- London to Denver flight was canceled after a mechanical issue; UK261 compensation yielded almost $700 plus hotel and meals. - UK261 for 3,500+ km routes normally pays £520 for delays over 4 hours (or £260 for 3–4 hours); the example involved a >4 hour delay before cancellation. - To claim, file online at united.com/feedback (Yourself > Flight disruption > Cancellation) and attach up to 3 files (rights form photo, Hilton accommodation form, cancellation reason screenshot); the process is described as easy.

$700 richer: My easy UK261 claim experience with United Airlines All of us on the Frequent Miler team met up in Colorado a few week ago to work on some new website functionality. None of us live in Colorado which meant we all had to fly in, with my journey being the longest seeing as I was coming from the UK. Even if my journey wasn’t already due to be the longest, it certainly would’ve ended up that way as my flight was cancelled and I didn’t arrive until more than 24 hours later than originally planned. The good thing is that due to the reason for the flight cancellation and the fact that I was flying out of the UK, I was able to submit a UK261 claim with United Airlines and received almost $700 in compensation, not to mention having my hotel and meals covered by United that night. The UK261 claim process with United was extremely easy and hassle-free (once I’d discovered where to submit the claim). As a result, if you ever find yourself in a similar position I’d highly recommend making the minimal effort necessary in order to become ~$700 richer, rather than letting it go because you think it might take too much effort. Here’s more about my experience making a UK261 claim with United. You might be familiar a similarly-named regulation called EU261. Without going into too much detail, it’s a consumer protection that provides compensation if your flight is delayed by man...