Who should receive the compensation?

[Olanabunny]

An extended family holiday booked to celebrate somebody's big birthday
Birthday person's cost for the holiday was spread between the rest of the people attending. 2 free child places were also applied
Flight was significantly delayed
Compensation was claimed by the lead of the booking and received today.
How should it be split?
Should the children with a free place be awarded it? Should the birthday person receive a share even though they didn't pay anything towards the holiday or should those who paid for their holiday receive a portion of it back?

People who actually paid.

If the compensation has been awarded as “per person” then I think everyone should get a share.

That’s a huge amount. I was thinking those who paid, but having read it, everyone was inconvenienced, so should be split between all. However I’d probably, depending if there were actually any costs, not incl the children in the split. Or add 2 children as one share of the split.

I just got delay compensation from TUI. I split it between me & my 7 year old.she didn’t pay but she had a miserable delay same as me.

Regardless who paid, I’d share between all.

If it’s compensation then split it equally between those who were inconvenienced or had their flight delayed including children.

Not at my workplace - presumably because my time and tickets are compensated.

I'd split it between all adults. Ignore the kids.

So 10 adult + 2 child pax. Assuming total was /9?

The £6k compo should also get /9.

If the mum and dad are kicking off, then ask them what the kids are going to do with the money, after all it's the childrens to receive in lieu of their delay, not their parents, right?

If costs were incurred I'd consider repaying these first then subtracting these from the total and then /9 the remainder so nobody is out of pocket.

Lol.

Can you link to the “law” that states that.

I agree with this.

It should be shared out between each person who paid towards the holiday

People who have actually paid. I do get the other argument but ot’s not fair the family of four pay for two (and a wee bit for birthday person) and get a four person refund.

Though their parents were probably the most inconvenienced as they'd have had to entertain children at the airport rather than just sitting at a cafe with a book

It should be split per person that compensation is being claimed for. The money is for the inconvenience.

And anyway, having gone through this recently, some airlines will explicitly request permission from all travellers (regardless of who paid what) to transfer the money to the person who is claiming the compensation. So the lead booker can't just decide to claim the money for themselves.

True. If it were a refund. But it is not.

Exactly

It's compensation, not a refund. It has been provided per person, therefore it goes to each person.

While my initial thought was people who paid, the reality is that even those traveling for free probably had expenses because of the delay. At the very least, an extra meal at the airport was probably needed. there could also be a hotel stay and additional transportation charges on either end of travel.

unless the hosts were willing to reach into their pockets to cover the incidental expenses for the non-paying travelers, I think the compensation needs to be divided amongst everyone.

My time and tickets are also paid for, but it's me who has missed out on the time getting home etc or had to sit in a freezing cold station for hours while being told the next train will be in thirty minutes only for that to be cancelled too, which is why our policy gives compensation to the person inconvenienced. Most companies do

Agreed, my company do the same thing as it's the employee that has the hassle of not getting home until 3am, not the company....

We recently had compensation for a flight delay, the compensation did not cover the free child place though. Did the airline tell you whether or not it had included the child places within the compensation payment?

If compo has been paid out by the insurance company per person then each person involved in the delay should get a share.

I think divide it per couple. Ignore the kids. Include the birthday person.

This is all there is to it.

This is compensation, not a refund. It has nothing to do with who paid for the tickets. The person who made the compensation claim would have to have ticked a box saying they had permission from all passengers to claim on their behalf. They cannot now steal that money or split it a different way.

It is compensation for a delay. It must be paid equally to all passengers who experienced the delay regardless of age and regardless of who paid for the flights. Anything else is just stealing.

It isn’t s refund. It is an apology in the form of money for everyone who experienced the actual delay. Same goes for work travel; you get the compensation, not your employer who paid for the flight.

I would split it with the birthday adult (although tbh if they've had a free holiday I'd expect them to decline) but if the child tickets are free because of so many adults booking, then it seems reasonable to split the 2 kids amounts. I don't see why the couple with children should get double what everyone else gets, when everyone else going got them the free holiday for the 2 kids

I get that it's for inconvenience but still think it would be hugely unfair for that couple to get £1000 extra when they were happy to benefit from the group booking when it worked in their favour