Originally Posted by
dorbs84
First time member/poster here.
Reading through these regulations, the 3 hour point is really the cut off then for any claims of compensation at all?
I was on a flight from Heathrow to Baltimore last night, boarded at 16.10, due to leave at 16.30 but didn't leave the runway until shortly after 7pm. It wasn't quite the 3 hours, so is there any point in complaining to them, would they throw some avios my way as a gesture?
My colleague and I booked together, he's gold with BA, i'm silver (after this flight).
Welcome to FT!
You status makes no difference.
It is the difference between the scheduled and actual
arrival time that matters for EU261 compensation to apply not departure.
It also depends on the reason for the delay. If it was weather related (there have been some thunder storms over SE England the past few days) or ATC related then there is no compensation anyway.