Plain-English guides to EU261 and UK261 flight compensation — what qualifies, what doesn't, and what to do when the airline says no.
The excuse airlines use most often to avoid paying — and why a routine technical fault usually doesn't qualify.
A rejection letter isn't the end of the road. How to check the airline's reason and escalate if it doesn't hold up.
What stayed the same, what changed, and why the two regimes could keep diverging over time.
Bumped from an overbooked flight? Why the airline almost never gets to claim extraordinary circumstances.
Why a single through-booking is assessed on your final arrival delay — and why self-connecting is treated differently.
It usually comes down to one question: was it the airline's own staff on strike, or someone else's?
There's no universal deadline — here's what's reasonable to expect, and what to do if the airline goes silent.
How distance is measured, when amounts can be halved, and the UK261 equivalent in pounds.
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