Yemenia Compensation: Claim flight delay, cancellation or lost baggage. Get up to € 600 refund for a delayed or cancelled flight and € 1.414 for lost luggage.
Yemenia flight compensation: EU 261 Law and Montreal Convention
Yemenia European compensation: delay, cancellation and overbooking
Suitable when
- When the airline is European or…
- if the flight takes off from europe
Compensation brief under European law: Yemenia delayed, cancelled and overbooked fligh
Flight (km) | Yemenia Compensation | Claim |
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– 1.500 km | € 250 | Claim € 250 |
1.500 Km – 3.500 Km | € 400 | Claim € 400 |
More than 3.500 Km | € 600 | Claim € 600 |
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Yemenia Expenses
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Yemenia damages
Yemenia E.g. compensation according to european law
- Flight cancellation from Frankfurt to Zurich: Less than 1.500 km = 250 euros + expenses.
- Flight delay from Las Palmas to Belgium: Between 1.500 km and 3.500 km = € 400 + expenses.
- Flight overbooking from Rome to Kyoto: 3.500 km + = 600 euros + expenses.
Yemenia Compensations under Montreal Convention for delays, cancellations, overbooked flights and baggage
Only when these two circumstances occur at the same time:
- All luggage claims even if the airline is european
- When the airline is not European and the flight does not depart from Europe
Compensation table for flight delays, cancellations, or overbooked flight according to the Montreal Convention
Compensation | Limit of liability | Expenses |
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Luggage | 5.708 euros = 4.694 SDR (Special Drawing Rights) | Other flighs, rents, tours, other missed flights |
Claim Yemenia flight according to the Montreal Convention
Yemenia lost baggage or delayed luggage compensation
If you want to Claim Yemenia for lost baggage you can get a compensation of € 1.414 + expenses.
Luggage claim | Limit of liability | Expenses |
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Lost or damaged | € 1.414 = 1.253 SDR (Special Drawing Rights) | Clothes, cost of the baggage, taxis |
Note: Fill in the PIR to claim for the luggage to Yemenia: Property Irregularity Report
What is the meaning of PIR?
A Yemenia Property Irregularity Report (PIR) reference is a unique code that traces your lost or damaged baggage. It has a combination of 10 letters and numbers and it is needed to claim to Yemenia.
- Number of lost luggages
- Issue
- Ref code so that Yemenia can track the suitcase
- Flight code
- Date
- Colour and type
- Name
What the law says about Yemenia cancelled flights
Yemenia cancellations notified more than 14 days before date of departure:
Mario has received a text from Yemenia telling him that his flight in 18 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 is not proof of message from Yemenia he will be entitled to a compensation too.
Yemenia cancelled flight notified between seven and fourteen days before date of departure:
John has received a text from Yemenia notifying him that his flight in 10 days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by Yemenia 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 original scheduled arrival time.
Yemenia cancellations notified less than seven days before departure:
Norman has received a mail from Yemenia telling him that his flight in 2 days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by Yemenia less than seven 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.
Yemenia Downgrade
If you suffer a Yemenia downgrade, the airline must refund 30% to 75% of the ticket depending on the flight distance.
Can I claim my flight delay directly to Yemenia?
First of all, if you want to claim directly to Yemenia, you have to know your chances are scarce, since very often Yemenia tries to justify their flight delays with extraordinary circumstances that did not really happen, like issues with air traffic control. Consequently, it’s advised to direct your claim through lexority.
How far back can you go with claiming flight delay compensation to Yemenia
Deadline to claim a flight to Yemenia: 2 to 5 years as a general rule, contingent on the type of regulation that is applicable in each case.
- Montreal Convention: two years
- Regulation 261/2004 of the EU: two to ten years. You must read the civil code for that particular country.
Documentation to claim successfully to Yemenia:
Reservation
Boarding pass
Identification
Tickets
Some advice to claim Yemenia
Do not accept any offer from Yemenia
Do not accept any offer from Yemenia that doesn’t match what the EU Regulation 261/2004 dictates. Read above to check the compensation you are legally entitled to.
Yemenia delayed flights for 3 or more hours
Yemenia delay must be higher than 3 hours to be entitled to a compensation.
Overbooking at Yemenia flight
Yemenia Overbooking: When Yemenia sells more tickets than the possible number of passengers they can accommodate.
The overbooking is legal, but you can get a compensation up to € 600.
Yemenia aims to avoid empty seats due to no-shows, but this must be legally sanctioned.
Once a Yemenia 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 Yemenia refuses them access to the plane.
How to calculate the distance between 2 airports and know the compensation that Yemenia should pay?
In the first place, it is important to take into account that the Yemenia origin and final destination are measured of the reservation. Therefore, if we have a stop, you don´t have count it. The orthodromic distance (the shortest distance between two places by plane) between origin and final destination has to be measured.
In this link: Distance from you can exactly calculate the km from airport to airport.