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Old Aug 2, 2022 | 9:42 am
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Originally Posted by chris63
..OP needs to understand the reason for the cancellation of the ORY-MUC flight to have any chance of compensation, it needs to be LH fault & nothing to do with strikes in France
Even if it is LH's fault - strikes let LH off the hook in most markets.

In this case, the OP did accept the re-route. So I don't think they can claim a delay to begin with. And if they can survive the Paris airports, a longer MUC layover isn't undue cruelty either.
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