Originally Posted by irishguy28

I was on a cancelled LHR KLC flight that same evening [the plane and crew were sent to do a DUB rotation instead] and got myself booked onto an earlier flight at the gate in T4 [rather than the 0630 flight the next morning I had been automatically rebooked onto] that got me home long before my original flight would have left it had it operated, and was thus far preferable.

Lodged a compensation claim on the following day, had the confirmation of the full €250 compensation last Friday.

What did you write on the cancellation compensation request form?