Your rights as an airline passenger

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#300516 15-Sep-2022 08:15

I have seen some people being played around by our flag carrier and other airlines so this is a good campaign for anyone travelling by air: Flight rights (consumer.org.nz) (there's also a petition on that page).

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#2968378 15-Sep-2022 08:49

Interesting timing. Saw something similar on a European deal site this morning.

Passenger rights in the event of flight delay, flight cancellation, overbooking and strike | mydealz

In the current year, the demand for flights has again risen rapidly compared to previous years 2020 and 2021. Unfortunately, many airlines and airports seemed or still seem to be overwhelmed by this, among other things because staff has been steadily reduced in recent years. Many of us only know the problem from the news, but some have been affected by flight cancellations or delays themselves.

For all those affected, there is the EU Air Passenger Rights Regulation. After this, you are entitled to compensation between 125 € and 600 € in case of cancellation, delay, overbooking or strike.

To get an overview, I have summarized the hopefully most important information here. I have divided into 4 topics.

A: Flight delay
B: Flight cancellation
C: Overbooking
D: Strike

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#2968382 15-Sep-2022 08:56

Signed the petition.

Friend of mine recently got stranded in Queenstown for 3 nights. Had to pay exhorbitant costs for accomodation, missed work and got nada from the airline.

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#2968392 15-Sep-2022 09:17

About 3 years ago I got a text cancelling my flight from Rome to Dublin 10 hours before traveling due to engineering issues. I had to book with another airline at about 4 times the cost of my original ticket for the same day.

I got my original ticket refunded and the 600 euro compensation. Made a nice profit.

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#2968408 15-Sep-2022 09:25

My partner had very poor experience with them recently in relation the flight schedule changes they had made, that made her travel untenable.

If you aren't getting traction on a reasonable concern, threaten dispute tribunal proceedings. In our case they rapidly folded and refunded.

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#2972318 23-Sep-2022 21:36

Let us hope our leaders decide we are worth the same treatment as EU citizens.