LOT Polish Airlines Compensation: Claim flight delay, cancellation or baggage

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

LOT Polish Airlines flight claim compensation: Eu law and Montreal Convention

LOT Polish Airlines European compensation: delayed, cancelled and overbooked flight

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Only when any of these two circumstances happen:

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

Compensation table under Eu law: LOT Polish Airlines delay, cancellation and overbooking

brief – LOT Polish Airlines flight compensation according to EU 261/2004 Regulation
Flight (km)LOT Polish Airlines CompensationClaim
– 1.500 km€ 250Claim € 250
1.500 Km – 3.500 Km€ 400Claim € 400
More than 3.500 Km€ 600Claim € 600

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LOT Polish Airlines Example of compensation according to european law

  • Flight cancellation from Milan to Zurich: Less than 1.500 km = 250 euros + expenses.
  • Flight cancellation from Las Palmas to Bilbao: 1.500 km -3.500 km = € 400 + expenses.
  • Flight overbooking from Rome to Cali: More than 3.500 km = 600 euros + expenses.

LOT Polish Airlines Montreal Convention Compensations for delays, cancellations, overbooking and baggage

LOT Polish Airlines delay compensation

Only applicable when these two circumstances occur simultaneously:

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

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

LOT Polish 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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LOT Polish Airlines lost baggage or delayed luggage compensation


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If you want to Claim LOT Polish Airlines for luggage delay you can get a compensation of 1.414 euros + expenses.

Summary: LOT Polish 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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Important: Fill the PIR: Property Irregularity Report to claim for the baggage to LOT Polish Airlines

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What is LOT Polish Airlines PIR?

The LOT Polish Airlines Property Irregularity Report (PIR) ref number is a unique code that traces your lost or damaged suitcase. It has a combination of 10 letters and numbers and it is needed to claim to LOT Polish Airlines.

  • Number of lost luggages
  • Type of disruption
  • Reference code so that LOT Polish Airlines can track the suitcase
  • Flight code
  • Date
  • Colour and type
  • Name

Read about LOT Polish Airlines cancelled flights

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

John has received a text from LOT Polish Airlines telling him that his flight in 26 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 mail from LOT Polish Airlines he will be granted a compensation too.

LOT Polish Airlines cancelled flight notified between 7 and 14 days before date of departure:

Julian has received a message from LOT Polish Airlines telling him that his flight in 13 days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by LOT Polish Airlines between 7 and 14 days before his departure and his flight departs more than 2 hours before the original scheduled time of departure and arrives more than 4 hours after the original scheduled arrival time.

LOT Polish Airlines cancellations notified less than seven days before departure:

James has received a text from LOT Polish Airlines notifying him that his flight in two days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by LOT Polish Airlines less than 7 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.

LOT Polish Airlines missed connecting flight due to a delayed flight

It is usual in a LOT Polish Airlines flight to have one (or more) stops, on the way.
If any one of LOT Polish Airlines flights are delayed, it can cause you to miss your connection.
It is LOT Polish Airlines responsibility to find you another flight to the final destination and you will be entitled to claim up to € 600 compensation if your new flight arrives 3 hours later than the original LOT Polish Airlines flight.

Can I claim my flight delay directly to LOT Polish Airlines?

First, if you want to claim directly to LOT Polish Airlines, you have to know your chances are very small, since very often LOT Polish Airlines tries to justify their delayed flights with extraordinary circumstances that didn’t really happen, like issues with air traffic control. Therefore, it is highly recommendable to direct your claim through lexority.

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Deadline to claim a flight: How far back can I claim a flight compensation to LOT Polish Airlines?

Deadline to claim a flight to LOT Polish Airlines: 2 to 5 years as a general rule, depending on the type of law that is fit in each case.

  • Montreal Convention: two years
  • Regulation 261/2004 of the EU: 2 to 10 years. It is necessary to the civil code for that particular country.

Documentation to claim correctly to LOT Polish Airlines:

Reservation

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Boarding pass

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Identification

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Tickets

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Some advice to claim LOT Polish Airlines

Ask for the reason for LOT Polish Airlines delay or cancellation

The reason of the delayed flight is critical: specially if you have thrown away the boarding pass.

LOT Polish Airlines delayed flights for 3 or more hours

To be entitled to a compensation, LOT Polish Airlines delayed flight must be higher than 3 hours.

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LOT Polish Airlines overbooking: is it legal?

Overbooked LOT Polish Airlines flight: When LOT Polish 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.

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

Once a LOT Polish Airlines 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 LOT Polish Airlines refuses them access to the plane.

These are the passengers rights to claim LOT Polish Airlines

If you have any question. Here we are if you want to claim for a flight delay, cancellation, overbooking or lost baggage to LOT Polish Airlines.