Does a freight forwarder need their own IATA accreditation to book through UAL?

No. The AWB is issued under UAL's own IATA code and settles through our CASS enrollment, so a forwarder can access IATA contract rates on this corridor without holding accreditation themselves.

How often does CASS settlement happen?

Twice monthly, on IATA's standard CASS cycle.

Does UAL have separate accreditations in Halifax and Kuala Lumpur?

No — a single IATA Cargo Agent accreditation, based in Halifax. Kuala Lumpur is our operational origin-side office, not a second accredited entity, and every AWB settles through the same Halifax accreditation regardless of origin.

Is CASS the same thing as the Air Waybill?

No. The AWB is the contract of carriage for an individual shipment — see our AWB guide for what it covers. CASS is the payment-settlement system operating across many AWBs and many carriers at once, on a shared schedule.

Air Freight Fundamentals

CASS Settlement Explained

How IATA's Cargo Accounts Settlement System actually works between agents, carriers, and IATA — and how UAL's own accreditation runs through it.

Get a Rate

2×/month

Standard CASS settlement cycle

Consolidated settlement per cycle, not per carrier

Halifax

UAL's single IATA accreditation base

250+

Airlines reachable through the IATA/CASS network

One settlement system, not one invoice per carrier

CASS — the Cargo Accounts Settlement System — is an IATA-administered clearing system between IATA-accredited cargo agents and participating airlines. Instead of an agent settling separately with every carrier it books cargo through, CASS consolidates those charges into a single periodic settlement, on a standard twice-monthly cycle.

Mechanically: an agent issues Air Waybills under its own IATA code across however many carriers it works with. Each carrier reports its charges into CASS rather than invoicing the agent directly. IATA consolidates those charges per agent, and the agent settles once per cycle — not once per airline it happened to book with that month.

UAL holds a single IATA Cargo Agent accreditation, based in Halifax — Kuala Lumpur is our operational origin-side office, built through our family's 35-year United Travels operation, not a second, separately accredited entity. Every AWB we issue, regardless of which carrier operates the flight or which end of the corridor it originates from, settles through that one Halifax accreditation and its CASS enrollment.

UAL's Accreditation, Precisely

One IATA accreditation, based in Halifax — not two

UAL holds a single IATA Cargo Agent accreditation, headquartered in Halifax. Kuala Lumpur is our operational origin-side office — not a second, separately accredited entity. Every AWB settles through the same Halifax accreditation and CASS enrollment, regardless of which end of the corridor it originates from.

Source: UAL company facts, as published on our About page. Last verified July 2026.

Worked example

A House AWB settling through CASS

Take a consolidated shipment referencing the MAWB/HAWB relationship covered on our Master AWB vs House AWB guide — the carrier invoices UAL, not the individual shipper, and that invoice settles through CASS.

UAL issues the HAWB to the shipper and holds the MAWB relationship with the operating carrier. The carrier's charges for that MAWB — and every other MAWB UAL issued that cycle, across every carrier we work with — are reported into CASS rather than invoiced to us individually by each airline.

Twice a month, CASS consolidates those charges into one settlement. UAL pays that single amount rather than reconciling a separate invoice from each carrier on our contract list individually — the same carriers referenced when we quote a lane in the first place.

What UAL handles for you

Every AWB we issue settles through our own CASS enrollment — you never see a separate airline invoice or need your own IATA accreditation to book through us.

Single Halifax IATA accreditation

CASS-enrolled, settlement twice monthly

No accreditation needed on your end

Frequently asked questions

Cargo Accounts Settlement System — IATA's clearing system between accredited cargo agents and participating airlines.

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What is an Air Waybill?

Master AWB vs House AWB

Freight Consolidation & Groupage Explained

CASS mechanics: IATA Cargo Accounts Settlement System overview. UAL accreditation facts: UAL company information, as published on our About page. Last verified: July 2026.