specification: API Commons Rate Limits
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/RateLimits
provider: United Airlines
providerId: united-airlines
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Airlines
  - Travel
  - NDC
  - Rate Limiting
  - B2B
description: United Airlines does not publish public API rate limits. Throttling is governed by NDC,
  GDS, or direct distribution agreements rather than a public developer portal.
sources:
  - https://www.united.com
notes: No public rate-limit documentation. Limits are defined per partner integration agreement.
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: Partner integration limit
    scope: contract
    metric: varies
    limit: see partner / NDC agreement
policies:
  - name: Partner Distribution Agreement
    description: API throughput, concurrency, and SLAs are defined under NDC / GDS / direct partner
      contracts; no public throttling policy is published.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com