Originally Posted by dparkinson

I have an interesting EC261 eligibility question…

I was booked on UA55, which arrived 5 hours 17 minutes late to EWR
I then had a connection on the same ticket to UA1257 to SFO.

Here’s where things get interesting…
I was supposed to misconnect in EWR, so they moved me onto the nonstop the following day.
UA1257 has now taken a 2 hour and 15 minute delay due to lavatory servicing, so I would have made it…and evidently the flight will get into SFO within 3 hours of my originally scheduled arrival through sheer dumb luck of United’s incompetence.

The questions are these:
A) Because I was rebooked to something that gets me in the next day, regardless of the fluke that the connecting flight was also delayed, do they owe me EC261 comp?
B) Had I stuck with the original…because the flight was delayed 5 hours+ Leaving the EU, does that count to trigger the payout or does the subsequent connection delay nullify it?