Transit expenses compensation

thelawnet

I have a flight, London - Jeddah - Jakarta, which was scheduled to arrive in Jeddah at 23:15, and depart to Jakarta at 01:50.

Now the London - Jeddah flight has been rescheduled to arrive at around 01:38, and have been bumped on to the next flight Jeddah -Jakarta, at 08:35.

It's not clear what accommodation they will provide, but in the event that they don't offer any, should it be possible to recover the cost of a transit hotel (around £100) via UK261, i.e. paying out of pocket and claiming it back from them later?

Newbie_John

When's the flight?

thelawnet

Newbie_John said:

When's the flight?

flight is in progress; as mentioned there is now a seven hour layover at 1:30am rather than a 2.5 hour layover at 11:15pm as booked.

Newbie_John

In such case it's down to the difference between the original time of landing and the actual (even rescheduled) at such short notice - UK261 should work - unless they have some valid reasons for delay like war, weather etc.

But cash compensation and hotel compensation should in theory be possible:
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/holiday-cancellations-and-compensation/if-your-flights-delayed-or-cancelled/

Depending on who you're flying with just be prepared it may take a while.

mdann52

Newbie_John said:

In such case it's down to the difference between the original time of landing and the actual (even rescheduled) at such short notice - UK261 should work - unless they have some valid reasons for delay like war, weather etc.

But cash compensation and hotel compensation should in theory be possible:
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/holiday-cancellations-and-compensation/if-your-flights-delayed-or-cancelled/

Depending on who you're flying with just be prepared it may take a while.

I'm not convinced hotels would be covered here - the delay isn't such that an additional nights stay is required, OP was already planning on taking off the following day. 

Sounds harsh, but it's the way the legislation is worded