As you plan your trip AirHelp has prepared 10 Commandments of Air Travel to remember in case your flight is disrupted.
- After two hours, the airline crew is required to provide you with food, water, operational lavatories and medical care if needed.
- Under European law EC261, the airline is supposed to provide passengers on European flights with transportation to their hotel or accommodations, and a hotel stay.
- There is a regulation called the Montreal Convention that grants you a right to financial compensation in case your suitcase gets delayed, lost or damaged after you check in for your flight.
- Familiarize yourself with individual airlines’ pet rules.
- If you suffer some kind of injury while being on the plane, you are entitled to financial compensation.
- If a medical urgency happens you can assist another passenger in need, and you are covered by legal protection if you do so.
- If you’re bumped, and you don’t volunteer to deplane or take another flight, you can be eligible for compensation, depending on the value of your ticket fare and ultimate delay in arrival to your final destination.
- Airlines are required to provide passengers with disabilities many types of assistance. Call ahead to let them know the type of assistance you will need.
- Besides your right to compensation, AirHelp wants you to know you have the right to complain about a airline’s service if you’re not satisfied. Actually, in many cases, they appreciate it because do not know there is a problem to fix unless someone brings it to their attention.
- If you are on a flight to or from Europe, and you arrive to your destination with delays of more than 3 hours, you may be eligible to file for compensation.
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