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Travel: Flight delays - what rights are you entitled to as a consumer?
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22/04/2024
What rights are you entitled if your flight is delayed?
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Short notice flight cancellations in 2023 were at their highest in eight years. So from
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a passenger's point of view, how would you react to being in the airport and you're going
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away and you get a really long delay at a really short notice?
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I think the most important thing for me would be to, you know, try and keep my head. I think
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under pressured situations, you can't panic. I think the most important thing to do is
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to just try and keep abreast of whatever information is available to you, as well as knowing your
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rights. In particular, it's important to know if you're leaving or arriving at a UK airport
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or if you're travelling within the EU and that's through a UK airline, then the following
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rules will apply to you. So if you're delayed more than two hours for short haul, more than
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three hours for a medium haul and more than four hours for a long haul, that means that
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it's your airline's responsibility under UK law to make sure that you've been provided
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with care and assistance by your airline. That includes food and drink. They'll usually
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give you a voucher to spend at the airport, allow you to communicate so they might be
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able to refund any calls that you have to make to rearrange any travel plans. Accommodation,
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if your flight's delayed or cancelled until the next day and travel to and from that accommodation
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or your home if you decide to go back there. So if your flight's been delayed or cancelled,
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the airline should keep you abreast of all the information. They should inform you when
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you'll be able to fly to your destination, but it is law that they have to get you to
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where you want to go. The process of getting compensation and you are, if you arrive more
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than three hours late to your destination, you will be entitled to between 220 and 520
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pounds compensation depending on whether it's short haul or long haul, but that is only
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if it's your airline's fault. If it's something like weather or strikes or something like
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that, then you're not entitled to compensation.
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