Connecting flights + compensation rules - can anyone help?

GILLA999

JPears wrote: »

One more thing - what happened on your return journey at Gatwick when you missed your connection?

On the way back the Virgin flight from Vegas landed at 10:05am (25 mins late) at Gatwick. There was an announcement on the plane for those on the connecting Aer Lingus flight to Dublin to meet representatives at the door of the aircraft, where they informed us we had missed the connecting flight to Dublin. The Aer Lingus flight was supposed to depart at 10:45am. We were told to go to the Aer Lingus desk for assistance which we did, where we were informed by Aer Lingus staff there was nothing they could do to help us. I couldn't buy a new flight to Dublin as it would have been crazy expensive, so I ended up staying with family in London for a couple of days instead. Total nightmare journey on both legs, for relatively small delays on both sides