Originally Posted by
psychoidiot
I received a cancellation email from Aer Lingus at 3am today for a Sept 5 flight from ORD -DUB-ZUR
ZRH is the airport code for Zurich!
Originally Posted by
psychoidiot
They said it would take up to 24 hours to rebook but I'm guess they're just going to move us out to the 6th which would not work for our purposes (we already have booked lodging). I'm assuming it's the DUB portion that is the issue
Given that both of your sectors touch Dublin, which do you consider to be the "DUB portion"?
Originally Posted by
psychoidiot
(I was hoping there would be less issues with EL versus SAS and so far that is not happening LOL).
EI - that's I, not L - is the IATA code for Aer Lingus.
Originally Posted by
psychoidiot
It's more than 14 days out which means I don't get compensation under the EU241? rules.
Correct; but compensation also depends on how late you arrive at your destination, and that hasn't been settled yet. It's at least possible that you could be rebooked in a manner that would not lead to a delay sufficient for the payment of late-arrival compensation.
Originally Posted by
psychoidiot
Is Aer Lingus responsible for us losing us the 1 day of lodging cost?
Aer Lingus is not responsible for costs at your destination...that would, instead, be a matter for your travel insurance. They have, however, a duty of care and if ORD is not the origin of the journey (i.e. not your home), then they would be responsible for putting you up for the extra night's accommodation while you await your delayed flight, if travel on the next day is the best they can do. However, if you were to proactively ask for travel on a different date, then there would be no requirement on the airline to pay for accommodation at ORD.
However, this is all a bit premature because you haven't been rebooked yet.
Originally Posted by
psychoidiot
Or is it possible for them to reroute me to Sept 4th flight without a fare difference?
If you want to travel on a different date, then that is certainly an option that is open to you and you can request to be carried on a different date of your own choosing.
However, if you still want to travel on the date originally planned, you should ask for alternates. At the very least, EI should be able to investigate putting you on BA services on the date originally planned to depart.
Originally Posted by
psychoidiot
Are there any other options/compensation I need to consider? However, unfortunately our group booked our tickets separately since we all wanted to pay on our own so I wonder if we can get the same routing for 6 different itineraries.
That may prove impossible. The fact that you have 6 separate itineraries means that each person will have to ring up individually; I doubt the airline will allow any one of you to "speak for all" and coordinate that all 6 separate bookings are rebooked in the same way on a single call.