[clipper_janosch]

You should get your full ticket back + the EU compensation - 1/3.

No worries, I did this a few years back and the process took a while but I got the money.

Also, the EU compensation is rather handsome, especially on a long flight like that, you mention 1800 EUR, how much was the ticket originally?

[teh_klev]

> No worries, I did this a few years back and the process took a while but I got the money.

"No worries", that's perhaps fine if you have access to large amounts of cash or credit to fund replacement flights whilst you wait until the airline finally pulls its finger out. And what then if the replacement flights you booked get cancelled at the last minute? Now you're out thousands of euros.

So no, it's not "no worries".

[ClumsyPilot]

I used to hate the word 'privilidge', but it applies here perfectly.

Like a person who has spare $10,000 laying around and a lawyer on retainer can't even fathom how this is a problem.

Maybe you lost $3000 of tickets for a family flight, and booking replacement tickets will costs 2x as much because you are booking short notice.

And maybe if you cant get replacement tickets, now you loose $5,000 of hotel, so now your total losses are 8k.

And if you don't know the law and don't have legslly literste friends, maybe you never get compensation

Also known as poverty premium

[eckesicle]

That happened to me last summer. I had to rebook cancelled flights with British Airways multiple times to get home. In the end i was out over £15000 pounds worth of flights. BA offered me vouchers valid for a year in replacement. In the end i called my credit card company and disputed the charges. They wanted me to pay in the interim, I refused, and a few days later Amex credited my account. 90 days later they said BA had not disputed my claims on time, and I was therefore awarded the full amount.

[wheels]

My flights were for me and my kids. Total of €2700. One of the flights was booked separately (because booking together didn't work on any of the websites I tried), though also American Airlines, and I won't get a refund on that. The €1200 that I'll get will only cover the extra missed flight, and my Airbnb. And that doesn't scratch that I had to find new summer vacation plans with my kids on one day's notice. That is not no worries.

[clipper_janosch]

Look, I am sorry this happened, but you should get the total 2700 EUR back + compensation.

"though also American Airlines, and I won't get a refund on that" <-- you should double check this, if one of the airports is in the EU you get everything back for your departure flight.

https://realworldmachine.com/travel/airline/eu-flight-compen... "Flights must either arrive into the EU via an EU-headquartered airline or originate from the EU (regardless of airline headquarters) for the EU Flight Compensation Regulation to be applicable."

Obviously they will tell you otherwise.

Funny how people call me privileged etc. but you literally fill out a web form with flight number, upload your tickets and the solicitors handle the rest and the money gets dropped into your account within 6 months or so.

It's a lot of money, of course the Airlines are going to try to wiggle themselves out of it, so you have to fight them to get your right.

I think you will get 2700 EUR back for sure, flight compensation as well and you might even be able to claim for the BnB.