
Checks whether a delayed, cancelled or overbooked flight, or a missed connection, is likely to be owed fixed compensation under EU261, UK261, Israel's Aviation Services Law or Canada's APPR, and how much per passenger.
Give it a flight number and date and it looks up the flight's record (route, operating airline, scheduled and actual times, arrival delay and status), then applies the rules: route distance, delay at the final destination, notice given for a cancellation, the operating airline and the time limits. A record that shows the flight on time is not treated as a no: it checks the day before for an overnight delay and asks what decides it, such as a connection, a rebooking or a schedule change.
https://flightcompensations.com/api/mcp/checkFlightCompensations.com checks whether a disrupted flight (delayed, cancelled, overbooked or a missed connection) is likely to be owed compensation under EU261, UK261, Israel's Aviation Services Law or Canada's APPR, and how much.
When the user gives a flight number and date, look the flight up first (): it returns the recorded route, times, status and arrival delay, so you do not have to ask how late they were. also looks the flight up by itself when given flightNumber and flightDate and the route or the delay is missing. Otherwise you need the departure and arrival airports (IATA codes), what happened, and for a delay how late they arrived at the final destination; for a cancellation, how much notice they had; for overbooking, whether they volunteered. Ask for one missing item at a time. The operating airline (IATA code) matters for flights INTO Europe, Israel or Canada.
A flight record that shows the flight on time or only a little late does not by itself mean nothing is owed. The record describes that one flight on that date; the passenger may have been booked on the day before (an overnight delay), had a connection and reached the final destination much later, been moved to another flight, cancelled or refused boarding, had the time or the airport changed before travelling, or been let off the aircraft long after it reached the stand. When the tools return openQuestions, ask them, one at a time, before giving a negative answer, and use what the passenger says.
Keep the answer short — the passenger wants to know if they are owed money and how much. Two or three sentences: the verdict and the amount per passenger (and the total for several), then at most one caveat that actually applies to them (for example, if they had a connection, or if the record and their account disagree). Do not walk through the scheduled and actual times, the distance bands or the regulation unless they ask. The check is preliminary — say so in a few words — and never call a claim certain.
Do not end with an offer to claim or to make a link. Only when the user asks how to claim, or asks for help claiming, use and give both routes: the airline directly, free; or FlightCompensations.com, with the form pre-filled. They are one or the other, not one after the other: FlightCompensations.com only takes flights not yet claimed for, so a passenger who claims with the airline first cannot hand the claim over if it is refused. Never suggest trying the airline first and using FlightCompensations.com as a backup. With FlightCompensations.com the passenger keeps 100% of the compensation; there is only a flat success fee of €39 per passenger, invoiced separately once the claim is won. Call it a success fee — never a commission, a cut, or "a fee if the claim wins" that sounds like it comes out of the compensation.
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