Join the Flight Delays Claim

Flight cancelled or delayed for 3+ hours? You could be due compensation. Use our instant eligibility checker to see if you qualify to Join the Claim.

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Overview

Regulations entitle passengers to compensation for flight disruptions unless ‘extraordinary circumstances’ beyond an airline’s control caused the delay. For example, airlines can avoid paying compensation in cases of severe weather conditions, acts of terrorism, security risks, and other uncontrollable events.

In some cases, airlines invoke the “extraordinary circumstances” defence, even when they could have avoided the delay with better contingency planning. So, even if an airline has denied a flight delay claim, we might be able to help.

Working in association with leading flight delay experts, we’ll help you reclaim what’s rightfully yours.

NO-WIN, NO-FEE – you’ve got nothing to lose.

At a glance

Deadline

Up to 6 years from the flight date

Total Claim value

£10 billion

You could get

Up to £520 per passenger

Amount Already Claimed

Over £79 million

You could have a claim for

Canceled, delayed, misconnected flights, or denied boarding

How much compensation could you get for a cancelled or delayed flight?

Potential claim amounts

Delay less than 3 hours

£0

Delay 3 hours or more

Up to £350

Delay more than 4 hours

Up to £520

Delay 3 hours or more

Up to £520

Compensation for delayed flights depends on the distance of the flight and the length of the delay—not the ticket price.
Compensation levels are fixed under EU Regulation 261, which is still applicable in the UK post-Brexit.

How to Join the Claim

Check your eligibility

Use our fast and free online eligibility checker to see if you are eligible for flight delay compensation.

Join the claim

Provide a few details about your disrupted flight and join the claim online. We’ve made the process easy and jargon-free.

Let your legal team do all the hard work

We’ll connect you with flight delay experts who will investigate your claim and aim to get your compensation ASAP.

Are you eligible for flight delay compensation?

Passengers are entitled to up to £520 each in compensation for delayed and cancelled flights. You could have a claim if:

Your flight arrived at least three hours later than scheduled

Your flight departed from or arrived at a UK/EU airport on a UK/EU airline

The flight delay was the airline’s responsibility

The flight departed in the last six years.

You may also have a claim if you missed a connecting flight because of an airline delay or were unfairly denied boarding (e.g., due to an overbooked flight) and arrived at your destination airport at least three hours later than scheduled.

Flight delay experts standing up for you

At Join the Claim, we’re working in association with SRA-regulated flight delay experts who have claimed over £79 million in compensation from the airlines. So you can be confident your claim is in safe hands.

Join the Flight delays Claim

Use our instant eligibility checker to see if you qualify to Join the Claim.

Flight Delay Compensation FAQs

If your flight arrives at least three hours later than originally scheduled (when the plane opens its doors), you could be eligible for compensation.

Find out instantly with our easy-to-use eligibility checker. If you are eligible, register your interest, and we’ll connect you with a UK law firm experienced in flight delay/cancellation claims.

This claim is being run on a no-win, no-fee* basis, meaning you won’t pay a penny unless they win your claim.

Compensation ranges from £220 to £520. The amount of compensation you can claim depends on how many hours your flight was delayed and the flight distance.

In England and Wales, you can make a claim if the flight departed in the last six years (five years in Scotland).

Yes. If you were denied boarding because the airline overbooked the flight, you can make a claim for compensation if you arrived at your final destination more than three hours later than the originally scheduled flight.

Yes. If your flight delay meant you missed your connecting flight and arrived at your final destination more than three hours late, you could have a claim.

In the context of flight compensation, ‘extraordinary circumstances’ refer to situations beyond the control of the airline that prevent a flight from departing as scheduled. The rule protects airlines from financial liabilities in genuinely uncontrollable situations. According to EU Regulation 261, airlines are not obligated to pay compensation if the delay or cancellation was caused by:

  • Severe weather conditions
  • Acts of terrorism
  • Security risks
  • Political instability
    Strikes (not related to the airline’s employees)
  • Hidden manufacturing defects affecting flight safety
  • Any other extraordinary circumstances which could not have been avoided even if all reasonable measures had been taken.

British Airways recently lost a case at the Supreme Court after it claimed a pilot’s illness was an extraordinary circumstance. So even if an airline has said you are not due compensation, you could still have a flight delay/cancellation claim.

You can make a DIY claim without a lawyer. However, using a UK law firm experienced in flight delay claims, with an in-depth understanding of the ‘extraordinary circumstances’ rule, will help you make the most robust claim possible.

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