International flight missed because of delay in national flight - Compensation options?

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Unfortunately, neither airline owes you anything; the risk is completely carried by you (or by your travel insurance, if you have one and it covers this).

The peruvian airline might owe you some compensation for being several hours late, but that will be very minor, and for sure not cover the international flight.

The international airline might owe you some reimburs*m*nt; this depends on the ticket. Some tickets will have a residual value after you cancel or miss the flight; others not. Chances are you get the return ticket price reimbursed (in form of a coupon), minus a several hundred dollar (or Euro) fee. If they are nice, they book you for free on another flight in the next days, or they charge you just that rebooking fee. Worst case, you get nothing, and have to buy an expensive last-minute one way ticket to get home.

Lesson: leave a lot of time between independantly booked tickets, take insurance, or be ready to pay again.

P.S. we had a similar experience in Lima last month, but our international connection was 11 hours later. All we lost was three hours of our guided Lima tour.

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