Rights change at every border. We keep the map.
There is no single worldwide rule for disrupted flights; there is a patchwork, and where your itinerary touches decides what it pays. This is the map we work from, region by region.
Where fixed cash compensation exists
Six schemes publish fixed amounts for qualifying disruptions. A route must satisfy that scheme's coverage, carrier, timing and cause tests before it sets the money.
United States
No flat federal delay compensation, but involuntary bumping can pay a percentage of the fare, up to $2,150, and canceled or significantly changed flights require a refund when you reject the alternative.
European Union
EC 261: the template the world copies. Departures from the EU on any airline, arrivals on EU airlines, up to €600 per passenger.
United Kingdom
UK 261 kept the EU structure after Brexit, in pounds, up to £520.
Canada
The APPR: to, from and within Canada, amounts by airline size and delay length, up to CA$1,000, and up to CA$2,400 for bumping.
Israel
The Aviation Services Law covers any airline flying to or from Israel, up to NIS 3,670, and treats a flight that took off 8+ hours late as canceled.
Turkiye
SHY-Yolcu mirrors the EU bands for departures and Turkish carriers, with a flat domestic rate.
The full band tables live on the amounts page.
The floor under everything: the Montreal Convention
Many international itineraries, including most trips between the US and another country, fall under the Montreal Convention. It pays no flat amount; it sets liability ceilings for proven delay and baggage losses, currently 6,303 SDR for passenger delay and 1,519 SDR for baggage. Recovery depends on the documented loss and the treaty's defenses and deadlines.
Rules of their own, which we do not assess yet
Many countries publish passenger rules of their own, and some of them set money: Saudi Arabia's GACA regulations compensate long delays and late cancellations, Brazil and India prescribe fixed sums for denied boarding, and India also for a cancellation announced late. Others, like the UAE, require meals, a hotel and rerouting without a cash table. Delayed Get Paid does not assess claims under these national rules at launch, and is not taking standalone refund-only or flight-expense-only cases; when your route touches one of them, our checker says so, names the rule and what it gives, and you can raise it with the airline directly.
When an itinerary touches none of the paying schemes, our checker says so plainly rather than inventing a figure. An honest no costs you two minutes; a false yes would cost you weeks.