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Author Topic: Airline Compensation Master Thread  (Read 1117864 times)

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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1880 on: June 23, 2015, 06:12:11 AM »
I would send each- Delta and Alitalia a e/m

also file with EU

I always received something from delta even on code share --

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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1881 on: June 23, 2015, 09:09:06 PM »
Alitalia always claims "extraordinary circumstances" for which they don't have to pay the EU comp

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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1882 on: June 25, 2015, 01:39:16 PM »
should be interesting if you are on the wrong end of this one.

http://thepointsguy.com/2015/06/dallas-delta-vs-southwest/

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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1883 on: June 25, 2015, 01:49:35 PM »
Airline: AA
Date: 6/21/15
Flight: LGA-ORD
Class: First, paid with money
Incident: No treif meal
Compensation: 5k AA points after complaining. Also received a $12 voucher that only was usable at restaurants in ORD.

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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1884 on: June 25, 2015, 02:08:03 PM »
Airline: El Al
Date: 6/17/15
Flight: TLV-JFK
Class: Regular ticket, paid with money
Incident: After 5 hours plane turned back and landed in Tel Aviv after another 5 hours. End up taking another flight 3 hoursr later (total delay 13 hours). The flight was given to Newark instead of JFK.

Would I be able to get any compensation and what kind?

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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1885 on: June 25, 2015, 03:22:46 PM »
Airline: El Al
Date: 6/17/15
Flight: TLV-JFK
Class: Regular ticket, paid with money
Incident: After 5 hours plane turned back and landed in Tel Aviv after another 5 hours. End up taking another flight 3 hoursr later (total delay 13 hours). The flight was given to Newark instead of JFK.

Would I be able to get any compensation and what kind?

Welcome to the forums. Good luck getting anything from El Al.
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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1886 on: June 25, 2015, 04:03:53 PM »
Welcome to the forums. Good luck getting anything from El Al.
Sam, you think there is no way to get anything for such delay?

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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1887 on: June 25, 2015, 04:11:54 PM »
Sam, you think there is no way to get anything for such delay?

Try to email them. My grandmother actually did once get a free flight after a 2 hour runway delay TLV-LAX.
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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1888 on: June 25, 2015, 04:28:44 PM »
Two incidents on the same flight.

1. Flight was delayed due to bad weather for more than 2 hours, i would have missed my connection, so AA put me on a hour earlier flight which wasn't delayed, which is weird because the heavy storms ended much earlier, how ever we were placed in J instead of F, revenue ticket.

2. AA lost our cooler full of food.  4 days later and still haven't heard from AA.

What can i expect from AA?

We were told to file a claim online

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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1889 on: June 25, 2015, 06:25:03 PM »
Airline: El Al
Date: 6/17/15
Flight: TLV-JFK
Class: Regular ticket, paid with money
Incident: After 5 hours plane turned back and landed in Tel Aviv after another 5 hours. End up taking another flight 3 hoursr later (total delay 13 hours). The flight was given to Newark instead of JFK.

Would I be able to get any compensation and what kind?
There is a separate thread just for this flight

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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread - Alitalia
« Reply #1890 on: June 25, 2015, 06:40:12 PM »
Had a similar case back in October, I am still fighting them.

Enac has still not replied to my case. Alitalia claimed technical difficulties (they always do) and was not willing to pay more then 75 euro per passenger. I was delayed over 4 hours then cancelled, no food, accommodations etc...

I will continue flighting this but so far I've gotten no where.


Airline: Booked through Delta, operated by Alitalia
Flight: TLV->FCO
Class: Economy, paid with money
Incident: Flight delayed by an hour, then cancelled after they already boarded us, then alternative flight was delayed by an 1.5 hours --> arrived to FCO 6 hours later than scheduled
Compensation: None so far

On June 16th My husband and I flew to Rome from TLV. We were scheduled to go on flight AZ #815 leaving at 10:35AM, arriving at 13:20.
The night before the flight (at 23:30) we got a phone call from an Italian representative informing us the flight is delayed by an hour (leaving at 11:35AM). Once we boarded the flight and sat on the plane for an hour without being offered any water or being explained what's happening. Finally the told us we have to get off the plane because there is a technical issue and it's too risky to fly...
They told us to pick our luggage from the carousels and basically start all over again (going to their desks, finding another flight, checking in, going through security again) to be rescheduled for another flight. There was a huge mess, hundreds of people in a small space with confused representatives... finally they put us on the next flight, flight AZ#807 leaving at 15:40, arriving at 18:30. No food vouchers were offered to us. That flight was delayed by 1.5 hours, getting us to Rome at 20:00 (6 hours and 40 minutes after the original estimated arriving time of the original flight). AND my flight back didn't have the vegan meal I ordered, although I confirmed it over the phone with them, and I ended up eating crackers and some dry shredded veggies :(

