Flights
When flights go wrong
Real disruption stories: missed connections, overbooking and changed journeys, with the practical lessons I took from each one.
Dubai 2024We volunteered to be bumped from British Airways →The offer sounded excellent. The lesson was to get every part of a voluntary-bump deal in writing.
India 2023The separate-ticket connection we missed →A four-hour Goa-Mumbai delay meant a missed flight to London and an unexpected airport-hotel night.
Spain 2019A weather-disrupted return from Gibraltar →The return journey changed because of high winds, adding another useful lesson about building resilient itineraries.
India 2023The separate-ticket connection we missed →A four-hour Goa-Mumbai delay meant a missed flight to London and an unexpected airport-hotel night.
Spain 2019A weather-disrupted return from Gibraltar →The return journey changed because of high winds, adding another useful lesson about building resilient itineraries.
These are not generic compensation guides. They are first-hand examples of what happened, how the journey changed and what I would do differently next time.