Flight refund

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Hi,
I’m a newbie here,
I’d like a few opinions on something I feel is a bit of bad manners.
We live in France have done for past few years. We pay for my DSS to visit at least twice per year. He is 25, (working full time, lives with his mum).
This flight fare paying is not an issue, we chose to move, it’s unfair to expect him to cough up the cash to visit.
We also visit him in Uk 2-3 times per year.
In July we booked and paid for his flight. He came had a lovely time. His return flight was delayed 3 hours 17 mins. He claimed under EU rules for the €250 delay compensation. Which he received in September. The flight we paid for was €89 return.
I don’t expect the €250, he was delayed, he was given a food voucher etc he was put out, lost a few hours of his Sunday not us. However I think it would have been good manners to offer the refund of the flight cost to us. He’s just asked my husband to book his flight for a week in Feb and I feel a little miffed, AIBU???

I was delayed horrendously by a Eurostar on a work trip (literally 8 hours of hell say on a non loving train) and they refunded the money to me, not my work. If you are the person who endures the flight delay you have gone through the hassle, stress, inconvenience, extra costs etc etc- just let it lie!!

Any 25 yr old will be so grateful for this money- he had to endure the delay in flying out to see you- as you moved, be grateful he still does this and more sympathetic in future for the hassle flying to see you involves.

I won’t be paying for my kids to visit me when they are grown ups with full time jobs. Why do n earth do you do this?

I would, if I could easily afford to and they couldn't. Why on earth wouldn't you?
Sit there all bitter complaining that you never see your children, when you pay the price of one meal to have them come to you? Enjoy that life!

We did pay for flights for parents to visit us. We were the ones who had moved so we felt we were the ones who should pay. If parents were delayed then I would not expect them to offer me any compensation they received for their time which was lost.

There is also no evidence (at this point) that the son "expects" the flights to be paid for either.

OP says "He’s just asked my husband to book his flight for a week in Feb".

Son clearly expects dad to pay. Of course if dad is happy to pay then there is no issue, as long as both dad AND OP can afford it.

Son clearly expects dad to pay. Of course if dad is happy to pay then there is no issue, as long as both dad AND OP can afford it.

He is doing that because his father has offered to pay for flights though. We don't know that he would think his father should pay.