Originally Posted by
Mumkey
My parents have been flown home this morning due to this... They were supposed to fly home tonight, so very disappointed to have lost a day of there trip. They had a whole day planned and are gutted as you can imagine.
They were told at 10:30PM last night that they had to leave at 6am the following day so had to start packing immediately...
Does anyone know if they could get any compensation for this... It's so unfair... If they had wanted a 4 day break they wouldn't have spent a small fortune on another night in the hotel!
Thank you!
Strikes are considered "Force Majeure" - acts over which they have no control, like weather events, etc. Compensation for a strike the airline has no control over is unlikely.
Italy and sudden strikes go together like café and latte. (Was affected by one perhaps ten days ago at Herculaneum - sudden mini-strike called by the employees. (I'm sure the Camorra had
nothing to do with it.
)
The best way to prepare for those issues is travel / trip interruption and cancellation insurance (or self-insuring), and other options include requesting a distressed travelers rate from a hotel if staying longer. Or, accept the airline's assistance and leave early, in this instance.