Originally Posted by
JamesKidd
This makes sense, I don't see a point of bringing in the fare type (F saver, J flex, etc). It only matters how much you paid and working out the approx fare of the affected sector.
Well, there are 2 different approaches here, the one being the 'EC261 approach' and the other one the 'fare difference approach', which would apply where EC261 does not apply.
As the flight originated in the UK, EC261 should apply but EK might want to see it otherwise as they are not known to be consistently sympathetic to EC261 (read: 'they might try to weasel out of it using 'DXB/BKK does not fall under EC261' as an argument). So it is not completely irrelevant to mention the less favourite option as well. But on the face of hit I agree that EC261 should apply.