Heathrow to Brussels Delay Compensation: £220 (2026)

What you're owed

Leaving Heathrow

£220each under UK law

Leaving Brussels

€250each under EU law

Brussels is in the EU, so this applies whichever airline you fly.

Either figure is payable only when the delay was within the airline's control. A technical fault, a crew shortage or a late inbound aircraft all count; genuinely extraordinary circumstances such as severe weather or an air traffic control restriction do not.

Heathrow and Brussels are 350 km apart (1,500 km or less), and that distance is all that decides the amount. Which figure applies depends only on which end of the route you departed from, not which way you were travelling.

How many were on the booking

£220 each. £880 for a family of four.

£220 just you

£440 two of you

£880 a family of four

Flying home from Brussels: €250, €500, €1,000. Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included.

What it pays

Every way a Heathrow to Brussels flight can pay you

Find the line that matches what happened to you. The money is the same whether you landed 3 hours late or 9, because it is the distance that sets the price, not the wait.

What you get What happened

£220each You landed 3 hours or more late Counted from when the doors opened at Brussels, not from when you left Heathrow. About 9 flights a year on this route land 3 hours or more late.

£220each plus your money back or a new flight Cancelled, and they told you less than 2 weeks before Count the days from when they told you to the day you were meant to fly. Found out at the airport? That counts. If they put you on another flight, this is still owed unless that flight left and landed close to your original times. About 102 flights a year on this route are cancelled.

£220each £110 if they get you there quickly They bumped you off a full flight This one is owed the moment it happens, before you fly, and the airline cannot make you take a voucher instead. It halves to £110 if the flight they put you on gets you there within 2 hours of your original arrival time.

£220each sometimes more You missed your next flight and got in 3 hours late Judged on when you reached your final stop, not on this leg. One ticket for the whole trip means the money is worked out on the whole trip, so a longer leg can pay more.

€250each You were flying home from Brussels Brussels is in the EU, so that direction is paid in euros. Same 3 hours, same landing rule, whichever airline you fly.

Your ticket money back They cancelled and you did not travel at all Paid in money within a week, not vouchers, and you get it whatever notice they gave you.

Food and drinks You waited 2 hours or more at the airport On a flight this far it starts at 2 hours, whatever caused the delay. Keep the receipts.

A hotel and a taxi You were stuck overnight The airline pays for the room and for getting to it. Keep the receipts.

Nothing A big storm or an air traffic hold stopped the flight Airlines blame the weather a lot and are often wrong, so it is still worth putting the flight in.

How close the replacement flight has to be before a cancellation stops paying.

How bad is this route

Does this route get delayed a lot?

No, less than most. It's better than most of Britain's 200 busiest routes, with about 1 flight in 500 landing 3 hours or more late (0.2%).

That works out at about 9 flights a year crossing the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.

When is it worst?

September 2025, when flights on this route ran an average of 26 minutes late.

From our own tracking

Recent delays on this route

Every flight on this route we logged running 3 hours or more late, or cancelled, since August. Each row shows the direction it actually flew, and only flights UK or EU rules cover are listed, so you may see far more of one heading than the other. Amounts are per person on the booking (half on the longest flights that landed 3 to 4 hours late). Airlines can still dispute a claim by proving the cause was outside their control, so check yours for the real answer. We earn a fee if you claim through a Claim link.

Flight	Route	When	Scheduled	How late	You're owed
CX2239Cathay Pacific	Brussels to London Heathrow Airport	9 Sept	19:00	3 hrs 19 min	Claim €250€250 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.
BA391British Airways	Brussels to London Heathrow Airport	27 Aug	21:20	Cancelled	Check if I'm owedTold less than 2 weeks before? You may be owed.
BA391British Airways	Brussels to London Heathrow Airport	28 Aug	21:35	Cancelled	Check if I'm owedTold less than 2 weeks before? You may be owed.
SN2095Brussels Airlines	Brussels to London Heathrow Airport	8 Sept	17:05	Cancelled	Check if I'm owedTold less than 2 weeks before? You may be owed.
BA391British Airways	Brussels to London Heathrow Airport	8 Sept	20:05	Cancelled	Check if I'm owedTold less than 2 weeks before? You may be owed.
SN2103Brussels Airlines	Brussels to London Heathrow Airport	8 Sept	21:35	Cancelled	Check if I'm owedTold less than 2 weeks before? You may be owed.
BA385British Airways	Brussels to London Heathrow Airport	9 Sept	11:20	Cancelled	Check if I'm owedTold less than 2 weeks before? You may be owed.
BA387British Airways	Brussels to London Heathrow Airport	23 Sept	16:20	Cancelled	Check if I'm owedTold less than 2 weeks before? You may be owed.
BA387British Airways	Brussels to London Heathrow Airport	4 Oct	15:30	Cancelled	Check if I'm owedTold less than 2 weeks before? You may be owed.
BA385British Airways	Brussels to London Heathrow Airport	6 Oct	11:15	Cancelled	Check if I'm owedTold less than 2 weeks before? You may be owed.

CX2239

Cathay Pacific

3 hrs 19 min late