US EditionEU 261 Compensation: What to Know - NerdWallet
- EU member states negotiated in Luxembourg to update the EU 261 rule regarding airline passenger compensation during flight delays and cancellations.
- The talks followed a long delay since 2020, with Germany favoring a three-hour delay threshold and a majority willing to extend it to four hours.
- The compromise included automatic compensation forms for canceled flights and set compensation at 300 euros for delays over four hours on flights under 3,500 kilometers.
- Belgian Minister Jean-Luc Crucke called the progress an "important step forward," noting flights delayed over four hours on journeys under 3,500 kilometers entitle passengers to 300 euros compensation.
- Although the member states have yet to finalize an agreement and must still work with the European Parliament, the update signals potential improvements in passenger rights enforcement.
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EU Transport Ministers have agreed on a change in European passenger rights. Travellers will have to wait longer before they are entitled to compensation.
The EU Transport Ministers agreed on a change in passenger rights - and found a surprising compromise, which means for passengers.
Anyone who has a delay of three hours on his flight will receive a sum of money back as compensation. Many EU countries want to change this. The border is to be raised to up to six hours. Germany is against this step, but is overruled.
Those who have to wait for their aircraft will not be compensated until after four hours in the future – and not after three. This is what a majority of EU transport ministers are asking for.
Transport ministers agreed on a common line for more than a decade of fruitless negotiations.
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