Who pays for a flight diversion?

The airline pays the costs of diverting which will run into the thousands of dollars. Most times the airline just absorbs the costs as the cost of doing business and ultimately passengers pay the costs as they will be built into ticket prices. In some cases an airline may pursue a civil case against the passenger.



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Under the rules of the EC 261/2004, if you have experienced a flight being diverted, the airline is responsible for compensating you.

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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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This type of plane crash compensation currently equals approximately $170,000 per passenger. During the past several decades, there have been limitations placed on victims for what they can recover from an airline under the international treaties and laws.

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The DOT requires airlines to ask passengers to volunteer to be bumped in exchange for compensation before beginning to involuntary bump passengers. If you're at the airport and your airline has noted that there aren't enough seats for every ticketed passenger, they'll ask volunteers to take alternative flights instead.

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Tweeting at the airline's customer service team, submitting a request for compensation online or writing a letter the old fashioned way are other options that have met with success…

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If you are involuntarily bumped, the DOT requires each airline to compensate involuntarily bumped passengers via check or cash. The amount you receive from the airline depends on the price of the ticket you purchased and the length of the delay.

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What are the risks for customers who skiplag? If an airline finds out what you are doing, it could simply cancel your ticket or even ban you from flying with it.

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It makes sense, because the practice saps revenue from them on two fronts: Not only do passengers underpay — potentially by hundreds of dollars per ticket — but the seat on the tossed leg also could have been sold to someone else. Most contracts of carriage from major airlines expressly forbid skiplagging as a result.

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Sometimes, when an airline asks for volunteers to give up their seats and fly on a different flight, there are not enough volunteers. When this occurs, the airline will select passengers to give up their seats. This is called “involuntary denied boarding” or “bumping.”

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The airline can be sued for the wrongful death of the passenger. In general, the family can recover financial compensation, known as “damages,” for loss of support, and children can recover for loss of a parent's nurture, care and guidance.

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