Originally Posted by
Jenbel
Do you have travel insurance? That would cover you if the airline didn't cough up.
(or in future, book an EU airline which is obliged to do this regardless of which direction the flight is in!).
I do have travel insurance, quite a good policy with zero excess. Thank goodness.
The only EU airline which flies directly to the US from Ireland is Aer Lingus, and I really don't fancy them long haul. Alternatives might have been BA via LHR, AF via CDG or KL via AMS, but they were more expensive, indirect and logistically not pleasing to my mind (going East to go West). Plus, I hate UK airports (and I'm from the UK).