Guide to understanding LATAM Airlines delay compensation

Air travel is always chosen to save time and also to be able to reach the destination comfortably without any problem. But in the airline industry, one thing that affects the most due to various factors is delay of a flight, which means a flight may not depart or arrive as per the scheduled time. Once a flight gets delayed, it causes inconvenience and harassment for several reasons such as your next connecting flight may get missed, or you may not be able to reach your destination on time and your travel becomes useless. But no aviation company wants to delay any of the scheduled flights as they incur heavy losses. 

The reasons due to which a flight gets delayed are due to weather, air traffic or ATC clearances etc. If a flight is delayed by more than a stipulated time gap, then the airline has to compensate their customers with complimentary food and drinks along with stay sometimes. Same rule is for Latam Airlines if a flight gets delayed.

What are the Compensations provided by Latam Airlines in case of a delay

There are few types of compensation that Latam Airlines gives to its passengers if any of their flights get delayed by more than 3 hours. Let’s take a look at the types of compensation offered by Latam Airlines.

1. Re-booking- Latam Airlines gives all its customers the option of re-booking of the scheduled flight if the flight is delayed by more than thirty minutes. Now you can reschedule your flight to the same destination any day, any time within a period of 12 months without the need to pay. This is very much helpful compensation because you may choose to travel on a particular day when the price of the ticket may be high but you will not need to pay.

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2. Monetary compensation – If you have booked a Latam Airlines flight which is scheduled to depart from any European country or from the UK, then you will become eligible for getting monetary compensation from Latam Airlines. Latam Airlines compensates as per the travel distance of the ticket, like. If your travel distance is within 1500 kilometers, then you will get 250 euros, in case of your travel distance is more than 1500 kilometers but within 3000 kilometers, then Latam Airlines will pay you 400 euros and lastly if it is a long flight with flying distance of more than 3000 kilometers, then you become eligible to get 600 euros from the airlines as your compensation.

Important point to remember

The above-mentioned Latam Airlines delay compensation also becomes applicable for the connecting flights booked in a single booking as one flight delay from an itinerary creates problems in the consecutive flights and the travel plan.

You can easily raise your request for re-booking or refund from the Latam Airlines website or by using the Latam Airlines mobile application or from the Latam counter at the airport by filling up the refund form and submitting it with all the necessary and relative documents.