Flightright fees and what is not published
Updated
- Standard fee as stated
- 20 to 30% plus VAT
- If it goes to court
- A 14% surcharge when its own lawyers must act
- Rules it covers on its page
- EU261
- Fees read on
- 10 October 2026
The costs page gives 27% in one worked example. The fee is a range, so we show it as stated.
Open the Flightright site (opens in a new tab) or see all five in the comparison.
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What is not published here
- Success rate, average time to payout and customer reviews. We did not measure them.
- Fees in countries other than the one on the page we read.
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Information, not advice
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Sources
- Flightright: costs, read on October 10, 2026
- Flightright: home, read on October 10, 2026
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