TAP Portugal Compensation: Claim flight delay, cancellation or baggage

TAP Portugal 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.

TAP Portugal flight claim compensation: EU 261 Law and Montreal Convention

TAP Portugal European compensation: delay, cancellation and overbooking

TAP Portugal Montreal Convention Compensations for delays, cancellations, overbooked flights and baggage

What you should know about TAP Portugal cancellations

TAP Portugal cancellations notified more than fourteen days before date of departure:

James has received a message from TAP Portugal notifying 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 is not proof of text from TAP Portugal he will be granted a compensation too.

TAP Portugal cancelled flight notified between seven and fourteen days before date of departure:

Mario has received a message from TAP Portugal telling him that his flight in 9 days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by TAP Portugal 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 four hours after the original scheduled arrival time.

TAP Portugal cancelled flight notified less than 7 days before departure:

Julian has received a message from TAP Portugal notifying him that his flight in two days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by TAP Portugal 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.

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If TAP Portugalflight gets cancelled, overbooked or delayed the passenger is granted the compensation, even if the company paid for the flight.

Can I claim my flight delay directly to TAP Portugal?

First of all, if you want to claim directly to TAP Portugal, you have to know your chances are very small, since very often TAP Portugal tries to justify their delayed flights with extraordinary circumstances that didn’t 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 TAP Portugal

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

• Montreal Convention: two years
• Regulation 261/2004 of the EU: two to ten years. It is necessary to the civil code for each country.

Documents to claim properly to TAP Portugal:

Guidance to claim TAP Portugal

Keep all TAP Portugal travel docummentation

keep safe your boarding pass and e-ticket TAP Portugal gave you. You don’t want to throw them away. They are often very useful to claim TAP Portugal.

TAP Portugal flight delays: 3 or more hours

TAP Portugal delay must be higher than 3 hours to be entitled to a compensation.

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TAP Portugal overbooking: is it legal?

Overbooked TAP Portugal flight: When TAP Portugal sells more tickets than the actual number of passengers they can take.

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

TAP Portugal aims to avoid empty seats due to no-shows, and this must be legally sanctioned.

Once a TAP Portugal 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 TAP Portugal refuses them access to the plane.

How to know how long the TAP Portugal flight has been delayed

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

Note: When the TAP Portugal delay is very close to 3 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.