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Any flight originating from EU territory is subject to this law, regardless where its other legs are.

I once had a flight Bulgaria -> Moscow -> South Korea, and the second leg got delayed for 6 hours, resulting in a very miserable experience.

Because I was sleep deprived and had no idea what my rights were, I accepted the $20 “compensatory voucher” that they offered and thought the matter was closed.

Sometime after I got back, a company contacted me saying they will issue a court case on my behalf getting the €800 from the airline (2 passengers). Such companies thrive under the “loser pays” system in europe as they just take on those slam dunk cases and have their expenses compensated.

Long story short after about 2 years of going through courts I got the money (minus the 30% fee from the company), and all I did was answer 2 emails and wait it out.



Do you have the name of the company who helped you? I'm going through something similar right now with Wizz Air.


It was https://www.skycop.com/ but there are quite a lot of those companies if you google them out.


Thank you. The fact that these companies exist is evidence enough of the problem.




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