EU flight delay compensation

maximum12

Does anyone know the Irish time limit for claiming compensation from an airline for a flight delay ?

Although the rules apply across the EU, there are different time limits by country.

I see it is 6 years in the UK but can't find the equivalent Irish limit.

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keeponhurling

Any have any idea if this is worth pursuing:

My flight was overbooked. No later flights that day so I was offered €250 for going on a later (non-direct) flight.
I refused it, but was told I had no choice. Arrival time was 4-5 hours later than if they let me board the flight I had booked.

Anyways, in the connection airport they didn't get my suitcase onto the transferred flight quick enough. So the suitcase was a day late, stuck in the connecting city which I wasn't supposed to even go to. I do tend to pay more for direct flights, dto avoid hassle plus I've had suitcases go missing on connecting flights before.
I had all the hassle of despite being 4-5 hours late, then queueing up and completing the missing baggage paperwork.
The baggage arrived the next day.

The airline is KLM / Air France.
Will they just say that €250 was for the 4/5 hour delay, and losing baggage is just one of those things - so I should just suck it up? Or can they do any more?

Mezcita

keeponhurling wrote: »

Any have any idea if this is worth pursuing:

My flight was overbooked. No later flights that day so I was offered €250 for going on a later (non-direct) flight.
I refused it, but was told I had no choice. Arrival time was 4-5 hours later than if they let me board the flight I had booked.

Anyways, in the connection airport they didn't get my suitcase onto the transferred flight quick enough. So the suitcase was a day late, stuck in the connecting city which I wasn't supposed to even go to. I do tend to pay more for direct flights, dto avoid hassle plus I've had suitcases go missing on connecting flights before.
I had all the hassle of despite being 4-5 hours late, then queueing up and completing the missing baggage paperwork.
The baggage arrived the next day.

The airline is KLM / Air France.
Will they just say that €250 was for the 4/5 hour delay, and losing baggage is just one of those things - so I should just suck it up? Or can they do any more?

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/flight-delays

keeponhurling

Mezcita wrote: »

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/flight-delays

Thanks for that link, seems €250 is the statutory so they probably won't give me much more. (Or at least they aren't obliged to)

Really though, €250 is not a lot given they can really mess up people's plans or waste their entire day

Overbooking is then a no-brainer for airlines as long as you sell tickets for >€250

keeponhurling

I complained anyways.
They gave me an extra €100 voucher for KLM / Air France (on top of €250 mandatory cash they already gave me), and apologised again for the inconvenience.
glad I made a complaint, hopefully constructive criticism for them.