LOT Polish Airlines Flight Delay and Cancellation Compensation

Yurii Moskalenko
07.08.2024
Updated 05.05.2025

Dealing with flight problems can be very annoying. However, the positive thing is that the European Union has regulations to assist travelers when things get messed up. If you’re taking a plane in the EU, it’s smart to know about these regulations. They can help you out if your flight gets messed up.

Being aware of your options can make handling travel issues much easier. While it won’t speed up your journey, it can help you feel less stressed when things don’t go as planned.

Passenger Rights under EU Regulation 261/2004

EU air passengers are protected if their flight experiences difficulties. EU laws guarantee airlines assist their passengers when things go wrong.

When flights are delayed or cancelled, airlines must provide you:

  • Refreshments and snacks
  • Accommodation if you’re stuck overnight
  • Transportation to and from the hotel
  • Two free phone calls, emails, or faxes

If you’re delayed for a long time or your flight is cancelled, you might also receive:

  • A refund
  • A different flight option
  • Compensation to make up for the inconvenience

Don’t forget to ask airline staff about these entitlements if your plans change. They have to tell you about your rights when there’s a significant delay or cancellation.

LOT Polish Airlines Flight Delay Compensation

Travel setbacks from LOT Polish Airlines can be really annoying. However there’s a silver lining: if you’re stuck waiting for more than three hours owing to the airline’s fault, you might be able to get some compensation.

Regulations in the UK and EU are in your favor. You could receive up to €600 per person. What counts is when you reach your destination, not when you take off. So monitor your arrival time if you want to seek flight delay compensation.

The amount you receive depends on the length of your journey. A brief trip won’t yield as much as a long one, even if they’re both delayed for the same duration.

Interested in learning exactly how much you could get? Take a look at the table below to see what compensation you could receive:

Less than 3 hoursBetween 3-4 hoursOver 4 hoursDistance
€0€250€250All flights up to 1500 km
€0€400€400All flights between 1500 km and 3500 km
€0€400€400All intra-EU flights over 3500 km
€0€300€600All non-EU flights over 3500 km

LOT Polish Airlines Flight Cancellation Compensation

The EU has regulations to protect you in case of flight cancellation. Here’s the important information:

In the event of a flight cancellation less than two weeks before you’re supposed to leave, you could be eligible for compensation as much as €600. But there’s a catch – the airline can avoid paying if they offer you an alternative flight that aligns closely with your original schedule.

The carrier can bypass compensation if they arrange a replacement flight that meets the following conditions:

Advance NoticeRe-routing Requirements
14 DaysNone
7 – 13 DaysAlternative flight departing no more than 2 hours before and arriving less than 4 hours after the original flight
Less than 7 DaysAlternative flight departing no more than 1 hour before and arriving less than 2 hours after the original flight

If you accept another flight from the airline, you can still receive compensation. The key factor is when you reach your final destination.

How much money you might get is determined by two factors:

  1. How far you’re flying
  2. How late you arrive

So, even if you arrive later than planned, you may still receive some compensation.

Look at the table below to understand better:

Under 2 hours2-3 hours3-4 hoursOver 4 hoursNever arrivedDistance
€125€250€250€250€250All flights 1,500 km or less
€200€200€400€400€400Internal EU flights over 1,500 km
€200€200€400€400€400Non-internal EU flights 1,500 km- 3,500 km
€300€300€300€600€600Non-internal EU flights over 3,500 km

The airline may not need to compensate you if they can provide a transfer to your destination, close to the original schedule. Even if you’re just a little late, you might not be eligible for flight cancellation compensation.

How to Claim Compensation from LOT Polish Airlines

It’s important to understand how to request the compensation you’re eligible for under EU Regulation 261/2004. Here’s how to do it:

  • Complete our form. You’ll need to provide details such as your flight number, date, and what went wrong.
  • Let our experts help you. Once you submit the form, our team will take over. We are well-versed in the EU laws thoroughly and will make every effort to obtain your rightful compensation. You are only charged if we win your case.

