Most people prefer traveling through airlines and sometimes passengers may face various types of issues like being denied boarding by airlines and flight cancellations as well as delays. Lakhs of passengers have faced such issues and they were paid compensation. It happens as airlines allow passengers to book their seats beyond their availability. It will be a great inconvenience if you are barred from boarding a flight without prior notice. There are various airline passenger rights and here we try to know about those airline passenger rights.
* Passengers are affected by overbooking or delays or cancellations. Airlines should compensate for all kinds of errors from their ends.
* Before claiming any compensation from airlines, you should check the eligibility. If you are holding a confirmed ticket at the time of boarding and you are present at the time and if boarding is denied then you can claim compensation from the airlines.
* Passengers can’t claim compensation for being denied boarding if the passenger is not carrying a valid travel document.
* If within an hour the airline arranges for an alternate flight, then the airline is not liable to pay any compensation.
* If a flight is delayed by less than 24 hours, airlines should provide meals as well as refreshments to passengers. Hotel accommodation needs to be provided by airlines if the delay exceeds 24 hours.
Those were a few things to learn about airline passenger rights. Also, passengers can use AirSewa, a grievance redressal system.