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Old Apr 17, 2014, 2:55 pm
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Flier74
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 846
EU261 and AB-finally succeeded

Following a cancelled somestic flight last September due to technical reasons I iniitally had no luck in claiming for EU261 compensation.
Finally I am happy I have not given up.....
After numerous letters after a offer of a voucher and its value being reimbursed after purchase of a new ticket, I got nowehere with them, actually they did not even bother replying anymore.
I contacted my solicitor who sent them 2 requests to pay up, yet again to no avail.
Only after he went to the small claims court they finally paid the compensation, the additionally incurred costs and now also have to pay the solicitor.

Gosh, they could have had it the easy (and cheaper ) way but were clearly not interested, unlike my experience with BA a couple of months ago, where the money was in my account within a week after a cancellation.
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