Don’t forget that you have the right as a passenger to claim compensation for a cancelled or delayed flight. No matter whether your flight was delayed as a result of operational issues or technical issues, if it was not caused by extraordinary circumstances such as severe weather or air traffic control decisions, you are entitled to compensation.

Which LOT Polish Airlines Flights are Covered by EU261?

The European Union’s laws for protecting air passengers have a wide-ranging scope. They cover every flight leaving an airport within an EU country and any flight coming into an airport in an EU member state when an EU-based airline operates the flight.

ItineraryCovered by EU 261
Flights departing EU airports✅ Covered
Flights arriving at EU airports✅ Covered

These laws also cover airlines from Switzerland, Iceland, and Norway. This means if you’re traveling with any airline to, within, or from Europe, you probably have these rights. It’s important to understand these laws – they exist to support you if issues arise with your flight. They make sure you’re not left on your own when your trip arrangements go awry.

When You Are Not Entitled to Compensation

LOT Polish Airlines isn’t necessarily at fault when flights are delayed or cancelled. Occasionally, situations arise that the airline can’t control, like severe weather conditions or unforeseen issues.

For instance, if there’s unexpected severe weather, an emergency at the airport, or an air traffic control strike, LOT Polish Airlines is not liable. These are called “extraordinary circumstances” that the airline is unable to prevent.

When these things happen, you likely won’t get any compensation. The airline is not considered to be doing anything wrong when these unforeseen difficulties arise.

Recent Flight Delays and Cancellations

Was your flight delayed or cancelled without a valid reason? Check our table for the latest flight delays and cancellations. Assess your right to compensation using our claim checker, and let us protect your rights and pursue compensation for you.

Did not find your flight in our table? Try our compensation form, and we will check it for you.

Date Airline (Flight number) Route Status Your compensation

09.05.202500:05

LOT – Polish Airlines

159

Krakow (KRK)

Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV)

cancelled

Refunds

08.05.202513:25

LOT – Polish Airlines

4971

Krakow (KRK)

Munich (MUC)

delayed

Refunds

08.05.202513:20

LOT – Polish Airlines

3905

Warsaw (WAW)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

08.05.202512:25

LOT – Polish Airlines

5068

Zurich (ZRH)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

08.05.202511:45

LOT – Polish Airlines

5407

Stockholm (ARN)

Kiruna (KRN)

delayed

Refunds

08.05.202511:15

LOT – Polish Airlines

4927

Krakow (KRK)

Frankfurt (FRA)

delayed

Refunds

08.05.202510:35

LOT – Polish Airlines

4922

Frankfurt (FRA)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

08.05.202509:45

LOT – Polish Airlines

534

Budapest (BUD)

Warsaw (WAW)

delayed

Refunds

08.05.202509:00

LOT – Polish Airlines

4928

Frankfurt (FRA)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

08.05.202507:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

533

Warsaw (WAW)

Budapest (BUD)

delayed

Refunds

07.05.202523:00

LOT – Polish Airlines

195

Warsaw (WAW)

(NQZ)

delayed

Refunds

07.05.202513:55

LOT – Polish Airlines

5438

Kiruna (KRN)

Stockholm (ARN)

delayed

Refunds

07.05.202513:25

LOT – Polish Airlines

4971

Krakow (KRK)

Munich (MUC)

delayed

Refunds

07.05.202511:45

LOT – Polish Airlines

5407

Stockholm (ARN)

Kiruna (KRN)

delayed

Refunds

07.05.202511:25

LOT – Polish Airlines

140

Istanbul (IST)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

07.05.202511:20

LOT – Polish Airlines

4972

Munich (MUC)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

07.05.202510:35

LOT – Polish Airlines

4922

Frankfurt (FRA)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

07.05.202506:55

LOT – Polish Airlines

5062

Zurich (ZRH)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

06.05.202516:40

LOT – Polish Airlines

5113

Krakow (KRK)

Munich (MUC)

delayed

Refunds

06.05.202514:40

LOT – Polish Airlines

5114

Munich (MUC)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

06.05.202511:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

4930

Frankfurt (FRA)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

06.05.202511:45

LOT – Polish Airlines

5407

Stockholm (ARN)

