Blue Air

So far none - they said I was informed but I've certainly had no email. So far the phone operator just told me to make a complaint - which I have done. But I have to book a flight quickly for a return and being offered one way fares vastly in excess of my return fare with Blue. Can't yet find a flight into Liverpool for anything less that 7 hours!

Great....I have managed to book another fight twice as much and twice as long plus returning to a different airport. But at least I can take off tomorrow morning and return on Monday - Thanks. Hope my application for compensation is successful. I'll keep you posted.

Grace of Brussels Airlines and a 4 hour stopover in a Brussels Airport lounge i got home on the day I'd originally booked but to Manchester instead of Liverpool. Once in Mancs a convoluted train journey from Manchester to Liverpool Airport. Yes I am lucky to have got home at all but Blue Air less than helpful in their twitter answer:

"Blue Air Firstly, we would like to apologize for the inconvenience caused by the cancellation of the flight 0B5516 dated 04.03.2019. Our objective is to ensure our passengers efficient and comfortable flights every time but unfortunately there are situations when we have to make such decisions and, in order to reduce the discomfort we may have caused, we ensure that we transmit this information well in advance of the scheduled trip. Please see below the options we can offer you in this case:
a) free of charge change to another Blue Air flight - please check our timetable here: https://www.blueairweb.com/en/gb/ ;
b) a voucher for the amount paid for the ticket - passengers or first degree relatives can use it until 23rd of March 2019 as a discount from the price of the new tickets/services purchased from our company;
c) the refund of the amount paid for the ticket on the same account used for the initial payment."

So the extra £88 spent on my return flight and the £11 on my train fare plus the bloody inconvenience of a whole day spent reaching home! Nothing - so far.....

So going to apply for compensation with Martin's Helpful letter formats https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/flight-delays/

More later!:T

So I just replied to their derisory offer with the following (from Which - that was the best template I could find)

I am writing to you in connection with the above flight.

The flight was supposed to depart from Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport at 12:00 and arrive at Liverpool John Lennon Airport at 13:45, but with less than 7 days notice it was cancelled and I was not rerouted. I did call your help desk when I was trying to check in before leaving Liverpool and was only told then of the flight cancelation and no rerouting being available.

I then had to go to the additional expense and inconvenience of booking a return flight Rome to Manchester on Brussels Airline and then a train ticket to Liverpool Parkway to get me back on the same day to my airport car park, 6 hours later than planned. I attach copies of my original ticket, my Brussels Airlines replacement return ticket and my additional train ticket. My additional costs incurred were £97.

In accordance with your obligations under the EU Denied Boarding Regulation 261/2004 and subsequent rulings by European Court of Justice, I am entitled to the sum of €400 in compensation per passenger, based on a flight distance of 1706 km. I look forward to receiving the sterling equivalent within the next 21 days from the date of this letter.

I include a copy of my tickets.

Yours faithfully,