How can I claim for compensation or a refund from the airline?
Please put it in writing: Ask the airlines to confirm the reason for the flight problem in writing.
Collect evidence: Keep photos and receipts of your expenses, tickets, and vouchers.
Insist: Insist on airline utilities at the airport.
Exchange contact information with other passengers. This way you have witnesses and can help each other enforce your refund or compensation.
Airline Compensation: How to Claim What You’re Owed
Flight delay: Compensation from 3 hours of delay on arrival
Flight cancellation or rebooking: compensation in case of short-term flight cancellation, ticket reimbursement also possible
Overbooking: compensation
Missed connection: compensation
Compensation claim: According to the EU Passenger Rights Regulation, between 250 and 600 € per person
Amount of compensation independent of the ticket price
Right to compensation and ticket reimbursement, valid for 3 years
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Your air passenger rights at a glance – the most frequently asked questions
We have successfully claimed compensation against the following airports:
- Amsterdam Schiphol
- Palma de Mallorca
- Denver International
- Miami International
- Frankfurt
- Tampa International
- Dallas Love Field
- Pittsburgh International
- Philadelphia International Airport
- Malmö
- Orlando International
- Gothenburg Landvetter
- Nice-Côte d’Azur
- Barcelona-El Prat
- Toulouse-Blagnac
- Munich
- Düsseldorf
- Lyon-Saint Exupéry
- Alicante-Elche
- Hamburg
- Stockholm
- Marseille Provence
- Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Paris Orly
- Tenerife South
- Malaga-Costa del Sol
- Berlin Brandenburg
- Vienna
Current flight delays and cancellations
EU Regulation 261/2004 Protects Air Passengers
In the event of cancellation, delay, overbooking and missed connections, passengers are entitled to compensation or ticket reimbursement under the EU Passenger Rights Regulation.
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