I was booked on UA85 TLV-EWR 02MAR and the flight was delayed about 12 hours.
First delay was about 3 hours and I received the following email:
UA 85: Your inbound plane is delayed because of a plane change that occurred so our maintenance team could service an issue in the cabin of the originally assigned plane.
Second delay was about 8-9 hours and I got the following email:
UA 85: Unfortunately, your flight has been further delayed because of FAA-mandated crew rest requirements on your inbound plane, which were impacted by earlier maintenance.
United proactively offered $200 in travel vouchers for the inconvenience but I think we may qualify for 3,080 NIS IASL compensation since the delay was over 8 hours. I emailed united and they responded: The review was recorded as showing UA85 as a NON IASL compensable flight due to the inbound flight was delayed which caused crew legality, meaning the crew could not travel any more hours.
Any insight?