MEA Compensation: Claim flight delay, cancellation or baggage

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

MEA flight claim compensation: European law and Montreal Convention

MEA European Flight compensation: delay, cancellation and overbooking

MEA Montreal Convention Compensations for delays, cancellations, overbooking and baggage

The MEA Extraordinary Circumstances

The term ‘extraordinary circumstances’ is applicable when the delayed or cancelled flight is caused by something unusual in which a claim receives no compensation. Things like:

• Security
• Extreme weather conditions
• War
• Some strikes unrelated to MEA such as baggage handlers

MEA unreal Extraordinary Circumstances:

• Problems with MEA staff
• Bad weather affecting a previous flight
• Denied boarding due to the flight being overbooked
• MEA technical problems

MEA missed connecting flight due to a delayed flight

It is usual in a MEA flight to have 1 (or more) stops, on the way.
If any one of MEA flights are delayed, it can cause you to miss your connection.
It is MEA responsibility to find you a new flight to the final destination and you will be granted up to € 600 compensation if your new flight arrives 3 hours later than the original MEA flight.

Can I claim my delayed flight directly to MEA?

First, if you want to claim directly to MEA, you have to know your chances are very small, since very often MEA tries to justify their flight delays with extraordinary circumstances that didn’t really happen, such as issues with air traffic control. Consequently, it is highly recommendable to direct your claim through lexority.

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

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

• Montreal Convention: 2 years
• Regulation 261/2004 of the EU: two to ten years. You must read the civil code for each country.

Documents to claim correctly to MEA:

Guidance to claim MEA

Keep receipts to claim MEA

Even though MEA has to pay the expenses, sometimes the airline doesn´t do it. MEA is allowed to ask for your receipts as proof before refunding you for the expenses of your trip.

MEA delayed flights for 3 or more hours

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

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Overbooking at MEA flight

Overbooked MEA flight: When MEA sells more tickets than the possible number of passengers they can take.

The overbooking is legal, but you can get a compensation up to € 600.

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

Once a MEA 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 MEA refuses them access to the plane.

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

First of all, it is important to take into account that which is measured is the MEA origin and the final destination of the reservation. Therefore, in case we have a stop, you shouldn´t count it. The orthodromic distance (bird flight) between origin and final destination has to be measured.

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