A thought occurred to me earlier and I wanted to run it past those in the know.
Every now and then I find travel options on the VS website for destinations transiting via ATL, with very small connection times (I believe one was only 50 minutes). If I were to take such an option and wound up missing my connection and placed on a later flight, could I file an EU261 claim - assuming I arrive at least 4 hours late?
My understanding is that the claim only applies to your final destination, and not to individual segments.
Or would this be disallowed as it involves an internal US connection which isn't covered by EU261 (as far as I know?). I have no intentions of trying such a thing, it just smacks me of an easy way to knock €600 off of one's flight ticket by opting for an infeasibly short connection.
Every now and then I find travel options on the VS website for destinations transiting via ATL, with very small connection times (I believe one was only 50 minutes). If I were to take such an option and wound up missing my connection and placed on a later flight, could I file an EU261 claim - assuming I arrive at least 4 hours late?
My understanding is that the claim only applies to your final destination, and not to individual segments.
Or would this be disallowed as it involves an internal US connection which isn't covered by EU261 (as far as I know?). I have no intentions of trying such a thing, it just smacks me of an easy way to knock €600 off of one's flight ticket by opting for an infeasibly short connection.