Surinam Airways Compensation: Claim flight delay, cancellation or baggage

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

Surinam Airways flight claim compensation: Eu law and Montreal Convention

Surinam Airways European compensation: delayed, cancelled and overbooked flight

Surinam Airways EU 261 Law compensation}

Only when any of these two circumstances occur:

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

Compensation outline under EU 261 Law: Surinam Airways delayed, cancelled and overbooked fligh

review – Surinam Airways flight compensation according to EU 261/2004 Regulation
Flight Distance (Km)Surinam Airways 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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Surinam Airways Expenses

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Surinam Airways damages

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Surinam Airways Example of compensation according to European 261 law

  • Flight delay from Frankfurt to London: -1.500 km = 250 euros + expenses.
  • Flight delay from Las Palmas to Florence: 1.500 km -3.500 km = 400 euros + expenses.
  • Flight overbooking from Barcelona to : More than 3.500 km = € 600 + expenses.

Surinam Airways Compensations under Montreal Convention for delays, cancellations, overbooked flights and baggage

Surinam Airways delay compensation

Only when these 2 circumstances happen at the same time:

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

Compensation table for flight delays, cancellations, or overbooking according to the Montreal Convention

Montreal Convention outline: Surinam Airways compensation
CompensationLimit of liabilityExpenses
Luggage€ 5.708 = 4.694 SDR (Special Drawing Rights)Hotels, taxis, tours, other missed flights

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Surinam Airways lost baggage or delayed luggage compensation


Surinam Airways lost baggage claims

If you Claim Surinam Airways for luggage delay you can get a compensation of € 1.414 + expenses.

Table: Surinam Airways lost baggage compensation according to the Montreal Convention
Luggage claimLimit of liabilityExpenses
Lost or damaged€ 1.414 = 1.253 SDR (Special Drawing Rights)Clothes, cost of the baggage, taxis

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Important: Fill in the PIR to claim for the luggage to Surinam Airways: Property Irregularity Report

Property irregularity report Surinam Airways

What is the meaning of PIR?

A Surinam Airways Property Irregularity Report (PIR) number is a unique code that tracks your lost or damaged baggage. You can find 10 letters and numbers and it is imperative to claim to Surinam Airways.

  • Number of lost luggages
  • Problem
  • Reference code so that Surinam Airways can trace the suitcase
  • Flight code
  • Date
  • Color and type
  • Name

About Surinam Airways cancellations

Surinam Airways cancellations notified more than 14 days before date of departure:

Mario has received a mail from Surinam Airways telling him that his flight in 30 days is cancelled. He does not have a right to compensation under the EU Regulation but may seek a refund of his flight cost. If there isn´t proof of mail from Surinam Airways he will be entitled to a compensation too.

Surinam Airways cancellations notified between seven and fourteen days before date of departure:

John has received a message from Surinam Airways telling him that his flight in 9 days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by Surinam Airways 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 first scheduled arrival time.

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

Johnhas received a message from Surinam Airways telling him that his flight in two days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by Surinam Airways 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.

Downgrade at Surinam Airways flight?

If you suffer a Surinam Airways downgrade, the airline must refund 30 to 75 percent of the ticket depending on the flight distance.

Can I claim my flight delay directly to Surinam Airways?

First of all, if you want to claim directly to Surinam Airways, you have to know your chances are very small, since very often Surinam Airways tries to justify their delayed flights with extraordinary circumstances that did not really happen, such as issues with air traffic control. Therefore, it is highly recommendable to funnel your claim through lexority.

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Time limit: How far back can I claim a flight compensation to Surinam Airways?

Time Limit: 2 to 5 years as a general rule, contingent on the type of regulation that is fit in that particular case.

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

Documentation to claim successfully to Surinam Airways:

Reservation email

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Boarding pass

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Personal ID

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Tickets

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Guidance to claim Surinam Airways

Don´t throw your receipts to claim Surinam Airways

Although Surinam Airways should refund the expenses, sometimes the airline doesn´t do it. Surinam Airways is allowed to ask for your receipts as proof before refunding you for the expenses of your flight.

Surinam Airways flight delays: 3 or more hours

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

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Surinam Airways overbooking: is it legal?

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

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

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

When the Surinam Airways 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 Surinam Airways refuses them access to the plane.

How to know how long the Surinam Airways flight has been delayed

Surinam Airways delayed flight time

  1. Contact a Lexority attorney to tell you how long the Surinam Airways flight delay was without a doubt. You have to be aware that the following sites are not always accurate and need a payment record.
  2. Use the web Flight Stats where if you register you can see the Surinam Airways status of all flights including those of years ago.
  3. Another way is to go to https://www.flightradar24.com/ where you can see the last seven days Surinam Airways flight delays without registering. If you register you can also see delayed flights from up to 2 years ago.

Advice: When the Surinam Airways delay is very close to three hours, Flightradar24 is not 100% reliable, since it shows the time of landing, but not the exit from the plane, which is what the law imposes has to be taken in consideration.