Who: Gerald Hardie with his wife June Hardie
Flight: ZB 0216 from Gatwick Airport (London) to Faro Airport (Faro)
Airline: Monarch Airlines
When: 10th of June 2012
We were going on holiday and we would be meeting some relatives who were flying from America, via Lisbon so the start of our holiday was spoilt by this delay.. Our flight was delayed by more than 16 hours because of a technical matter on a previous flight. We heard about the delay while we were waiting at the gate to board. Once we were aware of the delay we were first offered food vouchers and then we were told that due to the time of night the flight could not leave anymore as the receiving airport, Faro, would be closed. We then had to return through customs to land side and were directed outside to wait for coaches to take us to local hotels, for which the wait seemed interminable. We finally arrived at the hotel and were allocated a room at about 2.00am. We were informed that the coaches would return at about 6.30am to return us to the airport, where the whole process of passport and baggage clearance was repeated. As you can imagine the effect was quite marked as my wife and I were very tired and spent the rest of the day catching up on lost sleep. So the effect was that nearly two days of our holiday was lost.
We knew we were entitled to compensation, but the majority of passengers were probably unaware of how to proceed. This was possibly due to that the majority only flew when going on holiday, but a small number who were regular passengers for business reasons were able to direct us regarding procedure. Then we found Flight-Delayed’s services online. From this point on it was left in their very capable hands and despite receiving approval of the claim from the CAA, Monarch Airlines resolutely refused to pay until they placed it in the hands of their legal team. This resulted in settlement of the claim in excess of £500.00.
I think Flight-Delayed is an excellent service and it is just a pity that the airlines do not pay up with the same speed with which Flight-Delayed deals with problems and responds to clients. I hope that this may be a salutary and probably expensive lesson that they (the airlines) need to learn. The process took more than four years and the account fees are for what they do in navigating through the minefield of legislation very fair.
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Very efficient and professional service. Well designed website and communication could not have been better.
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Mi sono rivolto a loro e hanno svolto tutto il procedimento con serietà e trasparenza.
Se avrò altri imprevisti mi rivolgerò senzaltro a loro..
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Great service
Very fast and professional, got my claim just over a month but then again the airline did tell us we can claim and gave us leaflets.
Really simple to use, and didn't take very long for my claim to be processed.
I wasn't very optimistic about using this service, but the from the outset the communication was excellent and the instructions were clear. The claim is all handled via email and the online service portal. The team are very quick to answer any questions you have while the airline is assessing your claim. In my case, I was awarded 225 Euros compensation, better than nothing and so glad I took the time and effort to get this money back! Thank you Flight-Delayed for your fantastic service.