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Often only if you are prepared to go as far as CEDR/MCOL. European airlines are not forthcoming with that compensation /at all/. They have entire teams, proced

Often only if you are prepared to go as far as CEDR/MCOL. European airlines are not forthcoming with that compensation /at all/. They have entire teams, procedures, policies, strategies etc to avoid paying out

Macha 1y ago
I will say I expected Ryanair to be more awkward about it but apart from a few discouraging messages on the claim form (“are you sure you’re entitled to compensation?” and “most claims aren’t successful” type stuff), once I did fill out the form they paid out quickly and without fuss, despite the payout being larger than the original fare
- hexbin010 1y ago
  Fair enough. It's mostly the 'bigger' long-haul airlines I've seen complaints about. But I can also find anecdata about Ryanair too without much effort: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ryanair/2195574-how-get-ryanair-honour-adr-decision.html https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ryanair/2195574-how-get-ryan... https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1lg6aqp/ryanair_refusing_to_give_eu261_compensation_from/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1lg6aqp/ryan... https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1d3908i/i_think_ryanair_is_lying_to_avoid_paying/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1d3908i/i_th... https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1lnjmvm/filed_adr_complaint_after_ryanair_flight/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1lnjmvm/file... https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1o6muwv/ryanair_has_my_money_and_seems_incapable_of/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1o6muwv/ryan... Every airline plays the game to some degree - it would be commercially incompetent to not use every possible angle to weasle out of it.
- userbinator 1y ago
  and “most claims aren’t successful” The same is true of lottery tickets, yet that obviously hasn't stopped people from buying them.
Nux 1y ago
Got compensations relatively easily out of both Wizzair and Ryanair and I loath bureaucracy.

Macha 1y ago

I will say I expected Ryanair to be more awkward about it but apart from a few discouraging messages on the claim form (“are you sure you’re entitled to compensation?” and “most claims aren’t successful” type stuff), once I did fill out the form they paid out quickly and without fuss, despite the payout being larger than the original fare

hexbin010 1y ago
Fair enough. It's mostly the 'bigger' long-haul airlines I've seen complaints about. But I can also find anecdata about Ryanair too without much effort: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ryanair/2195574-how-get-ryanair-honour-adr-decision.html https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ryanair/2195574-how-get-ryan... https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1lg6aqp/ryanair_refusing_to_give_eu261_compensation_from/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1lg6aqp/ryan... https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1d3908i/i_think_ryanair_is_lying_to_avoid_paying/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1d3908i/i_th... https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1lnjmvm/filed_adr_complaint_after_ryanair_flight/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1lnjmvm/file... https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1o6muwv/ryanair_has_my_money_and_seems_incapable_of/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1o6muwv/ryan... Every airline plays the game to some degree - it would be commercially incompetent to not use every possible angle to weasle out of it.
userbinator 1y ago
and “most claims aren’t successful” The same is true of lottery tickets, yet that obviously hasn't stopped people from buying them.

Nux 1y ago

Got compensations relatively easily out of both Wizzair and Ryanair and I loath bureaucracy.