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Flight delay compensation

Archives for October 2016

Flight compensation
My partner is about to receive a cheque from Easyjet for compensation for cancelled flight. The email says 400 EUR per passenger, 714.25 GBP. Does anyone know if it will be in Sterling or Euros?
Codeshare, flight not cancelled but 'rescheduled' but not by the operator of the fli
My case has been ongoing for over a year now. In summary, booked with BA for a New York break flying Newcastle to London Heathrow and London Heathrow to JFK and return. However we were not told at time of booking that BA were using American Airlines for our JFK to London Heathrow flight (codeshare). The night before we…
Crystal Travel haven't issued me my ticket
I'm sure this story is familiar to some on here. Earlier in the month I booked a flight to Asia through an agency called https://www.crystaltravel.co.uk/. I found the ticket price through Skyscanner or Momondo. Anyway, I'm coming up to a few days before departure and they still haven't issued me my e-ticket. Needless to…
US denied-boarding compensation
This thread is about claiming US denied-boarding compensation ONLY. The law US Federal Regulations require most airlines operating commercial passenger flights from US airports to pay statutory compensation to travellers who are denied boarding involuntarily. The regulation’s name is Title 14 of the US Code of Federal…
Turkish Airlines
My family were delayed by Turkish Airlines in September travelling from Gatwick to Dalaman. We had a connecting flight from Gatwick through Istanbul and onto Dalaman. The flight out was delayed by 1h15min arriving which meant that we missed our connection and and finally arrived in Dalaman almost 5hrs late. Assuming that…
Not informed of flight change by travel agent
Hello! I am just looking for some advice really. My family and I went on holiday to Gran Canaria in August and booked flights through an online travel agent. The return flight was booked for around 1330hrs with a change in Madrid and then on to Gatwick. I checked several times during my holiday and no schedule changes were…
United airlines
I had a United flight - Manchester to Chicago via Washington. The first fight was delated to such an extent that the connecting United flight was missed resulting in an arrival over 4 hours after the scheduled time. A.United refused the claim, but offered some complimentary vouchers which are limited use to me. B. CAA…
Opodo - 1 yr on still no refund, advice?
Any advice on what to do is much appreciated, to summarise: Weekend wedding flights gone wrong with so much stress. 1) flights booked with Opodo in May 2015 (London- Bari / Brindisi-Zurich-London) 2) the day before departure Air Berlin changed return flight details 3) Opodo then tried to changed our booking 3 more times,…
Balkan Air
Evening all , has anybody had any dealings with Balkan Air dating from a 4 hour plus delay dated on the 29/07/16. Only just had a long winded letter from them declining compensation. Flight was to Bourgas departing Manchester Thanks in advance,
correct email address ?
Ryanair flight delayed by 4 and 1/4 hours with a distance of over 1600km. Used MSE resolver form. Ryanair replied 2 days later admitting liability and attaching a letter asking for bank details in order to send payment. Before I send my bank details off I want verification of these two email addresses. I have tried to get…
flight cancellations & airline
Help please!!! Had my Thomas Cook flight cancelled on Sunday 9th October departing from Zante airport due to air traffic control strike. I have contacted Thomas Cook in regards to making a claim, but they have said that they are not at fault & we can't claim as the strike was no relation to their company. We were only…
flight compensation for delay on air transat
hiya all i recently had a flight with air transat from birmingham uk to toronto canada. there was an initial delay of around 5 hours apparently due to a slash in the tyre on the plane and they had no tyres at birmingham so had to have one shipped up from london.. also during the flight they said the crew were now going to…
Flight Overbooked - No reply from Wizz Air
To cut a long story of a nightmare days travel short; I was due to fly from Luton to Ljubljana with Wizz Air in July. They overbooked the flight, and even thought we had checked in online the day before and were at the front of the queue in the airport, were denied boarding because there was no spare seats. The only way to…
Flight cancelled
Just returned fromPhoenix to London Heathrow on British Airways fllight booked through American Airlines. I then had to get coach to Gatwick to catch my final flight, again British Airways, to final destination, Alicante, again all booked AA. There was no flight existing, though clearly shown on my itinerary. I was told by…
Flights changed but resolved
We were in Hong Kong and supposed to be flying Hong Kong to Shanghai with Dragon Air connecting with BA to Heathrow. When we checked in at Hong Kong station for the baggage drop we were told that our flight the 19:05 had been cancelled. They offered us the 21:30, but that would have missed our connection, luckily we had…
flight delays of over 5hours
Ryanair as informed me of a flight time change of over 5 hours what is the chance on compensation
Air France / Charles De Gaulle
Hi, I've literally just signed up because I need some advice on an issue. I do apologise if I have posted this in the wrong section or violated any rules; if there are moderators on this site please let me know if I need to delete / move my post accordingly. Okay, so, a few weeks ago my mother and I were in Barcelona and…
Compensation for delay/cancellation due to bad weather
If a flight is delayed or cancelled due to a hurricane departing from a region known for hurricanes, could anyone tell me what my rights are please?

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