DelayFlight24 blog: guides to your rights when you fly
Delays, cancellations, missed connections, baggage and documents: practical guides on what to do and what you are owed under EU rules.
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Flight delayed overnight: who pays for the hotel?
Flight delayed overnight or moved to tomorrow? When the airline must pay for your hotel, transfers and meals, what to do if it does not, and compensation.
Rights and compensationFlight cancelled for operational reasons: am I owed money?
Flight cancelled for operational or commercial reasons? Why it is rarely an extraordinary circumstance and when you are owed €250, €400 or €600.
Rights and compensationFlight cancelled due to weather: compensation and rights
Flight cancelled due to weather? Hotel, meals and a refund are always owed. Compensation up to €600 applies when the weather does not explain it.
Check-in and documentsDelayed flight letter for work: how to get one
Need a delayed flight letter for work? How to request one from Ryanair, Vueling and ITA Airways, what it should show and a step-by-step checklist.
Rights and compensationAir traffic control delays: is compensation due?
Delayed by air traffic control or an ATC slot? When the airline can refuse up to €600 compensation, when it cannot, and what you always get.
CompensationFlight delayed or cancelled?
Check for free in 2 minutes whether you are owed up to €600 per passenger. You only pay if you get compensated.
Rights and compensationHow long does flight delay compensation take? The stages
How long does flight delay compensation take? Ticket refunds within 7 days, no legal deadline for compensation: the stages, ADR and a checklist.
Rights and compensationAirline says extraordinary circumstances? What to do next
Airline says extraordinary circumstances and won't pay? It has to prove it: the evidence to ask for, how to reply and when to go to the IAA or ADR.
Rights and compensationFlight rescheduled by airline: compensation and refunds
Flight rescheduled by the airline? When it counts as a cancellation, how to get a refund in 7 days and when €250, €400 or €600 is due.
Rights and compensationRyanair flight delayed by 2 hours: what you're owed
Ryanair flight delayed by 2 hours? Meals now, €250 or €400 only if you arrive 3 hours late. How Ryanair handles vouchers, receipts and claims.
Rights and compensationFlight delayed by a technical fault: compensation up to €600
Flight delayed or cancelled by a technical fault? It is usually not an extraordinary circumstance: up to €600. What to ask and how to answer a refusal.
Rights and compensationFlight rescheduled earlier: compensation and refund
Flight rescheduled more than 1 hour earlier? It counts as a cancellation: refund or new flight and up to €600. Hotel, transfer and connection examples.
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