Flight late or overbooked by WOW Air: How to earn up to 600 euros?

As long as everything goes well, the plane is great! If you put discomfort and meals aside, I love to fly. Whether to leave or to return, even the long hours of waiting did not alter my enthusiasm. And I must not be the only one … Did you know that 150 million people pass through French airports each year? Yes, that’s a lot, and you can imagine that there are not only enthusiasts like me in there!

Many of them were unable to leave because their flights were canceled, delayed, or were unable to return on time, missed their connections. Thousands of euros are at stake in each incident, and when you’ve spent a year or two saving to go on a trip, you’d like to limit the damage.

To give you some figures, of the 150 million passengers in Europe, three million had a hard time on their plane trip and lost money. All could have received compensation, but only three hundred thousand have taken steps to obtain compensation. 70% of travelers do not even know their rights in the event of cancellation, delay or missed connection, …

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The regulations are complex and it is very difficult for a passenger to navigate between the various articles of law and the case law. The fear of confronting customer services, the discouragement of people in the face of a rather cumbersome administrative process: all of this put end to end explains rather well why travelers do not claim the compensation to which they are entitled.

The European regulation protects you, here are its protective measures

Payment of costs pending the flight (flight delayed) or the replacement flight (flight canceled or overbooked). This includes: food and drink, two calls, one or more nights in hotels if the flight is postponed to the next day or several days and transport from the airport to the accommodation.
Re-routing by the company in the event of flight cancellation or denied boarding (overbooking).

Refund of unused ticket in case of flight cancellation, denied boarding or delay greater than 5 hours.
Know whether his flight is eligible for repair or not?

All airlines including WOW Air are affected when the flight departs from an airport located in the EU (Switzerland, Iceland and Norway included)

In summary, European airline flights are eligible if they take off and / or land in the EU. Examples: New York – Reykjavik with Wow Air = eligible

Flights from non-European airlines are only eligible if the flight is departing from an EU country.
Anyone, whatever their nationality, can claim compensation!

When we are eligible or not for compensation

The airline must make every effort to complete its flight. Certain conditions exonerate airlines from compensating passengers. This is the case when they are not held responsible for the event leading to the delay or cancellation of the flight.

Examples: bad weather conditions, a strike by airport staff or air traffic controllers, extraordinary events (bird strike, bombing, etc.) But, if the company is responsible for the delay or cancellation of the flight, it will have to compensate its passengers.

Example of reasons giving entitlement to compensation: a sick pilot (the company must find a reserve crew), a technical problem, a strike by WOW Air airline staff (pilots, flight attendants, stewards, staff on the ground).

The will of the legislator is to encourage the airlines to ensure their flights and to respect their commitments. It is complicated to assess the damage suffered by the passenger, so a scale has been put in place. The compensation paid is a lump sum: its amount is € 250, € 400 or € 600 per passenger and depends on the distance traveled by the flight.

– Flight ≤ 1500 km: 250 €
– Flight between 1500 km and 3500 km (including intra-Community flight): € 400
– Flight> 3500 km: 600 €

Specials: for flights to overseas territories such as Paris – Fort-de- France, Paris – Point-à-Pitre, Paris – Saint-Denis de la Réunion, the amount of compensation is always € 400 maximum. (this is an intra-community flight)
Call on a compensation company to benefit from compensation:

They are real startups with real regulatory expertise which increases the chances of obtaining compensation compared to a process undertaken alone. Above all, you can get the amount of compensation to which you are entitled! Some people just call the service to get.

Air passengers often feel helpless when faced with airlines. These companies take steps to compensate airlines by taking charge of their claims from A to Z. Passengers report their problem via the website or by phone. The team, made up of legal experts, studies and prepares the file in order to present an admissible request to the company and undertakes to do everything to obtain the compensation to which travelers are entitled.

How does this service work?

Filing of a free claim file: each file is handled by an expert in air passenger law who checks all the elements to assess whether the flight is eligible for compensation or not.
Sending supporting documents: if the flight meets all the conditions, the passenger must send supporting documents in order to initiate proceedings with the airline.

Payment of compensation: The startup receives a commission of 30% including tax on the compensation obtained only in the event of success. In the event of failure, no costs are invoiced regardless of the time spent, the procedural costs incurred or the reasons which lead to the closure of the file.