What can I do if a flight delay makes me miss the transfer from the airport?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 4 Aug, 2023
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I’m afraid not, at least not from the airline.
The reasoning is the same as for a self-connections: you are supposed to have enough buffer, as there can be delays.
If the delay had been 3 hours or more, and the reason for the delay wasn’t exempted, the airline would have had to pay compensation (250 euros in this case).
So basically the rule is that you need to factor in that the flight may be delayed up to 3 hours.
She may however try to claim through her travel insurance, which she may have contracted explicitly (buying it separately, or bundled with the flight) or implicitly (it’s included with some credit cards or other insurance policies).
No, EU261 rights covers the airline getting you to the destination airport on the ticket, not your final destination (hotel room, connecting flight on a separate ticket, cruise etc) intended after the airline has conveyed you unless this was agreed in advance of the ticket purchase (ie its a linked itinerary).
For any additional expense beyond the scope of the airlines ticket, this is what travel insurance is for.
Any further compensation from the airline would be from goodwill on the airlines part.
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