Originally Posted by
BigFlyer
So let's say the incoming plane from FLR is 5 minutes late, and the passenger misses the connection to SFO. There is no record, of course, when the passenger arrived at the San Francisco gate so no one can tell if the 5 minute delay caused the misconnect or it was the general congestion.
And the passenger arrives at SFO more than 4 hours late.
EU 261 compensation? Yes or no?
I think so, yes. A tough battle for the compensation, but I think you should be due one. You can always argue the 5 minute delay was enough to misconnect... (note that the 5 minute delay has to be something in KL's control - so not weather, ATC etc)
I've received compensation on a 30-ish min delay in ATL arriving from CDG, and missing my ATL connection. For me the 30 minutes would have made the difference - I got through the immigration some 10 minutes before the departure.