Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
Yes, thank you for the details.
The lap child gets full EC261 so long as you paid something towards the travel for the child.
Downgrade in this situation gets you in a Mennens claim (see wiki) but the amount is unlikely to be a lot. My usual advice is to ask for some customer service avios instead of claiming for the downgrade, but maybe you prefer a proper calculation.
You can claim EC261 for the original cancellation due to it being TECY, see post 986 in the "reason for flight delay" thread. The delay to the eventual MAD flight doesn't matter so much, you qualified from the cancellation.
Many thanks! That is great - I was not expected compensation for the infant, but yes, we paid 10% of the cost of an adult in both cash and avios. When booking with avios and increasing the amount of cash, it is registered as "fees and surcharges" rather than fare on the receipt but I hope this will not change the outcome.
It is great to hear that we get compensation anyway, I am about to file a claim. I thought that if you were rebooked into a flight that lands no more than 2h later there was no right to EU compensation.