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What to do if you are late for the flight, your flight was delayed or canceled

Traveling is interesting and fun, but not always everything goes as you planned, especially regarding air travel, the delay or cancellation of which can disrupt even the most well-thought-out plans for vacations or business meetings. Dozens of reasons can cause your flight to be delayed or cancelled, ranging from weather conditions to aircraft malfunction and route congestion. The worst thing is if this entails being late for the next connecting flight.

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There is little enjoyment in this, but still it is not a disaster. We have collected a few tips on how to act if you are stuck at the airport:

  • due to a delay or cancellation of the flight,
  • because of your lateness due to the delay of the previous flight,
  • corny due to the fact that you are stuck in traffic or overslept and therefore late for your flight.
If you realize that you are late, notify the air carrier

If, standing in traffic or waking up too late, you already understand that you won't be in time for the flight, notify the airline immediately. The sooner they find out about your lateness, the more they will be able to offer you solutions to the situation, the newspaper writes. USA Today.

This is necessary because when a passenger is late for a flight, the airline also finds itself in a difficult situation. Most likely, the seat of this passenger will be empty during the flight, so re-booking a seat for the next flight is essentially giving him a free ticket for which the airline will not receive money, which is unfavorable for her and therefore, most likely, will refuse to re-book. If you notify the airline of being late to the flight, it gives him a chance to sell the vacant seat, so rebooking your flight will not be a loss of money for the company.

The reason for being late matters

Most airlines have an unofficial “punctured tire” rule that allows them to rebook your ticket for the next free flight if you had a good reason for being late. These reasons include a broken car wheel on the way to the airport, the need to receive emergency medical care, an accident on the way to the airport, or any documented event that does not depend on you.

As a rule, there are no reasons on this list related to the fact that a passenger has overslept or is stuck in traffic, but agents at the front desk have the opportunity to show flexibility and meet you, so if you are late you should contact them as soon as possible and they will help find a way out of the situation.

Airlines usually do not meet the passenger if he is late for no good reason, and reported this already after the flight departed. In this case, he has no choice but to buy a new ticket. But here a lot can be done by politeness and smile, so try not to be rude to the agent at the front desk.

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Passenger rights if late

If you missed the flight because you were late to the airport and did not warn the airline about this, you have very little chance of flying the next flight for free. Most airlines will assign you to no-show passengers and will keep your money that you paid for the flight. Please note that your return flight ticket will also be automatically canceled in this case. If you inform the carrier before the flight departure, you may receive a partial refund depending on the type of your ticket.

Late arrival time due to delay or cancellation of the previous flight

If you miss the internal connecting flight due to a delay or cancellation of the previous flight, then you may be lucky. In accordance with the rules of most airlines, they will re-book you a seat for the next flight for free. If this means that you need to stay at the airport overnight, the airline will pay for the hotel stay, if the delay was the fault of the airline.

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Delaying or canceling a European flight

If your flight to / from / in Europe is delayed or canceled, you may receive even more compensation. You will book a ticket to a point of destination or shipment for free, and can pay up to 600 euros ($ 670) of compensation. The company can help you in obtaining this money. Flightbucks.

There is certain criteria for compensation through this organization: your departure or arrival point must be an airport located in one of the EU countries or in Israel.

The law on monetary compensation applies to all airlines in the world. The flight must be canceled or delayed more than 3 hours due to the fault of the airline. (that is, not because of the weather or the airport employees strike, for example). The amount of compensation depends on the distance between destinations: if the distance is less than 1500 km, the compensation is 250 euro per passenger, 1500-3500 km - 400 euro, over 3500 km - 600 euro.

The timing for receiving payments may also vary. Some airlines process the claim within a few days, but there are others where it takes months to wait for a decision. The statute of limitations for incidents for which compensation can be claimed also varies. The average is 5 years, although sometimes you can get money for canceled or delayed flights that took place 10 years ago. At the same time, it is quite difficult to achieve payments on your own - the claim must be drawn up with references to all legitimate sources obliging to pay compensation to passengers.

Company Flightbucks ready to help any passenger in obtaining cash compensation. To find out if you can claim cash compensation from the airline, just fill out short form with flight information. It should be noted that from each paid claim the company Flightbucks transfers funds to local charities, and provides such an opportunity (only if desired) to each client.

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Delay or cancel domestic flight

If you are faced with a delay or delay of a flight during an internal flight, the airline is obliged to provide passengers with food and a hotel, depending on the period that passengers have to wait at the airport.

But, in addition, passengers can get vouchers for flights, they can be reimbursed for the ticket price (but this is only if they bought it from the airline and chose the refundable ticket), provide coupons for food and drinks or a discount for a ticket to another flight. Details about these features and their conditions can be found in a special section of the blog. Flightbucks by link.

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