British Airways Compensation: Claim flight delay, cancellation or baggage

British Airways Compensation: Claim flight delay, cancellation or lost baggage. Get up to € 600 refund for a delayed or cancelled flight and € 1.414 for lost luggage.

British Airways flight compensation: Eu law and Montreal Convention

British Airways European compensation: delay, cancellation and overbooking

British Airways Compensations under Montreal Convention for delays, cancellations, overbooking and baggage

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British Airways cancellations notified more than fourteen days before date of departure:

James has received a message from British Airways telling him that his flight in 18 days is cancelled. He does not have a right to compensation under the Eu law but may seek a refund of his flight cost. If there isn´t proof of message from British Airways he will be granted a compensation too.

British Airways cancellations notified between 7 and 14 days before date of departure:

John has received a text from British Airways telling him that his flight in 10 days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by British Airways between 7 and 14 days before his departure and his flight departs more than two hours before the original scheduled time of departure and arrives more than 4 hours after the first scheduled arrival time.

British Airways cancelled flight notified less than 7 days before departure:

Sam has received a mail from British Airways notifying him that his flight in 2 days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by British Airways less than seven days before his departure and the new flight departs more than one hour before the {original} time of departure and arrives more than two hours after the original scheduled time.

British Airways denied boarding:

• Do not throw away boarding passes.
• Ask for the reasons you’re being denied boarding.

Can I claim my flight delay directly to British Airways?

First of all, if you want to claim directly to British Airways, you have to know your chances are very small, since very often British Airways tries to justify their delayed flights with extraordinary circumstances that did not really happen, such as bad weather. Consequently, it’s advised to funnel your claim through lexority.

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How far back can you go with claiming flight delay compensation to British Airways

Time Limit: 2 to 5 years as a general rule, depending on the type of law that is applicable in each case.

• Montreal Convention: two years
• Eu law: two to ten years. It is necessary to the civil code for each country.

Documents to claim successfully to British Airways:

Some advice to claim British Airways

Ask for the reason for British Airways delay or cancellation

The cause of the delay is critical: specially if you have thrown away the boarding passes.

British Airways flight delays: 3 or more hours

To be entitled to a compensation, British Airways delayed flight must be higher than 3 hours.

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Overbooked British Airways flight

Overbooked British Airways flight: When British Airways sells more tickets than the possible number of people they can accommodate.

The overbooking is legal, but you are entitled to a compensation up to € 600.

British Airways aims to avoid empty seats due to no-shows, but this must be legally sanctioned.

When the British Airways passenger has received a flight ticket or any document stating the payment has been accepted and registered, it is a “confirmed reservation”. Boarding denials happen when a passenger presents to the gate but British Airways refuses them access to the plane.

These are your rights to claim British Airways

If you have any question. Here we are if you want to claim for a delayed, cancelled, overbooked flight, or lost baggage to British Airways.