Etihad Airways Compensation: Claim flight delay, cancellation or baggage

Etihad Airways 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.

Etihad Airways flight claim compensation: Eu law and Montreal Convention

Etihad Airways European Flight compensation: delayed, cancelled and overbooked flight

Etihad Airways Compensations under Montreal Convention for delays, cancellations, overbooking and baggage

What you should know about Etihad Airways cancelled flights

Etihad Airways cancelled flights notified more than fourteen days before date of departure:

Mario has received a mail from Etihad Airways notifying him that his flight in 26 days is cancelled. He does not have a right to compensation under the Regulation but may seek a refund of his flight cost. If there isn´t proof of text from Etihad Airways he will be granted a compensation too.

Etihad Airways cancellations notified between 7 and 14 days before date of departure:

John has received a text from Etihad Airways notifying him that his flight in 10 days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by Etihad Airways 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 first scheduled arrival time.

Etihad Airways cancellations notified less than seven days before departure:

Norman has received a mail from Etihad Airways telling him that his flight in two days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by Etihad 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.

Etihad Airways denied boarding:

• Do not dispose of boarding passes.
• Ask for the reasons you’re being denied boarding.

Can I claim my delayed flight directly to Etihad Airways?

First of all, if you want to claim directly to Etihad Airways, you have to know your chances are scarce, since very often Etihad Airways tries to justify their flight delays with extraordinary circumstances that didn’t really happen, such as bad weather. Therefore, it’s advised to direct your claim through lexority.

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

Deadline to claim a flight to Etihad Airways: 2 to 5 years as a general rule, contingent on the type of law that is fit in that particular case.

• Montreal Convention: 2 years
• Eu law: two to ten years. It is necessary to the civil code for that particular country.

Documents to claim successfully to Etihad Airways:

Guidance to claim Etihad Airways

Do not accept any offer from Etihad Airways

Don´t accept any offer from Etihad Airways that doesn’t match what the EU Regulation 261/2004 prescribes. Read above to check the compensation you are legally entitled to.

Etihad Airways delayed flights for 3 or more hours

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

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Etihad Airways overbooking: is it legal?

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

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

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

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

How do I know how long was Etihad Airways flight delayed?

1. Contact a Lexority lawyer to tell you how long the Etihad Airways flight delay was without any doubt. Take in to account that the following sites 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 Etihad Airways status of all flights including those of years ago.
3. Another option is accesing to Flight Radar where you can see the last seven days Etihad Airways flight delays without registering. If you register you can also see delayed flights from up to 2 years ago.

Advice: When the Etihad 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.