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.
Rights and compensation
Airline strike: when you get compensation and what to do
Flight cancelled by a strike? If pilots or cabin crew strike you can get up to €600 (C-28/20); air traffic control strikes usually not. Refund and care always.
Rights and compensationFlight delay complaints: IAA, CAA and national authorities
Airline ignoring your delay or cancellation claim? When to go to the IAA in Ireland or the CAA in the UK, what they can do and who to contact elsewhere.
Rights and compensationTime limit to claim for a delayed or cancelled flight
How long do you have to claim compensation for a delayed or cancelled flight? It depends on the country (case C-139/11): what to know and why to act early.
Rights and compensationFlight cancelled at the last minute: what to do and what you get
Flight cancelled at the last minute? Refund or rerouting, care and up to €600 compensation: when it is owed, when it is not and what to do at the airport.
Rights and compensationExtraordinary circumstances: when no compensation is due
Bad weather, strikes, technical faults: which extraordinary circumstances let airlines refuse up to €600 compensation, and when their refusal does not hold.
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 compensationFlight ticket refund when you cannot travel
Ill or facing an emergency and cannot fly? What you can get back: airport taxes, flight changes, insurance. And when a refund is always due.
Rights and compensationMissed connecting flight due to a delay: what you are owed
Missed your connection because the first flight was late? Rebooking, care at the airport and up to €600 compensation: when you are owed them and how to claim.
Rights and compensationOverbooking: why airlines sell more tickets than seats
Why airlines overbook flights, what no-shows are and what you are owed if you are bumped: up to €600 compensation, a refund or new flight, and care.
Rights and compensationAirport tax refund: how to claim if you do not fly
Did not fly? You can claim back airport taxes even on a non-refundable ticket. How to do it, Ryanair's deadline and when the whole ticket must be refunded.
Rights and compensationConnecting flights with different airlines: your rights
Two airlines, one trip: on a single booking you are protected and may get up to €600, on separate tickets you are not. Who pays and how to protect yourself.
Rights and compensationVoucher instead of a refund: can you refuse it?
Offered a voucher by the airline? Refunds and compensation are owed in money: when you can refuse it, when it is worth it and what to do if you accepted.
Rights and compensationFlight refund or compensation: the differences
A ticket refund and up to €600 compensation are different rights and you can get both. When they are owed, how much they are worth and how to claim.
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