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Age doesn’t matter. Your kid can receive EU flight compensation, too. When it comes to EU Flight Compensation Regulation 261/2004, the rules are the same for everyone. If there’s a long flight delay or flight cancellation, and you’re entitled to flight compensation, your kid will be, too. And the amount of the compensation will be exactly the same. That includes infants. Continue reading to learn more about your rights.
COVID-19 has affected our lives more than we would want it to. While we don’t know when it will be completely safe to socialise and travel again, what we do know is that it’s gonna be more difficult. At least for a while. So, if you’re travelling now, or planning to do so, here are the things to take into account. To make your stay in a hotel during the pandemic as safe as possible. Take care and stay safe!
Have you ever missed a flight? What if you’re missing a connecting flight due to delay of your first flight? To put it simply, there are only a few most likely scenarious. In some situations you’ll have to do nothing. Your airline will take care of everything, in other - you’ll have to look for a new flight yourself. Sometimes you’ll be entitled to compensation, other times - no. Let me guide you through all the options.
Non-essential travel is still not recommended in many places. But there are situations when you have to travel no matter what. And then there are also places where it’s kind of safe (though, unpredictable) to travel as of recently. Just to be clear, with this article we are not encouraging anyone to travel right now. But if you are travelling or you have to travel right now, here is a list of our recommendations for you.
What about self transfer flights? What are your rights when things go wrong? When there are two or more flights, one after the other, they are called connecting flights. Generally speaking there are two types of connecting flights. One is called airline transfer, the other - self transfer. What happens if you miss your connecting flight (self transfer)? Can you get a flight compensation? Let’s go into details!
What if it’s a 2 hour flight delay? What if your flight is only 2, not 3 or more hours late? Could you be entitled to EU flight delay compensation? Yes, you could be. There are situations when you could be entitled to compensation up to 600 euro per passenger, even when your flight delay is under 3 hours. Even though it’s a lesser known fact, situations like these happen a lot. Learn more!
As a traveller in Europe you are protected. You’re protected against flight delays and cancellations. If your flight is ever delayed for 3+ hours, you may get flight compensation up to €600 per passenger. That includes also connecting flights. All that matters is that it must be due to fault of your airline. Here are 25 examples -- 25 situations, when you can get flight delay compensation.
Airlines love to use it as a general excuse. They call these problems extraordinary circumstances, something that they don’t have a control over. And they tell you that you can’t get a compensation in these situations. But it’s just not true. It’s exactly the opposite. It’s the airline’s fault if something has gone wrong with its airplane. They should have prevented it. And you might be entitled to flight compensation.
You may already know that tourists are potential victims of countless scams. But what you may not have though about is that you may fall victim to scammers once you land — at the destination airport. The thing is, you have to be careful already at the airport. Sounds awful, right? The good thing is that you can easily avoid this. Here are some of the most popular airport scams. And also our tips on how to avoid them.
Do you have a long flight ahead of you? And you are not looking forward to it? Simply because you don’t like watching countless movies and videos, and can’t fall asleep no matter what? And if mobiles games too aren’t your thing, then we may have a solution for you — cool educational apps for your phone. To kill that time while learning something new. Here are some of our favorites.
Stuck on a long flight with nothing to do? You can’t fall asleep, don’t want to watch movies or read? There is one more thing you can do to pass time during the flight — play games on your phone. It’s relaxing and addictive, and, more importantly, if the game is good the time flies really fast. But what are the best games for flights? Here is a list of some of our favorites. Check it out!
Here you are, trying to plan a vacation, and people around you give you various advice. You shouldn’t do this, but should do that. Do you need to listed to all of the advice? Or just some? How can you tell what advice is good, and what is not? To help you with the task of planning your next vacation, we have created this list of the worst travel tips — travel advice you should not be listening to.