{"id":13179,"date":"2026-06-01T10:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/despago.ro\/how-much-you-get\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:48:16","slug":"how-much-you-get","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/despago.ro\/en\/how-much-you-get\/","title":{"rendered":"How much you&#8217;re owed"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13179\" class=\"elementor elementor-13179 elementor-13178\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-359b084d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"359b084d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18795251 elementor-widget elementor-widget-thim-ekits-breadcrumb\" data-id=\"18795251\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"thim-ekits-breadcrumb.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-ekit-breadcrumb\">\n\n\t\t\t\tHome\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bf47143 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-thim-ekits-heading\" data-id=\"6bf47143\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"thim-ekits-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-ekits-heading thim-ekit__heading\"><h3 class=\"title\">How much you're owed<\/h3><h5 class=\"sub-heading\">The compensation amount is set by EU Regulation 261\/2004 and depends on the flight distance, not the ticket price. See exactly how much you are owed.<\/h5><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-rbsecctcen elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"rbsecctcen\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-rbcolctcen\" data-id=\"rbcolctcen\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-rbhtmlctcen elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"rbhtmlctcen\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rights-content\"><div class=\"urgency-callout\">\u23f3 <strong>Don\u2019t delay<\/strong> \u2014 your right to compensation expires <strong>3 years<\/strong> after the flight date. After that, the money can no longer be recovered.<\/div><h2>How compensation is calculated under EU 261\/2004<\/h2><p>The amount you can recover for a delayed or cancelled flight or denied boarding is <strong>fixed<\/strong> and set by EU Regulation 261\/2004. It does not depend on the ticket price, but on the <strong>flight distance<\/strong> and the length of the delay at your destination.<\/p><table class=\"rights-table\"><thead><tr><th>Flight distance<\/th><th>Delay at destination<\/th><th>Compensation<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Under 1,500 km<\/td><td>over 3 hours<\/td><td>\u20ac250<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1,500 \u2013 3,500 km<\/td><td>over 3 hours<\/td><td>\u20ac400<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Over 3,500 km (intra-EU)<\/td><td>over 3 hours<\/td><td>\u20ac400<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Over 3,500 km (extra-EU)<\/td><td>3 \u2013 4 hours<\/td><td>\u20ac300<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Over 3,500 km (extra-EU)<\/td><td>over 4 hours<\/td><td>\u20ac600<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h2>Concrete examples for flights from Romania<\/h2><table class=\"rights-table\"><thead><tr><th>Route<\/th><th>Approx. distance<\/th><th>Compensation<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Bucharest \u2192 Rome<\/td><td>~1,150 km<\/td><td>\u20ac250<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bucharest \u2192 Paris<\/td><td>~1,870 km<\/td><td>\u20ac400<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bucharest \u2192 London<\/td><td>~2,100 km<\/td><td>\u20ac400<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bucharest \u2192 Madrid<\/td><td>~2,500 km<\/td><td>\u20ac400<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bucharest \u2192 Dubai<\/td><td>~4,100 km<\/td><td>\u20ac600<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bucharest \u2192 New York<\/td><td>~7,500 km<\/td><td>\u20ac600<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h2>Important to know<\/h2><ul><li>Compensation is <strong>per passenger<\/strong>, not per booking.<\/li><li>It does not depend on the ticket price.<\/li><li>It also applies to tickets bought with miles or vouchers.<\/li><li>The limitation period in Romania is <strong>3 years<\/strong> from the affected flight date.<\/li><\/ul><h2>Check for free how much you are owed<\/h2><p>Not sure which category your flight falls into? The Despago team checks your case for free and handles the entire process. You only pay if we recover your money \u2014 service fee 33% + VAT of the recovered amount.<\/p><p><strong>Fill in your flight details in 2 minutes and find out how much you are owed.<\/strong> <a href=\"\/en\/flight-claim-form\/\">Start your claim \u2192<\/a><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13179","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/despago.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/despago.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/despago.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/despago.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/despago.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/despago.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/despago.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}