Originally Posted by
ANstar
- Was the booking all ticketed on one ticket? If it is on separate tickets then no compensation would be due. If on one through ticket as other posters have suggested I'd go with TAP first.
Yes, one 016 ticket.
- Do you know the reason for either of the delays? If for instance the flight was late for weather then compensation would not be due
No reason given by TP. Flight departed 27 minutes late from LIS for no reason given (it is SOP for TP to depart a few minutes late anyway, and they usually make up time during the crossing), and a longer than normal crossing probably due to a very southerly and long route that dipped down to latitude 34N (the latitude of Atlanta) and took a long 9h06m for the crossing. Unusual routing, but does not appear to be weather related, possibly just whatever Atlantic track they could get at that hour.
UA initially delayed due to "late arrival of inbound aircraft", then crew timed out, then they tried but could not find another crew, and it became "operational difficulties"