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EU261 claim question

PostPosted: 22 Jun 2015, 22:02
by gumshoe
Anyone know whether you can claim EU261 compensation if an individual sector of a multi-sector itinerary is suitably delayed, even if you're only a bit late arriving at your final destination?

For instance can you put in a claim if your VS JFK-LHR flight was over 3 hours late but thanks to a long scheduled layover at LHR your arrival back at DUB was only an hour later than booked?

Thanks

Re: EU261 claim question

PostPosted: 22 Jun 2015, 22:13
by Blacky1
Mm, good question , I don't know but I would think its the individual flight

Re: EU261 claim question

PostPosted: 22 Jun 2015, 22:25
by tontybear
I don't think you can as it is the final destination that is important not any intermediary point on a single ticket.

Re: EU261 claim question

PostPosted: 23 Jun 2015, 10:04
by Fuzzy14
I'm afraid not, if you hold a through ticket to deliver you to Dublin at a certain time that's the contract with the airline. How the airline delivers individual components of that contract is up to them.

You may get some miles as a goodwill gesture.

Re: EU261 claim question

PostPosted: 23 Jun 2015, 10:07
by Blacky1
There you go , what do I know !!

Re: EU261 claim question

PostPosted: 23 Jun 2015, 12:24
by gumshoe
Curses. Especially as I *ahem* forgot to go back to Dublin (though I was pleased to see VS had proactively rebooked me on a later BA flight when it became clear I'd miss my scheduled one).

Ah well, can't complain given the huge ex-DUB saving! And the JFK Clubhouse was a most amenable place to waste 5 hours although I did feel for the staff not being able to leave until gone 1am!

Re: EU261 claim question

PostPosted: 23 Jun 2015, 13:10
by Fuzzy14
gumshoe wrote:Curses. Especially as I *ahem* forgot to go back to Dublin


I was wondering... :w

Re: EU261 claim question

PostPosted: 23 Jun 2015, 23:38
by rlong405
gumshoe wrote:Curses. Especially as I *ahem* forgot to go back to Dublin


There's a lot of this forgetting going around these forums. We must be a very careless forgetful bunch ;) The Irish might start getting a complex soon what with all these people forgetting to get on the plane to their country.