01
Claim one: flight disruption
Identify the applicable UK or EU scheme, route coverage, operating carrier, final-destination delay, cancellation notice or involuntary denied boarding, and cause. Keep fixed compensation separate from reimbursement of reasonable care expenses.
02
Claim two: baggage disruption
Use the PIR, bag tag, delivery or loss status, inventory, photos and itemised receipts. The 1,519 SDR Montreal Convention baggage ceiling is a per-passenger maximum where it applies, not an automatic award and not a flight-compensation band.
03
Avoid double recovery
You cannot be paid twice for the same meal, hotel, clothing purchase or other loss. Allocate each cost to the rule that actually caused it and disclose insurer or airline payments when another payer asks.
Fixed flight compensation is not reimbursement of a particular receipt, but eligibility still requires the flight tests to be met.
04
Escalate the right dispute
Ask the airline for a final response for each rejected claim. In the UK, an approved ADR body may handle the airline; otherwise CAA PACT may be able to advise after the airline process. Court limitation periods differ, so do not delay based on a generic deadline.