Originally Posted by
moondog
Since they were on the plane (behind you), they weren't denied boarding, correct?
If they had been denied boarding, I'm guessing their EC261 claim wouldn't get very far (and none of the contingency based agents would touch it) because the airline could have simply claimed that it was acting upon its interpretation of the information it had at its disposal at the time.
Sorry for the confusion.
The powers to be made a hell of a lot of money for the last time until at least 30.11 with loads of last minute express visa as well as unnecessary tickets out of the country.
The two of them not, but many others have unlawful denied boarding.
In the meantime I got word through the grapevine so to speak that one, of many, reasons, that/why it started on the 14th was because of one the biggest national holidays in Hungary, which happens to be on the 15th March, lots of Hungarians use that time for their spring break holiday every year.
That was no coincidence, neither that the flights have been unusual cheap, even 48 hours before departure. I guess they planned a huge media event with lots of passengers, local politicians from Chongqing to showcast etc., but someone in Hungary did not get the memo.
Please correct if I am wrong moondog, but I guess they usually do not use the green desk for regular joe public immigration....it just happened to have more space for the camera guys.
The guy in front of me with a clear french accent was part of a bigger group from Belgium/Luxembourg, but he explained to the immigration officer that the others have diplomatic passports and therefore used another queue.