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Which? 1 - Air France 0 (£1,000 compensation)
The return flight from out Honeymoon was delayed in Early 2011. By chance I had downloaded the Which? app while away, and was pretty sure we were due compensation, €1200 to be precise. The flight was cancelled due to 'technical problems' which doesn't mean you can't claim compensation. I wrote to them several times, they…
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Don't be too quick reporting.
I travelled with 2 others back from Sharon el sheik - Egypt an had a 9 hr delay back to Manchester. I contacted EU Claims paid the £24.99 an sent the letter off to monarch. I had to send original boarding cards, flight confirmation, booking confirmation (all originals so I no longer have them - clever?). To be told 3…
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9 Hour Flight Delay
Mine and another family experienced a 9 hour delay last October. We arrived at Gatwick to be told the flight to Faro had been delayed and due to it being a larger plane two smaller ones were being sent for. Unfortunately, we were put on the second flight. Our original flight was at 6.10am, the first replacement flight left…
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Compensation
It was thankyou to Money saving Expert that I attempted to recover compensation. with the advice and use of the templates I received over £700 back,from Aer Lingus who actually were very good.
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Flight Delay Compensation Monarch; What is the proceedure to go to court
We are looking at all our options as we are getting nowhere with Monarch Airlines with our flight delay compensation claim. what is the proceedure for taking them to court. How much does it cost and do you need to appear at the court yourselves. Does it go to your local court and how soon is the case heard. Any information…
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flight cancellation
My flight was cancelled on 29th March 2008 to Denver and was told by BA that i couldnt receive compensation as it was classed as extraordinary circumstances. T5 at Heathrow had just opened and there was major disruption, because of this our crew werent able to complete the flight within their hours so it was cancelled. We…
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flight cancellation
My flight was cancelled on 29th March 2008 to Denver and was told by BA that i couldnt receive compensation as it was classed as extraordinary circumstances. T5 at Heathrow had just opened and there was major disruption, because of this our crew werent able to complete the flight within their hours so it was cancelled. We…
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Thomas Cook flight delay compensation
Just received £1940 compensation from Thomas Cook! Took your advice and claimed flight delay compensation relating to a flight from Belfast to Orlando in July 2009. The flight was diverted to Norfolk Virginia due to engine problems and I had to wait there for 8 hours 40 mins with my husband and 2 young sons while Thomas…
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Thomas Cook Delay: 26th Aug - 24 hours. Advice and support needed
Hi there I have recently just came across this forum and wanted to post my story to see what people think are my chances. On the 26th August 2012, we were due to go on our Holiday to Florida. We arrived at the airport, checked in on time then waited.... and waited... Turns out our flight had "Technical Issues" which emant…
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Stranded in LA for a week due to Islandic volcano
Back in April 2010 my son and I arrived back in Los Angeles for our return flight to UK. It turned out to be on the very day that Air France cancelled all European flights and it turned out that we were stuck in LA for a whole week. After waiting a week we discovered that flights were leaving some days before ours so we…
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Stay is lifted but Extraordinary Circumstances Defence Still Being Used - Virgin
As far as I understand there has been no new guidance on Extraordinary circumstances since the recent confirmation of validity for Delay claims. I have an ongoing claim with Virgin regarding a delay of over 15 hours - Virgin are arguing extraordinary circumstances regarding a technical fault with the plane. In 2010 the CAA…
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Anyone have evidence
Our flight from Manchester to Marrakech 18 Oct 2010 was delayed overnight according to the flight Captain because the Toilets leaked into the baggage hold on the previous flight. Apart from the flight information has anyone else claimed from Thomson and has anyone got "evidence" please ??? Silver1
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Am i eligible for compensation?
Last year I booked a Tap Portugal flight to Lisbon for two people via Expedia. Unfortunately the other person I was meant to be travelling with was unable to fly as her passport didn’t arrive on time. We spent quite a bit of time on the phone to Expedia trying to change her flight to a later date in the week but always…
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rejection from Ryanair
hi all wonder if someone can give me some advice - i used the template from mse to claim for a flight that was delayed in May 2006. i believe the claim is valid (flight from UK to Ireland, delayed over 8 hours, not sure of the reason but wasn't weather and another flight for the same destination scheduled after ours left…
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Air Mauritius has refused my compensation claim! What next?
Our flight to Mauritius with Air Mauritius was delayed by almost 4 hours due to a technical problem (a warning light had to have the bulb replaced) On our return home I sent in the standard letter requesting compensation as per the new guidelines. (as well as asking for a refund on a different flight with air mauritius a…
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They are reading this forum, the threads and posts
So be very careful about posting identifying information on public forums. Also be careful with private messaging, some may pose as fellow passengers as an attempt to get info from you.
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When did this legislation come into effect?
We booked a holiday in August 2005. Our flight was delayed 3 hours. I have contacted Thomas Cook who told me the information Martin is providing is incorrect. They are saying you can only make a claim upto the last 6 years?? Who is right? I'm confused. :-(
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Historical flight delay
In 2009 we were on a Jet2 flight from LBA. The holiday was booked through travel republic. The plane, 2 hours into the flight, developed an engine problem and was was re-routed to make an unsheduled landing at Zagreb. We were then stuck in that airport for 7 hours whilst they tried to find another plane for…
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silver1
Just commenced claim for flight delay 18/10/10 TOM M484. Manchester to marracech not got flight ticket but have travel agency booking forms etc. any ideas on 'Other' evidence please ?? Thomson aircraft captain stated this was due to toilets leaking into baggage hold on previous flight.
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Flight information?
I was delayed six hours on the runway at gatwick to punta cana and also some time in the airport before we took off.. my question is, can I find out the exact time we took off and landed , and is there a record of this somewhere I can access? thanks