According to their website and also EU's air passenger rights (http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/passenger-rights/air/index_en.htm) we are entitled to a compensation of 400 Euros each. I called Alitalia's customer service in Israel and it was pointless. She said they didn't have a way to control the technical issue and I don't deserve anything, but I think that if this is true it was anyway not responsible to board people on the plane without testing it first. She suggested me to write them an email but she was very nasty (typical Israeli customer "service") and I'm not hopeful about sending an email, especially that she directed me to their Israeli email address and said it can take up to 5 weeks to reply to me!

So my questions is, what should I do next? I'm not ready to give up. Should I contact Delta? (I booked the tickets through them and their customer services is usually ok).
The EU website has a complaint form, has anyone tried it?
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/passengers/air/doc/complain_form/eu_complaint_form_en.pdf

Thank you,
Mila

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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1891 on: June 26, 2015, 07:20:49 AM »
There is a separate thread just for this flight

Thanks chff found it here ... http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=52976.0

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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1892 on: July 01, 2015, 03:26:33 PM »
How much can I get for a broken armrest in UA domestic First?
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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1893 on: July 01, 2015, 04:00:44 PM »
How much can I get for a broken armrest in UA domestic First?
Maybe an apology email from them.
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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1894 on: July 07, 2015, 08:40:47 PM »
Ive heard a new excuse today for a delayed flight, and it's so comical it can only be real....the first officer didn't show up! 90 min delay aa ord >ewr

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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1895 on: July 07, 2015, 11:14:00 PM »
Ive heard a new excuse today for a delayed flight, and it's so comical it can only be real....the first officer didn't show up! 90 min delay aa ord >ewr
Had the same thing on 5/21 from phl-dtw on aa! I used ba & was delayed for 2hrs because of the first mate. Was told by gate agent that due to merger they are now out-sourcing the crew from some crappy mismanaged company/agency & this stuff happens all the time. Really felt like complaining but didn't think it would get many anything..

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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1896 on: July 08, 2015, 12:35:07 AM »
Had the same thing on 5/21 from phl-dtw on aa! I used ba & was delayed for 2hrs because of the first mate. Was told by gate agent that due to merger they are now out-sourcing the crew from some crappy mismanaged company/agency & this stuff happens all the time. Really felt like complaining but didn't think it would get many anything..
I will let you know...

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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1897 on: July 08, 2015, 01:23:09 AM »
I will let you know...

Ha just remembered that I did reach out to them & I dug up the email with their blow-off response :

On behalf of American Airlines and US Airways, thank you for contacting us.
We are sorry that your travel with us did not go smoothly. Providing dependable service is what's expected of us -- and when we don't operate flights on schedule, it's easy to understand our customers' disappointment. From your description it certainly sounds as if your experience was aggravating and uncomfortable, and we wish we had done a better job of overcoming the many challenges we faced.
We don't often have too many options to help make such situations less trying. Still, your comments enable us to understand things from our customers' perspective, and we have sent a copy of your letter to the appropriate management personnel in the hope that it can serve as the basis for improvements in our procedures.
Although we want to do what we can to minimize the inconvenience of such problems, the many uncontrollable factors associated with air travel make some delays and cancellations inevitable. For this reason, we cannot assume financial responsibility for our customers' personal time lost or for out-of-pocket expenses incurred as a result of operational difficulties. We are sorry to disappoint you.
Mr.____though we cannot comply with your request, you have my assurance that we will always work hard to get you to your destination on time. We hope to have the opportunity to serve you again and to restore your confidence.


Sincerely,



Alana Lara
Customer Relations
American Airlines

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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1898 on: July 08, 2015, 01:29:44 AM »
I flew to Hawaii on an award ticket. It was an 8hr flight from Dallas to Maui that on my reservation said it was a wifi equiped flight. I brought my iPad along expecting to get work & a lot of other stuff done on the 8-hr flight. Turned out the plane was not at all equiped for wifi. Is that something that they would compensate for?

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Re: Airline Compensation Master Thread
« Reply #1899 on: July 08, 2015, 01:38:21 AM »

I flew to Hawaii on an award ticket. It was an 8hr flight from Dallas to Maui that on my reservation said it was a wifi equiped flight. I brought my iPad along expecting to get work & a lot of other stuff done on the 8-hr flight. Turned out the plane was not at all equiped for wifi. Is that something that they would compensate for?

Ive got it compensated before for this reason. Always worth a try.
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