Flight Delay Compensation Calculator – Check Your Flight Claim For Free

Find Out How Much You Can Claim With Our Flight Compensation Calculator

Our award-winning flight delay compensation calculator was one of the first to be created. It offers passengers a completely free, instant decision to find out if they have a legal right to claim compensation under EU Regulation 261 for their delayed or cancelled flight.

What Does Our Flight Delay Compensation Calculator Do?

Once you add your flight details, our calculator will run a series of checks to see if your flight may be eligible for compensation under EU261. These checks include:

• The length of the delay
• Confirmation that the flight departed from the UK or EU
• Confirmation of the operating airline, including all UK airlines
• Confirmation of the distance of the flight (to confirm amounts of compensation that may be owed)
• If the flight delay is eligible for compensation under EU261
• Cross references your flight against our tens of thousands of successful flight delay claims
• Checks your flight delay against our millions of rows of data relating to your flight’s delay
• Checks to see if extraordinary circumstances caused your flight delay

The calculator is free to use and provides an instant decision on your legal rights to claim compensation under EU Regulation 261.

Can I Calculate The Amount Of Compensation I Could Claim For My Flight Delay From All UK Airlines?

Yes, our calculator includes data for all UK airlines, including, but not limited to, British Airways, easyJet, TUI, Jet2, Wizz Air, and Virgin Atlantic. Once you add your flight number and date of flight, we will tell you if you have a legal right to claim for flight compensation, and how much compensation you may receive.

Why Use Bott and Co’s Flight Delay Compensation Checker?

Since 2013, we’ve been helping hundreds of thousands of passengers claim compensation for flight delays. The biggest complaint we hear from passengers is that claiming compensation is a time-consuming and frustrating experience.

Our flight compensation checker takes all of the stress out of the process. All you need to do is add your flight details, and the calculator does the rest for you in less than 60 seconds.

In addition to our award-winning flight compensation legal services, we offer our flight compensation checker to anyone who wishes to see if they may be eligible to claim compensation. Anyone can use the calculator for free, as often as they like, and without obligation to claim with Bott and Co.

What Are The Amounts Of Compensation You Can Claim For Flight Delays?

Flight compensation amounts are set by EU Regulation 261/2004. How much compensation you can claim will depend on how many hours your flight was delayed and the flight distance.

The compensation amounts for flight delays and cancellations are fixed and unrelated to the ticket cost or the class of the fare you booked. The maximum amount you can claim is £520 per passenger.

Our table below outlines the level of compensation available for valid flight delay claims.

Following Brexit, EU Regulation 261/2004 has been written into UK law, meaning you have the same rights as before. The only difference is that the compensation will now be paid in UK pounds rather than Euros.

What Types Of Flight Delays Can I Claim Compensation For Under EU 261?

You can claim compensation if your flight is regulated under EU or UK rules, arrives three hours or more later than originally scheduled, and the delay was the airline’s fault.

Your legal right to claim compensation for your flight delay is under EU Regulation 261, which is also fully recognised in UK law.

How Many Years After My Flight Can I Claim For Compensation?

You can start your flight delay claim up to 6 years from the scheduled flight date, as the statute of limitation in the UK is 6 years.

However, once court proceedings are issued against an airline, this effectively ‘stops the clock’ on the 6-year limitation period, so it doesn’t matter how long the legal process takes after that point as long as you follow the timeframes set by the courts for each stage of the process.

Can I Claim For Expenses From My Flight Delay?

Under EU 261, airlines are legally obliged to provide “care and assistance” to passengers after a certain length of delay. This includes covering “reasonable” expenses you may incur.

The airline should inform you of this while you are travelling and cover all these costs at the time. However, we see cases where passengers have had to use their own money to buy food and drink or get taxis to and from the airports.

For delays over two hours, or three hours in the case of long-haul flights, the airline must provide passengers with the following:

• Free meals and refreshments
• Two phone calls or emails
• Free hotel accommodation and transport to the hotel if the delay is overnight

If the airline does not offer any of the above, you should purchase what you need and keep all your receipts, as you could claim it back later directly from the airline.

Why Choose Bott and Co For Your Flight Delay Compensation Claim?

As your legal representative, we take the stress out of the process, handling everything for you. We also take on the financial risks of claiming, such as court fees and reports associated with your claim.

Our services are 100% No-Win, No-Fee, meaning you’ll be at no financial risk, even if your claim is unsuccessful.

Unlike other organisations, we represent you against the airlines. That level of representation goes way beyond issuing letters for you to send to the airlines.

We do the following as standard practice:

• We’ll issue court papers to the airlines if they don’t respond to your claim within 30 days
• We’ll represent you in court, and pay all court fees
• We’ll pay for expert reports to combat “technical defect” and “weather” arguments from the airlines
• We’ll never put you at any financial risk as our services are offered on a no win no fee basis.

Our pricing is displayed as a flat fee, so you can see from the outset how much will be deducted from your compensation to cover our costs, if your claim is successful.

If your case requires us to issue court proceedings on your behalf, there will be an increase in administrative fees to cover some of the extra work involved in doing this. All relevant costs associated with your claim are clearly stated in your T&Cs.

We cover all associated fees such as court fees and preparation of documents that you would be responsible for if you were claiming yourself. Depending on your case, our option may end up significantly cheaper than doing it yourself.

If we can’t recover your compensation, you pay nothing, meaning no financial risk to you whatsoever, even if your case goes to court.

Find out more about our fees.