Fares, baggage rules and passenger rights, the parts of flying where knowing the rule is worth real money.
Airlines are not required to tell you what you are owed, and most passengers never find out. These guides work from the regulations themselves, Regulation 261/2004, the Montreal Convention, the UK’s retained version, and link to every source so you can check any claim before you act on it.
Start with what you’re owed for a delay or cancellation. If your flight touched the UK, the UK rules differ in three ways, one of them strongly in your favour.
Everything in this section
Stranded Overnight: What the Airline Must Pay For (2026)
The airline owes you food and a hotel whatever caused the delay. What counts as reasonable, which receipts win, and the three night cap…
The Airline Rejected Your Claim: How to Escalate (2026)
Your airline said no. Four routes go over its head, three of them free. What each costs, what each can force, and the 12…
Rebooked Three Days Later? When You Can Buy Your Own Ticket (2026)
Your flight is cancelled and the rebooking is three days out. When you can buy your own ticket on another airline and bill the…
Extraordinary Circumstances: The Excuse Airlines Overuse (2026)
Airlines refuse compensation by saying extraordinary circumstances. Nine court rulings say most refusals are wrong. How to test one and rebut it.
Your Airline Went Bust: How to Get Your Money Back (2026)
Your airline collapsed and will not refund you. Here is who actually pays, from Section 75 to the 120-day chargeback clock, and where claims…
Missed Connection: Who Owes You What (2026)
Miss a connection on one booking and the airline owes a re-route, care and up to 600 euros. On separate tickets it owes nothing.…
Delayed, Lost or Damaged Baggage: What You’re Actually Owed (2026)
The airline’s liability for your bag is capped at 1,519 SDR, about 1,900 euro. The deadlines are brutally short: seven days for damage, twenty-one…
Bumped Off Your Flight? What to Do at the Gate (2026)
Overbooking is legal, but bumping you is expensive for the airline. What you are owed, why volunteering can pay far more than the statutory…
UK Flight Compensation After Brexit: What Changed and What Didn’t (2026)
UK261 kept the EU rules almost exactly – same three-hour threshold, same distance bands, paid in pounds. The real differences are the currency, the…
Flight Delayed or Cancelled in Europe? What You’re Owed (2026)
Delayed three hours or more in Europe? You may be owed 250 to 600 euro in cash, separate from any refund. The exact thresholds,…