Originally Posted by
Germanfflyer
Layovers do not count for EU261 only the final destination of the ticket counts.
So if you have a long layover after your EU segment you wil never get EU261as you will never miss a BOOKED connection!
The point of my post is: this seems arguable. Do you know of any court rulings going one way or another - or does anyone else have 100% certainty on this topic?
Moreover, I'm not the only one who thinks this is arguable - :
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/19979942-post26.html
(The entirety of "final destination" definition in EU261 is IMHO dubious, since that could limit compensation to either the inbound or outbound journey on a roundtrip ticket. Moreover the checkin counter only considered me to be travelling to SFO on the day I was travelling, which would make things yet more arguable.)