Free check · UK and EU flights
Was your flight 3+ hours late?
Check what you may be owed in about a minute. Nothing to sign up for, and your answers stay in your browser.
How the check works
- Which rules apply. UK261 covers flights leaving the UK, and flights into the UK on UK or EU airlines. EU261 covers flights leaving the EU, and flights into the EU on EU airlines.
- How much. The distance between the airports and how late you arrived set the amount: £220, £350 or £520 per passenger under UK rules, or €250, €400 or €600 under EU rules.
- How likely. The reason for the delay decides whether the airline has to pay. Most technical faults count against the airline. Weather and air traffic control usually do not.
Know your rights
- How much you can getThe UK and EU amounts, and when they can be halved.
- Delayed at the airport?Meals, hotels and refunds the airline owes you now.
- Flight cancelled?Refund or new flight, and when notice rules mean compensation.
- Told it was “extraordinary”?What really counts, and how to challenge it.
- How to claimStep by step, from the airline to a free dispute body.
- UK261 explainedWhich flights are covered, and the conditions that apply.
This is guidance, not legal advice. The airline, an approved dispute body or a court decides each claim, so results say “likely” and amounts say “up to”.
UK rules: CAA on delays (£220, £350, £520), CAA table of covered flights, Article 7 on legislation.gov.uk. EU rules: Your Europe (€250, €300, €400, €600) and Regulation 261/2004 on EUR-Lex. Amounts checked 16 October 2026.
Time limits: the general court limit is six years in England and Wales (Limitation Act 1980, section 9) and five in Scotland (1973 Act, section 6). The CAA does not publish a flight-specific limit.
The EU has adopted revised rules, Regulation (EU) 2026/2202. The Commission says they keep the 3-hour threshold and the same amounts and apply 12 months after publication, so today’s rules still apply (Commission Q&A).
Airport data: OurAirports, public domain.