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Jan 4, 2013, 10:25 am

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Originally Posted by Homer15

I confess my poor brain is confused however about the compensation for delays. I expect there is some delay threshold below which no compensation at all is required but I can't seem to figure out what it is. Am I wrong that the 2/3/4 hour threshold marks when the carrier owes reduced compensation? Could it be that there is no explicit threshold for when the carrier owes nothing?

Thanks for the feedback, I want this thread to be as clear as possible, so I will tidy that up. But basically you get no compensation under 2/3/4 hours if your orginal aircraft is delayed. You get reduced compensation if re-routed and a bit late, but below the 2/3/4 hour threshold. And no compensation if it was unavoidable (direct weather issues for instance).