This illustrates a situation is which the terms and conditions imposed on a customer are one sided. However, all airlines insist that you check in as normal, even if the flight is delayed. This is because they may switch equipment and bring the flight back to normal time. I do believe "over booking" of flights is wrong, however, their explanation of the action they took was at least reasonable, if they did not fill the seats until after the cut off time. It is also commendable that they did actually read your letter and respond to the issues you raised. In the US, you would have got a standard letter that didn't actually relate to your complaint.
If you had been on a US based airline like Delta, not only would you not have got the €300 gestures of goodwill, but you may well have lost the entire value of the ticket. I do not think you can escalate this and get anything more out of them.
Just to be clear, you may have friends who got a free roundtrip ticket after an overselling situation. This would apply where you arrived at the airport at the stated time. This is not the same as your situation, because legally, you were late.
It is irritating when events like this happen. You clearly thought that you were being sensible in checking the status of the flight and getting to the airport 2 hours ahead of the actual scheduled time. However, it was a mistake and you will never do that again.. and have learned a lesson. You have done well to get compensation and my advice is to let it go.
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