Delta Airlines Compensation: Claim flight delay, cancellation or baggage

Delta Airlines Compensation: Claim flight delay, cancellation or lost baggage. Get up to € 600 compensation for a delayed or cancelled flight and € 1.414 for lost luggage.

Delta Airlines flight claim compensation: European law and Montreal Convention

Delta Airlines European Flight compensation: delay, cancellation and overbooking

Delta Airlines European law compensation}

Only applicable when any of these two circumstances happen:

  1. When it is an european airline or…
  2. When the flight departs from europe

Compensation summary under European law: Delta Airlines delay, cancellation and overbooking

Summary – Delta Airlines flight compensation according to EU 261/2004 Regulation
Flight Distance (Km)Delta Airlines CompensationClaim
Less than 1.500 km€ 250Claim € 250
1.500 Km – 3.500 Km€ 400Claim € 400
+ 3.500 Km€ 600Claim € 600

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Delta Airlines E.g. compensation according to european law

  • Flight cancellation from Paris to Brussels: Less than 1.500 km = 250 euros + expenses.
  • Flight cancellation from Las Palmas to Bilbao: Between 1.500 km and 3.500 km = € 400 + expenses.
  • Flight cancellation from Berlin to Kyoto: More than 3.500 km = € 600 + expenses.

Delta Airlines Montreal Convention Compensations for delays, cancellations, overbooked flights and baggage

Delta Airlines delay compensation

Only when these two circumstances happen at the same time:

  1. All baggage claims even if it is an european airline
  2. When it is not an european airline and the flight does not take off from Europe

Delayed flight, cancellation or overbooking compensation table according to the Montreal Convention

Delta Airlines Montreal Convention Compensation
CompensationLimit of liabilityExpenses
Baggage5.708 euros = 4.694 SDR (Special Drawing Rights)Other flighs, rents, tours, other missed flights

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Delta Airlines lost baggage or delayed luggage compensation


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If you want to Claim Delta Airlines for lost baggage you can get a compensation of € 1.414 + expenses.

Review: Delta Airlines lost baggage compensation according to the Montreal Convention
Luggage claimLimit of liabilityExpenses
Lost or damaged1.414 euros = 1.253 SDR (Special Drawing Rights)Clothes, cost of the baggage, taxis

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Note: Fill in the PIR to claim for the luggage to Delta Airlines: Property Irregularity Report

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What is Delta Airlines Property Irregularity Report?

A Delta Airlines Property Irregularity Report (PIR) reference number is a unique code that traces your delayed or damaged baggage. It has a combination of 10 letters and numbers and it is necessary to claim to Delta Airlines.

  • Number of lost luggages
  • Type of disruption
  • Reference code so that Delta Airlines can trace the suitcase
  • Flight
  • Date
  • Color and type
  • Name

What the law says about Delta Airlines cancellations

Delta Airlines cancelled flights notified more than 14 days before date of departure:

Mario has received a message from Delta Airlines notifying him that his flight in 26 days is cancelled. He does not have a right to compensation under the EU 261 law but may seek a refund of his flight cost. If there isn´t proof of message from Delta Airlines he will be granted a compensation too.

Delta Airlines cancelled flight notified between seven and fourteen days before date of departure:

James has received a message from Delta Airlines notifying him that his flight in 8 days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by Delta Airlines 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 original scheduled arrival time.

Delta Airlines cancellations notified less than seven days before departure:

James has received a text from Delta Airlines telling him that his flight in 2 days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by Delta Airlines 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.

Delta Airlines delayed flight on a Business Trip?

If Delta Airlinesflight gets cancelled, overbooked or delayed the passenger is entitled to receive the compensation, even if the company paid for the tickets.

Can I claim my delayed flight directly to Delta Airlines?

First of all, if you want to claim directly to Delta Airlines, you should know your chances are scarce, since very often Delta Airlines tries to justify their delayed flights with extraordinary circumstances that did not really happen, like issues with air traffic control. Consequently, it is highly recommendable to direct your claim through lexority.

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Time limit: How far back can I claim a flight compensation to Delta Airlines?

Deadline to claim a flight to Delta Airlines: 2 to 5 years as a general rule, contingent on the type of law that is applicable in each case.

  • Montreal Convention: 2 years
  • Eu law: two to ten years. You must read the civil code for that particular country.

Documentation to claim correctly to Delta Airlines:

Flight

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Boarding pass

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Identification

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Receipts

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Some advice to claim Delta Airlines

Do not accept any offer from Delta Airlines

Do not accept any offer from Delta Airlines that doesn’t match what the EU Regulation 261/2004 prescribes. Read above to check the compensation you are legally entitled to.

Delta Airlines delayed flights for 3 or more hours

Delta Airlines delay must be higher than 3 hours to be granted a compensation.

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Delta Airlines overbooking: is it legal?

Overbooked Delta Airlines flight: When Delta Airlines sells more tickets than the actual number of people they can take.

The overbooking is legal, but you can be granted up to € 600.

Delta Airlines aims to avoid empty seats because of no-shows, but this must be legally sanctioned.

When the Delta Airlines passenger has received a reservation 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 Delta Airlines refuses them access to the plane.

How to calculate the distance between 2 airports and know the compensation that Delta Airlines should pay?

Delta Airlines flight calculate distance
First of all, it is important to take into account that the Delta Airlines origin and final destination are measured of the reservation. Therefore, in case we have a stop, you don´t have count it. The orthodromic distance (the shortest distance between 2 places by plane) between origin and final destination has to be measured.

In this site: https://www.distancesfrom.com/ you can exactly calculate the kilometers from airport to airport.