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arbitration request

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    You have a problem with a company

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    Submit your request for arbitration

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    Information on the process

Documents needed for submitting the arbitration form

To process your arbitration-request, the apf requires the following documents:

  • Booking-Confirmation
    (including flight-number, scheduled departure and arrival-times, layovers and the names of the booked passengers)
  • Written correspondence with the Airline
    (Copies of E-Mails, Letters, etc.)
  • Invoices for aid-services
    (scanned invoices and hotel-confirmations, please do not submit Account- or Credit-Card information)
  • PIR-Form & Fotos
    (if your luggage was lost or damaged)

Please prepare the documents before filling out the form.

Have you already submitted your claim to the airline?*

How did you contact the company?*

Reaction to the claim:*

Please note that an arbitration procedure can only be opened with apf if you did not get a reply from the airline within six weeks, or if the airline rejected your claim.

Is your case currently being handled by a court or a consumer arbitration service, or has it already been conclusively resolved?*

Company not on the list? apf only mediates in baggage cases with companies that have a branch in Austria and if the flight was to or from Austria.

When did you learn about the cancellation?*

Has the airline offered you another travel option?*

Have you taken advantage of the alternative transport?*

Type of baggage problem*

If both the outbound and return flight or an alternative flight were affected by an irregularity, you must lodge a new arbitration request for this flight after sending the form.

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Were you informed of your rights in writing (e.g. passenger rights folder, etc.)?*

Were you offered any assistance or services free of charge (drinks, snacks, hotel, transfer etc.)?*

Vouchers, reimbursements etc.*

Please inform us from whom (airline, tour operator, insurance company, travel agency ...) you have already received an compensation/refund. Please inform us about the exact amount, the form of payment (cash, voucher, credit…) and the reason for the reimbursement (ticket costs, hotel, travel problems…).

For whom are you making the request?*

Please enter here THE DIRECT CONTACT DETAILS OF THE PASSENGER CONCERNED. If the entry is for more than one person, please provide the contact details of ONE of the passengers.

You can submit up to 7 files with a maximum volume per file of 2 MB.
To attach your files, click on "Attach file".
We require at least the following documents: confirmation of booking, correspondence with the airline, any invoices for assistance or services.

Please note that we require all of the flight documents of all of the passengers to assess the case. Up to 7 files can be uploaded here. The maximum size of each file is 2 MB. Click “Select or search for file” to attach the files

The following types of file are allowed:
.bmp, .doc, .docx, .eml, .gif, .jpeg, .jpg, .msg, .pdf, .png, .ppt, .pptx, .tif, .xls, .xlsx, .xml, hric
If there are any difficulties with the upload, please submit the documents seperately via e-mail.

I heard about you from*

Have you been informed in writing by the company about the possibility of arbitration and about the contact details of apf?*

* Fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory fields.

Once you have sent the arbitration request, you will receive an automatic confirmation within the next 30 minutes by email with your personal case-number. As protection against SPAM, a SPAM shield may be activated before you are allowed to send the form. If you encounter any difficulties, please call us during our office hours.

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