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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 3:01 pm
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Originally Posted by ellinj
I was on yesterday's CO Flight 61 BRU-EWR which was cancelled due to mechanical issues. I was rebooked today on flight 1951. Am I entitled to compensation under EU's rules for cancelled flights?

Also, I did not end up getting a hotel voucher from CO because they only had one person handling 200+ people, and I didn't feel like waiting after sitting on the tarmac for 4+ hours. Any chance of getting CO to pick up the hotel bill?
Here is the text of the EU Regulation.

The relevant articles for you are articles 5 & 7

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/...4R0261:EN:HTML
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