Originally Posted by
greenman62113
Hi V10. Think it was my fault for being too polite and just sending a general enquiry rather than making reference to EU261. With the help of this forum I was soon pointed in the right direction.
Fair play in that you didn't put up with being fobbed off. In your case BA appears to have been naughty by not informing you of your rights under EU261 in the first place.
Makes you wonder how much airlines do get away with it when those affected aren't similarly informed.
Noting that this originally appeared in the now archived 2013 compensation thread, I shouldn't derail this thread further.