Kiruna (KRN)

delayed

Refunds

06.05.202510:35

LOT – Polish Airlines

4922

Frankfurt (FRA)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

06.05.202509:25

LOT – Polish Airlines

5061

Krakow (KRK)

Zurich (ZRH)

delayed

Refunds

06.05.202506:45

LOT – Polish Airlines

5011

Krakow (KRK)

Vienna (VIE)

cancelled

Refunds

05.05.202523:00

LOT – Polish Airlines

195

Warsaw (WAW)

(NQZ)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202522:30

LOT – Polish Airlines

5012

Vienna (VIE)

Krakow (KRK)

cancelled

Refunds

05.05.202522:10

LOT – Polish Airlines

4926

Frankfurt (FRA)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202521:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

4017

Rome (FCO)

Bari (BRI)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202520:25

LOT – Polish Airlines

532

Budapest (BUD)

Warsaw (WAW)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202519:55

LOT – Polish Airlines

3921

Warsaw (WAW)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202518:30

LOT – Polish Airlines

531

Warsaw (WAW)

Budapest (BUD)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202517:15

LOT – Polish Airlines

5060

Zurich (ZRH)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202516:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

4924

Frankfurt (FRA)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202515:10

LOT – Polish Airlines

3807

Warsaw (WAW)

Rzeszow (RZE)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202512:55

LOT – Polish Airlines

5459

Oslo (OSL)

Bodo (BOO)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202512:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

536

Budapest (BUD)

Warsaw (WAW)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202511:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

4930

Frankfurt (FRA)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202511:45

LOT – Polish Airlines

5407

Stockholm (ARN)

Kiruna (KRN)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202510:25

LOT – Polish Airlines

404

Dusseldorf (DUS)

Warsaw (WAW)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202507:40

LOT – Polish Airlines

403

Warsaw (WAW)

Dusseldorf (DUS)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202507:15

LOT – Polish Airlines

235

Warsaw (WAW)

Brussels (BRU)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202507:00

LOT – Polish Airlines

5251

Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202506:30

LOT – Polish Airlines

4779

Ponta Delgada (PDL)

Lisbon (LIS)

delayed

Refunds

05.05.202505:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

160

Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV)

Krakow (KRK)

cancelled

Refunds

05.05.202500:05

LOT – Polish Airlines

159

Krakow (KRK)

Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV)

cancelled

Refunds

04.05.202521:40

LOT – Polish Airlines

5419

Stockholm (ARN)

Sundsvall (SDL)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202520:20

LOT – Polish Airlines

231

Warsaw (WAW)

Brussels (BRU)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202519:35

LOT – Polish Airlines

234

Brussels (BRU)

Warsaw (WAW)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202519:05

LOT – Polish Airlines

390

Berlin (BER)

Warsaw (WAW)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202518:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

4647

Istanbul (IST)

Dubai (DXB)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202518:25

LOT – Polish Airlines

3924

Krakow (KRK)

Warsaw (WAW)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202518:05

LOT – Polish Airlines

4518

Istanbul (IST)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202517:20

LOT – Polish Airlines

5060

Zurich (ZRH)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202517:00

LOT – Polish Airlines

389

Warsaw (WAW)

Berlin (BER)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202517:00

LOT – Polish Airlines

337

Krakow (KRK)

Paris (ORY)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202516:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

3923

Warsaw (WAW)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202516:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

4924

Frankfurt (FRA)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202516:40

LOT – Polish Airlines

5113

Krakow (KRK)

Munich (MUC)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202516:35

LOT – Polish Airlines

233

Warsaw (WAW)

Brussels (BRU)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202514:40

LOT – Polish Airlines

5067

Krakow (KRK)

Zurich (ZRH)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202514:40

LOT – Polish Airlines

5114

Munich (MUC)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202514:40

LOT – Polish Airlines

5013

Krakow (KRK)

Vienna (VIE)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202514:05

LOT – Polish Airlines

4929

Krakow (KRK)

