Flight Delay Compensation Calculator - Check If You Can Claim For Your Flight For Free

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

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

Once you add your flight details to the calculator, it will tell you:

• If your flight is eligible to claim for compensation under EU261
• How much compensation you may receive.

Anyone can use the calculator for free, as often as they like, and without obligation to claim with Bott and Co.

What Does Our EU261 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 the amount of compensation that may be owed)
• If the cause of the flight delay or cancellation is eligible for compensation under EU261
• Cross references your flight against our tens of thousands of successful flight delay claims
• Checks your flight delay or cancellation against our data relating to your flight
• Checks to see if extraordinary circumstances caused your flight delay or cancellation

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

It will let you know if you have a right to claim if your flight has been delayed, cancelled, you missed your connection or you were denied boarding.

Can I Calculate How Much Compensation I Could Claim For My Flight Delay From All UK Airlines?

Yes, our flight compensation 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 calculator 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 completely free to anyone who wishes to see if they may be eligible to claim compensation.

What Is The Amount Of Compensation You Can Claim For A Flight Delay?

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 lists the amount of compensation available for eligible flight delay compensation claims.

Our guide on claiming flight cancellation compensation explains how much you may be able to claim for a flight cancellation depending on the circumstance of your cancellation.

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.

When Can You Claim Compensation Under EU261?

Under EU261 or UK261, you will be able to claim compensation for the following flights:

• Any flight leaving a UK or EU airport
• Any flight operated by a UK or EU airline arriving at a UK or EU airport.

For flights arriving at a UK or EU airport, your rights will depend on the airline you are travelling with.

Can I Claim For Expenses Incurred Because Of My Flight Delay?

Yes, in most instances you will be able to claim for expenses you may have incurred during your 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.

How Long Do I Have To Claim For Flight Compensation?

The time limit to start your flight delay claim is 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.

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

Since 2013, we’ve helped thousands of passengers claim the compensation they’re entitled to for delayed or cancelled flights, and missed connections.

We’re also recognised for helping shape airline passenger rights in the UK. By successfully arguing a number of landmark cases in the Supreme Court, we’ve helped strengthen the laws that allow passengers to claim compensation for flight delays today.

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.

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.