Reply To: EasyJet cancellation

[Lady London]

Ok this looks like £220 for shorthaul cancellation, per seat. Did they say why your booked flight was cancelled? I can only think of an air traffic control restriction being allowed as an exception as Covid is now a known fact and no sudden deterioration so should have to pay this compo.

Looks like you should also claim reimbursement of costs to return from airport to your ‘hotel or other’ accommodation under UK legislation equivalent of EU261 Article 9(1)c, and back to airport. HMRC rate is at 45p per mile, Should be reasonable to claim that.

Ideal would be to produce any fuel receipt from around the date, doesn’t have to match what you’re claiming, just to prove the existence of that cost to you. I am not sure if HMRC has increased the 0.45p per mile rate given recent fuel price increases but for this it’s probably a fair enough rate. Hotel likely to have cost very considerably more so I’d claim the transport costs on top of the compo. Plus 30 hours later has trashed 2 days of your holiday.

EDIT looks like you hadn’t already travelled to the airport so no claim for transport costs. But for anyone who had already travelled then should be claimable.

Still think you get compo though.