Frankfurt (FRA)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202513:25

LOT – Polish Airlines

4971

Krakow (KRK)

Munich (MUC)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202512:55

LOT – Polish Airlines

5014

Vienna (VIE)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202512:10

LOT – Polish Airlines

5068

Zurich (ZRH)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202511:20

LOT – Polish Airlines

4972

Munich (MUC)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

04.05.202510:25

LOT – Polish Airlines

404

Dusseldorf (DUS)

Warsaw (WAW)

delayed

Refunds

03.05.202516:00

LOT – Polish Airlines

5297

Budapest (BUD)

Cairo (CAI)

delayed

Refunds

03.05.202514:40

LOT – Polish Airlines

5013

Krakow (KRK)

Vienna (VIE)

delayed

Refunds

03.05.202512:55

LOT – Polish Airlines

5014

Vienna (VIE)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

03.05.202512:40

LOT – Polish Airlines

5298

Cairo (CAI)

Budapest (BUD)

delayed

Refunds

03.05.202509:25

LOT – Polish Airlines

5061

Krakow (KRK)

Zurich (ZRH)

delayed

Refunds

02.05.202523:15

LOT – Polish Airlines

Krakow (KRK)

Warsaw (WAW)

delayed

Refunds

02.05.202523:00

LOT – Polish Airlines

195

Warsaw (WAW)

(NQZ)

delayed

Refunds

02.05.202514:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

5067

Krakow (KRK)

Zurich (ZRH)

delayed

Refunds

02.05.202513:25

LOT – Polish Airlines

4971

Krakow (KRK)

Munich (MUC)

delayed

Refunds

02.05.202511:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

4930

Frankfurt (FRA)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

02.05.202511:20

LOT – Polish Airlines

4972

Munich (MUC)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

02.05.202510:30

LOT – Polish Airlines

4922

Frankfurt (FRA)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

02.05.202508:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

3904

Krakow (KRK)

Warsaw (WAW)

delayed

Refunds

02.05.202507:35

LOT – Polish Airlines

4968

Munich (MUC)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

02.05.202507:15

LOT – Polish Airlines

5062

Zurich (ZRH)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

02.05.202506:00

LOT – Polish Airlines

5251

Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

02.05.202505:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

160

Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

01.05.202513:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

5438

Kiruna (KRN)

Stockholm (ARN)

delayed

Refunds

01.05.202511:45

LOT – Polish Airlines

5407

Stockholm (ARN)

Kiruna (KRN)

delayed

Refunds

01.05.202511:20

LOT – Polish Airlines

4972

Munich (MUC)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

01.05.202509:35

LOT – Polish Airlines

4967

Krakow (KRK)

Munich (MUC)

delayed

Refunds

30.04.202516:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

4924

Frankfurt (FRA)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

30.04.202513:40

LOT – Polish Airlines

3883

Warsaw (WAW)

Katowice (KTW)

delayed

Refunds

30.04.202513:20

LOT – Polish Airlines

3905

Warsaw (WAW)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

30.04.202512:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

5014

Vienna (VIE)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

30.04.202512:35

LOT – Polish Airlines

5102

Frankfurt (FRA)

Katowice (KTW)

delayed

Refunds

30.04.202510:09

LOT – Polish Airlines

5832

West Palm Beach (PBI)

New York (JFK)

delayed

Refunds

30.04.202506:55

LOT – Polish Airlines

5062

Zurich (ZRH)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

29.04.202515:15

LOT – Polish Airlines

4051

Turin (TRN)

Rome (FCO)

delayed

Refunds

29.04.202512:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

5014

Vienna (VIE)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds

29.04.202511:50

LOT – Polish Airlines

4930

Frankfurt (FRA)

Krakow (KRK)

delayed

Refunds
Yurii Moskalenko
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Yurii educates people about human rights and advocacy. He creates helpful materials for travelers to assert their rights. With certifications in law and economics, Yurii turns legal terms into simple, actionable advice. His travel experience gives him valuable insight into the challenges travelers face, helping him better understand their needs.

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