress.gov, Treaty Document 106-45 (Senate transmittal, September 6, 2000)](https://www.congress.gov/treaty-document/106th-congress/45/document-text) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [14 CFR Part 260 (refunds for airline cancellations and significant changes)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/part-260) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Model Rule 1.4, Communications](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_4_communications/) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Montreal Convention notice of complaint and claim letter to an air carrier (baggage, cargo or delay)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/aviation-drones-and-space/montreal-convention-notice-of-complaint-and-claim-letter.md) | Letter | Yellow | Written complaint and claim to an air carrier under the 1999 Montreal Convention as enacted in Sch 1A of the Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1959: the Art 31 complaint windows (7, 14 and 21… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*