Flight delayed - compensation?

[audi321]

So my flight was delayed 4 hours today due to the inbound flight getting diverted to drop off an ill passenger.

This resulted in my flight being delayed.

Sofia to Stansted.

Anyone know if I'm entitled to anything? I'm sure that Ryanair will claim 'out of their control etc'.

[audi321]

Boozy said:

You sat in a chair and flew from Sofia to Stansted, you're entitled to thinking that's pretty cool and that's about it. What exactly are you after?

Lol what a bizarre reply! Weird even.

Well given that I paid good money for my family to be somewhere 4 hours earlier. I would expect some kind of compensation? http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/flight-del... Gives a bit of info but not about the reason for the delay.

[audi321]

I just don't get you lot.

If I'm on a train and it is delayed by 30 minutes i get an automatic refund of 50% of the ticket price (delay repay). Why am I an idiot for thinking I'm due a refund for a 4 hour delay!

[audi321]

Hang on. The sick person wasnt on my flight! I only have it by hearsay that was why they stopped. For all I know it could be because of a hijacker or the plane was broken, or storm Doris caused a problem. They're not forced to tell me, this was the rumour going around on my flight home.

Ok. Try again then.

I have no idea why...........but my flight was 4 hours delayed, would I be entitled to anything on way of refund?

I agree with all of you. Had the sick person been on my flight I get your anger, but they weren't. My flight was late.......period, and I don't know the reason.

Like I said about virgin trains, when you get your automatic refund, they don't give a reason, they just refund you and never argue. All happens automatically.

[audi321]

foxsasha said:

Driver101 said:

You lost 4 hours of your life and you'll end up fighting for months to get a day's wage back.

Just move on.

And it's £339. That's a weeks wages to a lot of people, certainly not an insignificant sum of money to be brushed aside for a few minutes effort. I spent more time arguing the toss with Amazon the other day to get four quid back!

There's 4 of us, so make that £1,356

[audi321]

tuffer said:

How much do you think you are entitled to? How much did it inconvenience you and you family and how much are you out of pocket? What are those four hours worth to you and your family?
Personally I fly most weeks and if a flight was delayed 4 hours I could not care less, I would not expect compensation unless there was a direct cost involved such as car parking or if I missed a connecting flight and had to pay extra.

The difference between landing at 11.30pm and 4am. Having 2 young kids and me and the misses being at work the next morning. So yeah quite an inconvenience in my eyes.

[audi321]

Well I used the resolver website to put in the complaint. Took literally 3 minutes. We'll see what happens and I'll report back.

They have 14 days to respond before I can escalate to their customer service manager.

Edited by audi321 on Sunday 26th February 10:37

[audi321]

V8LM said:

The outbound Ryanair flight was 3.5 hours late leaving Stansted on Friday, so if you were on 9962 delayed 3.5 hours back (ATD 3:31 pm) then maybe question the medical emergency and diversion...

ETA:

The outbound flight would probably have been the first of the day for the aircraft - http://www.flightstats.com/go/FlightStatus/flightS...

Flightradar24 has the status of the flight as Unknown - https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/fr9961

Edited by V8LM on Sunday 26th February 18:07

No, it was the FR9968 on the 23rd (which ended up being the 24th)

http://www.flightstats.com/go/Mobile/flightStatusB...

Turns out it was nearly 5 hours late in the end!

Edited by audi321 on Sunday 26th February 18:33

[audi321]

REALIST123 said:

Dear me, really? So you lost a few hours late at night? I can't see that being worth more than a few pence in your case, in all honesty. Scrounging fker, people like you cost us all.

Perhaps you'll see the light when some of those you have undoubtedly given poor financial advice to along the way come banging on your door looking for 'compensation'.

Edited by REALIST123 on Monday 27th February 16:17

lol funny. Sounds like someone's had their fingers burnt!

I take it you've never spent the hours of 11pm to 4am in an airport with 2 young kids. Not a nice experience, and worse than that having no updates so was contemplating the whole night there. Selfish?? Mmmmmm you need to get a grip you old git.

[audi321]

Don't forget last week was half term. The tickets weren't cheap by any stretch of imagination! Even Ryanair aren't cheap to ski resorts in the one peak week of the uk school holidays.

[audi321]

Well fk me I must be jinxed. You couldn't make it up!

I'm currently sat on a train in which I am delayed (currently) 2 hours due to 'a fatality on the track ahead' the tannoy has announced.

She then says as you've been delayed for more than 2 hours you can now claim back via delay repay the whole price of your return ticket! They've even give us free wifi and she tells everyone to go onto the Virgin Trains website and put in the claim.

Apparently the money will go straight back onto my card within 48 hours £222.00!

Honestly you couldn't make it up.......twice in a week!