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Old Jun 28, 2017 | 8:45 am
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Originally Posted by armouredant
If I hadn't need to be in the North the next day, I'd have gladly accepted a bump to a flight the next day, and a free night in Miami, and whatever EC261 compensation that would have materialised. The fact that there happened to be another OW flight just an hour later was a stroke of luck, as otherwise I'd have had to let a couple hundred dollars worth of perfectly good booze disappear. What do you think?
Just a note you wouldn't have been due any EC261 compensation for this journey as EC261 only applies to AA when flying from the EU not to the EU. So if this were to happen again, I wouldn't factor in compensation as part of your risk calculation.
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