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But I understood that if the rescheduled departure date is on a different date to the original date then they had to sort you out with a hotel room?

No that's a lost cause. Only another 2hrs 45 mins on this metal chair, after all.

But are they going to sort you out with a bed for the night?

Thanks ladies. Luckily with all this time to kill and free internet I've also come across the EU ruling on regulation 261/2004 (Sturgeon v Condor, and Bock v Air France, C-402/07 and C-432/07), which ruled essentially that once a delay is more than 3 hours, it's effectively a cancellation. And that technical/mechanical failure is not 'extraordinary circumstances.'

400 euros please Easyjet.

Off to pursue my right to a Telex now.

Other than feeling very old I'm OK thanks Bunny.
I have a dreadful case of green eyedness almost constantly. Every woman out there is either pg or has a baby. In fact I think that all the woman in the world who don't get pg by just looking at a man in a funny way is posting on this forum.

I have AF visiting right now but at least I'm off work and I am lucky to have very light and pain free periods.
Off to the clinic tomorrow.

A telex was like a fax but rather than sending a copy of the document you typed it in at one end and it came out the other, a bit like email but with two typewriter connected with string.
Mainly used in police stations, newspaper offices, fire stations and the like.
I remember seeing one when I was at a BBC local radio station. I used to edit reel to reel tape.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telex

I'm off into a corner to feel old now.

What is a telex machine?! What with that and biscuits I feel like I'm learning a lot from you ladies... Or maybe I'm just a thickie...

I like that you are entitled to access to a fax or telex machine. Demand a telex machine, that'll keep them busy.

In addition they are supposed to give you information about the eu law at the time (eg a leaflet) - one of the things I got BA on. Of course, they generally don't want you to be aware of your rights so would rather not.

Similarly try to find out why it's cancelled - if it is indeed mechanical failure you can argue it's their fault for not maintaining the plans properly. That's what I did - and won

V interesting re Gordon brown. Although I do quite fancy a now in real life, but don't have any in the house...

Quoid according to EU regulation 261/2004 you are entitled to accommodation if the flight is delayed until the day after the flight.

I quote:
Right to care

1. Where reference is made to this Article, passengers shall be offered free of charge:

Here is a link to the PDF of the regulation:
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2004:046:0001:0007:en:PDF

It was a Gordon brown thing - news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8312215.stm though I'm not COMPLETELY sure what it means. I think something like "have a biscuit and shut up"? Not sure.

I bloody love a complaint too. The customer relations woman has been spectacularly insensitive to one of the passengers in a wheelchair too - essentially asking them publicly and loudly in front of the whole shushed room what their additional needs were and 'whether they thought they would make it through the night'.

Pip - now I do know what a biscuit is. But what I don't understand is when you should use it - have you seen some people just put that without a comment? Seems to happen a lot in AIBU?

Oh quod, not what you need esp when pg.

Check out the EU rules on delayed flights and cancellations - not much consolation but you might be entitled to some compensation. You might have to fight it but could be worth it - I ended up taking BA to the small claims court after a cancelled flight from New York, think I got about 600euro compensation from them in the end.... I bloody love a complaint...

It's a biscuit Janey

That sucks hugely Quod, play the pregnant woman card, I would.

Well this is shit. Plane scheduled for 20.45 broke down. The earliest they can get a replacement out here is 04.15am!!! In the meantime we are offered a 9 euro voucher to spend in the tiny cafe. No hotel, not even a blanket. I am going to end up landing at 6am UK time having had no sleep, which also means my day of (freelance) work tomorrow is a write off. SOOO CROSS!!!

(Not sure about my use of the face then, but is by far my fave of the options available. Anyone got any idea what this is for?!)

Hats off to your DH pip! Does indeed sound tiring but sure it's worth a shot (if you can avoid cystitis and sore bits!). Hell there are more annoying things than having to DTD a lot (and I speak from bitter experience - was single on and off for five years, including a 12 month stretch with no DingTD at all )

Ok, hopefully this works - not so great on MN via iPhone...

Bunnygirlie - day 2 of cycle 6 I think, hurry up ov time and then fast forward 2ww!!
Winkle - day 12, cycle 15 BFP due 18/11/12
Pipbin - inventor, lover, adventurer - cycle 15 BFP (I like your style there Winkle) due 26/11/12
Rach - 5+5 pregnant. Booking appt 14/11/12. Absolutely bricking it
Happylass - day 13 of cycle 2 BFP due 12/11/12 ish
HazleNutt - 6+4 pregnant, next scan to see heartbeat on 13/11
Zombies- day 28 of cycle 2 (40 day cycle), will POAS 9/11/12.
Quod - 4+1 pg, haven't even been to doctor yet, in limbo (and also currently stranded in an airport because plane has broken down)
Janey - copying quod so also 4+1 pg, first doctors appt 8th nov, 12 week private scan booked 24th Dec due to (poorly timed) jaunts to middle and Far East in nov/dec

Quod - hope you get home soon!

DH just said that this cycle its going to be every day! I'm not sure I have the stamina for that! I said that every other day will do just fine but he wouldn't have it.

Sorry:

bunnygirlie - day 2 of cycle 6 I think, hurry up ov time and then fast forward 2ww!!
Winkle - day 12, cycle 15 BFP due 18/11/12
Pipbin - inventor, lover, adventurer - cycle 15 BFP (I like your style there Winkle) due 26/11/12
Rach - 5+5 pregnant. Booking appt 14/11/12. Absolutely bricking it
Happylass - day 13 of cycle 2 BFP due 12/11/12 ish
HazleNutt - 6+4 pregnant, next scan to see heartbeat on 13/11
Zombies- day 28 of cycle 2 (40 day cycle), will POAS 9/11/12.
Quod - 4+1 pg, haven't even been to doctor yet, in limbo (and also currently stranded in an airport because plane has broken down)

Thank god for the free Wifi!

Quod - 4+1 pg, haven't even been to doctor yet, in limbo (and also currently stranded in an airport because plane has broken down)

bunnygirlie - day 2 of cycle 6 I think, hurry up ov time and then fast forward 2ww!!
Winkle - day 12, cycle 15 BFP due 18/11/12
Pipbin - inventor, lover, adventurer - cycle 15 BFP (I like your style there Winkle) due 26/11/12
Rach - 5+5 pregnant. Booking appt 14/11/12. Absolutely bricking it
Happylass - day 13 of cycle 2 BFP due 12/11/12 ish
HazleNutt - 6+4 pregnant, next scan to see heartbeat on 13/11
Zombies- day 28 of cycle 2 (40 day cycle), will POAS 9/11/12.

Rach oh yes the fun of potty-training puppies. Ours woke us up whining and still left surprises!

As for me, I haven't told anybody yet (well DH and doctors, of course) but I work as a lawyer, so lying not a problem