Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
Well that's different (as a gentle aside, it's best to put these details into posts, since otherwise I'm typing up something way off beam). In that case you could get the EC261 compensation even if you hadn't travelled at all, it's way outside the parameters allowed for cancelled services. So you can push back on that, or ask for CEDR to take it on.
sorry! I had assumed that the crux was whether or not the flight was considered a connecting journey or not- rather than the rebooking, and I was trying to avoid superfluous (but which turned out to be essential) detail!