How long does Ryanair EU261 payment take?

Customers who wish to submit expenses for travel/transport/or refreshments or a compensation claim following a flight cancellation or delay over 3 hours on arrival can click below to access the EU261 claim form. We aim to process your claim within 10 days.



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Compensation claims with Ryanair usually take at least 3 months. Take this into account — you won't be getting the money immediately after filing compensation claim. Add at least a couple more months, if the case will be taken to court.

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Fortunately, if you are traveling on a valid ticket with a qualifiable itinerary and experience a delay of three hours or longer, you are eligible for compensation under EU261 unless “extraordinary circumstances” caused the delay, such as inclement weather, political unrest, decisions made by air traffic control that ...

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Fortunately, thanks to a regulation known as EU261, it's possible for passengers on disrupted flights to claim compensation. In fact, you could be entitled to up to €600 per person after a Ryanair flight cancellation compensation or flight delay compensation.

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A Ryanair passenger is entitled to compensation in the event of any of the following: Flight delay: If your Ryanair flight arrived at your destination more than 3 hours later than expected. Flight Cancellation: if you were not informed of the cancellation or informed less than 14 days before departure.

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If you wish to apply for a refund, you must complete our customer verification process by: Downloading, completing and submitting the customer verification form here. Ryanair will then process the refund directly to you.

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A Ryanair passenger is entitled to compensation in the event of any of the following: Flight delay: If your Ryanair flight arrived at your destination more than 3 hours later than expected. Flight Cancellation: if you were not informed of the cancellation or informed less than 14 days before departure.

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Your Right To Claim For Delays Or Cancellations Under EU261 EU Regulation 261/2004 entitles you to monetary compensation for delays over three hours or cancellations as long as it is not caused by what the Regulations call an 'extraordinary circumstance'.

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When an EU261 flight is canceled, you have the same claim for compensation as when a flight is delayed. Similar to flight delay compensation amounts, you are entitled to reimbursement when a EU261-covered flight is canceled of up to 600 euros ($645).

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Flights under 1,500 km (932 miles): 250 euro (~$275) if you're delayed by at least two hours. Flights between 1,500 – 3,500 km (932 – 2,175 miles): 400 euro (~$440) if you're delayed by at least three hours. This also applies to any intra-EU flight over 1,500 km.

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However, if your first flight is delayed for more than 3 hours, you may be entitled to compensation from the airline that caused the delay. In addition to compensation, the airline must offer you a choice between: Reimbursement of your ticket and a return flight to your departure airport if you have a connecting flight.

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A Ryanair passenger is entitled to compensation in the event of any of the following: Flight delay: If your Ryanair flight arrived at your destination more than 3 hours later than expected. Flight Cancellation: if you were not informed of the cancellation or informed less than 14 days before departure.

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Passengers can receive both a refund of an airline ticket and compensation for the cancellation, provided that their flight qualifies for compensation. To qualify, the airline must have let you know about the flight cancellation less than 14 days before it was due to depart.

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If you know you can't make a scheduled flight, it's better to cancel your flight rather than be a no-show. If you cancel, you might receive a partial or whole credit for the fare purchased, to be applied to a future flight.

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Under EC 261, you could be entitled to file a delayed flight claim for up to €600 cash flight compensation if… You arrived at your destination more than 3 hours later than planned. You checked in for your flight on time (generally no less than 45 minutes before departure).

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A Ryanair passenger is entitled to compensation in the event of any of the following: Flight delay: If your Ryanair flight arrived at your destination more than 3 hours later than expected. Flight Cancellation: if you were not informed of the cancellation or informed less than 14 days before departure.

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EU261 therefore continues, for the foreseeable future, to give passengers the same rights that they had previously. This includes rights created by past EU case law (such as the right to compensation for delay created in the controversial Sturgeon case), which will continue to bind lower UK courts.

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