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Old Nov 1, 2023 | 10:07 am
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Originally Posted by auorab
Regardless, due to arriving so late, the next flight out would have would have still put us in SFO more than 4 hours late.

hughw - I feel like I laid everything out fairly clearly in my emails, and they are just saying no without any explanation to why they are saying no, so I don't even know what to push back on.

They are saying "The flight in question did not originate in an EU signatory state; the European Regulation EC261/2004 is therefore not applicable to this case, as United is a U.S. flagship carrier and not an EU Community carrier."
Auorab --- They said they considered the case closed and wouldn't budge. With the help of reading some stories and forum communications on Elliott.org https://www.elliott.org/?s=eu+261 and finding personal email information of Air Canada executives, also on elliott.org, https://www.elliott.org/company-cont...ited-airlines/. I escalated the request directly to Twyla Robinson, Air Canada Director of Customer Care and International Operations, and they finally gave in...I would be happy to share the email I sent to Ms Robinson if you would like me to PM you.
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