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Old Jun 5, 2013 | 1:44 am
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Centipede100
 
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Originally Posted by monkeytennis
Hi all

My longhaul flight in cw was delayed 3 hours due to tech problems on the outbound flight from lhr. Obviously this falls outside of eu261 regs but it was really rather inconvenient and I feel like we should be due some kind of compensation. Do you think it's worth putting a complaint in and what might ba offer in this scenario? Thanks
For how long were you delayed exactly?

If in excess of 3 hours then it is likely that you are owed 300 euros in compensation under 261/2004 (50% of the full 600 euro entitlement as the delay was between 3 and 4 hours).

Originally Posted by randomflyer
Yes, the "four hour rule."

It did not escape us on my delayed flight above that we left about 4:30 hours late but were wheels down 3:58 late. No joke.

They made it 2 minutes under the four hour rule! Pedal to the metal over the Atlantic, no fools they.....
But more fool you for not checking what the Reg actually states...!
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