Originally Posted by
ft101
For what it's worth, some of the NWNF companies have a checking system to determine whether passengers on a specific flight are likely to be due compensation. The one that I use says yes, you are due 250 Euro per passenger.
The "checking system" merely looks up the arrival delay and determines whether it is actually late enough to qualify.
The "checking system" does not consider the merits of the case or the likelihood of obtaining compensation. It's just a mere sanity check to weed out cases where the delay simply doesn't qualify in the first place.