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I fly to Europe quite often. A couple of years ago my flight was canceled completely, rescheduled for a day later. Ultimately it was the best thing because I got $500 in compensation, and my rescheduled flight was booked into full fare J – I earned a lot of AA EQMs that flight. The reason I got compensation was – According to EU Regulation 261/2004, passengers are entitled to receive up to €600 (£532) in compensation when their flight lands at their destination more than three hours late.
You can totally file your own claim. This is something that is written about here. It requires writing a letter, contacting your airline, etc. I just wanted it done, without all the hassle, and contacted flight-delayed.com – I have no financial relationship with them at all – it’s just worked for me.
What is Flight-Delayed.com?
The nuts and bolts is that they get you compensation for your delayed flights. They don’t charge unless they win, and if they do…they collect 25%. My experience was SUPER simple and took literally 10-15 minutes, collectively, to do everything needed.
I completed the initial steps while in line for security – that’s how quick it was. I then received this letter
I then filled out a Power of Attorney Form and received the following email:
I have to say…I wasn’t the most optimistic, but there isn’t much to lose. No upfront money, and they collect their 25% only when they win.
THEN BAM BAM BAM BAM – I got €600 for my delayed flight!
Now of course, I ended up only netting €450 ( or roughly $500), but that is incred!!!!
I’ve used them since on Economy tickets as well.
Same exact procedure and the money that my received as compensation was in excess of our purchase price. Yep, a delay ended up resulting in us getting paid to fly.
I’m in the midst of filing another claim on a flight that my girlfriend was flying and was canceled.
Moral of the story.
Know that you have a claim if your flight was delayed for reasons that are covered under EU law. I know, I run a travel blogging site and I should just file the claim myself, and I will at some point do it, but at the same time, it’s one less thing to have to worry about and the professionals have gotten the job done for me in the past. Also…airlines will do everything they possibly can to avoid paying you…i.e. “extraordinary circumstances” prevent us from…
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
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Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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