What are my rights if my flight is diverted?

When a flight gets diverted, the airline still must get you to the destination airport (as shown on your ticket) at no extra cost to you. It could be by a bus, train, taxi or another flight. If it was just a leg of your journey, you may also get a new ticket to your destination for the new airport.



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A diverted flight is one that has been routed from its original arrival destination to a new, typically temporary, arrival destination. The leg of the flight that is routed back to the original arrival destination is called the recovery leg.

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- Diversions can cost an airline as much as $15,000 for a narrow-body domestic flight, and as much as $100,000 for a wide-body international flight.

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When a flight delay occurs, you are entitled to assistance and a choice between rerouting, reimbursement, or rebooking. If you arrive at your destination more than 3 hours after your scheduled arrival time, you are entitled to the same reimbursement, rerouting, and rebooking structure as a denied boarding.

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For domestic flights in the U.S., airlines have to pay you 200% of the value of your one-way ticket up to $775 if you arrive at your destination one to two hours past your originally scheduled itinerary or 400% of the one-way ticket price, up to $1,550 if your arrival delay is longer than two hours.

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According to the DOT, airlines are not required to provide money or other compensation when flights get delayed, regardless of how late they are. However, when a “significant delay” takes place, passengers may receive refunds for seat selection fees or checked baggage fees.

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The most common in-flight medical emergencies involve:
  • Seizures;
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  • Respiratory problems and.
  • Lightheadedness or fainting.


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According to the DOT, airlines are not required to provide money or other compensation when flights get delayed, regardless of how late they are. However, when a “significant delay” takes place, passengers may receive refunds for seat selection fees or checked baggage fees.

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There are no federal laws requiring airlines to provide passengers with money or other compensation when their flights are delayed.

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Frontier Airlines bumped the biggest proportion of passengers of the 15 largest US carriers in early 2023. Of every 10,000 Frontier passengers, 3.73 were involuntarily denied boarding due to oversales, the DOT said. Allegiant, Delta, Endeavor, and Hawaiian didn't bump any passengers in the quarter, per the DOT.

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