Did it work? · per airline

Which airlines actually pay?

Every figure on this page is the airline's payout rate — the share of compensation claims that end with the airline paying — plus the real average payout and waiting time. Measured from anonymous, human-moderated reader reports. It is never FFCheck's own success number.

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Per-airline pages unlock at 10 approved reports each (0 collected so far, all airlines combined). Until then, here is what independent published data already shows — so you're never looking at an empty page:

Direct claims first rejected or contested by airlines≈50–70%

Airline payout rate once a claim reaches court≈98%

Typical wait when the airline cooperates3–12 wk

Typical wait when it goes to court4–18 mo

Eligible passengers who never claim at all≈45%

Sources (07/2026)

For an independent per-airline view today, AirHelp's published AirHelp Score ranks 117 airlines and includes a claim-processing dimension (how reliably an airline pays valid claims). Our own scoreboard measures the same thing from reader reports — independently, with the sample size on every number.

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How the rating works (no secret sauce)

Stars follow the airline's payout rate from approved reports: ★★★★★ Easy ≥ 85% · ★★★★ Fair ≥ 70% · ★★★ Mixed ≥ 55% · ★★ Hard ≥ 40% · ★ Stonewall < 40%. Rates need at least 3 decided claims (paid or rejected); pages need 10 reports. Every report is human-moderated before it counts, and updates from "still waiting" to "paid" re-enter moderation.

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