Flight delay compensation, all other EU airlines

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  • Justice13075
    Justice13075 Posts: 2,008 Forumite
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    As JPears says it is when you are told of the cancellation not when the flight was actually cancelled and it is the airline's responsibility to inform you.
  • jpsartre
    jpsartre Posts: 4,085 Forumite
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    As JPears says it is when you are told of the cancellation not when the flight was actually cancelled and it is the airline's responsibility to inform you.


    I agree *if* the airline had the passenger's contact details. If not, there is nobody to contact but the agent.
  • Justice13075
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    If you mean for the airline to contact the agent to get the details and then contact the passenger I agree. If you are saying if the airline doesn't have the passengers details then it is up to the agent to contact the passenger then I disagree.
  • jpsartre
    jpsartre Posts: 4,085 Forumite
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    An airline will use the contact details it has on the booking. It has no way of knowing if they are the details of the person travelling. I sometimes book flights for my wife using my email adrdress, obviously she would not be entitled to compensation just because I don't tell her about a flight cancellation that the airline informs me of months in advance.
  • Justice13075
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    In an ideal world you have a fair point but as JPears has said this has already been established in the European Court that it is the responsibility of the Airline to notify the Passengers
  • jpsartre
    jpsartre Posts: 4,085 Forumite
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    Yes, if they have the contact details. Do you honestly believe my wife would be awarded compensation by a judge because I didn't bother passing on information from the airline? I'm not a gambling man but that's something I would have no problem betting against.
  • Justice13075
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    My mistake I always thought that when you book a flight you had to give names and addresses etc, of the people flying. Silly me
  • jpsartre
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    You have to give the name of the person travelling but no other details (only details of the person making the booking).
  • JPears
    JPears Posts: 5,086 Forumite
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    But the airline have the agents booking details. If the agent doesn't pass on the information, that's still no fault of the passenger.
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  • jpsartre
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    Completely agree but you can't claim EU compensation from the agent. Some 3rd party sites unforunately have their reasons for deliberately withholding the passenger's details from the airline.
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