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Old Jun 18, 2017 | 11:29 am
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hugolover
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Originally Posted by SK AAR
The late incoming flight makes a difference. You will be/should be rebooked (for free) without fuss (and may even claim EU Reg. 261/04 care and compensation) if LH or KLM is able to see that your incoming flight was late (and consequently your real transfer time is < MCT). If in time/no significant delay, you may face the argument that it was your obligation to be at even the remote gate in time (and it was possible for you to reach such gate due to MCT being adhered to), i.e. LH/KLM may not be prepared to rebook you for free and EU Reg. 261/04 may not kick in.

Obviously, we are talking flights on 1 ticket here (not separate tickets which would change the game completely).
This is a bit silly if say, a FRA MCT of 45 mins drops to 40 mins, it essentially means the arriving flight must either be early or bang on time . But I say again, its the carriers fault for selling these connections and I am sure compensation is costed.
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