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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

What documents are needed for the arbitration request

In order to process your request, apf requires at least the following documents:

  • Booking confirmation
    (Including flight number, scheduled departure and arrival times, stopovers if any, and names of the booked passengers)
  • Correspondence with the airline
    (Copies of emails, letters, etc.)
  • Invoices for assistance services
    (Scanned receipts and hotel invoices; please no bank or credit card statements)
  • PIR form & photos
    (In case of baggage loss or damage)

Please keep the above documents ready.

Have you already submitted your complaint to the operating company?

How did you contact the company?*

Response to your complaint:*

Is your case pending before a court or another consumer arbitration service, or already finally handled there?*

Company not in the list? In baggage cases, apf only arbitrates with companies that have a branch in Austria. In addition, departure or arrival of the flight must have taken place in Austria.

What was the reason for denied boarding?*

Did the airline offer you an alternative transport option?*

Did you take the alternative transport option?*

Type of baggage issue*

If irregularities occurred on multiple flights (outbound, return or alternative flight), please submit one arbitration request for each affected flight.

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Were you informed in writing (e.g. via passenger rights leaflet, etc.) about your rights?*

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

Vouchers, reimbursements, etc.*

Please indicate from whom (airline, tour operator, insurance, travel agency, etc.) you have already received compensation. Please inform us of the exact amount, payout type (cash, voucher, credit note, etc.) and the reason for compensation (ticket costs, lost hotel night, travel deficiencies, etc.).

For whom are you submitting the request?*

Please enter the contact details of the affected passenger here. If you submit data for several persons, please provide the contact details of one traveller.

At least the following documents are required:
  • Booking confirmation
    (Including flight number, scheduled departure and arrival time, stopovers if applicable, and names of booked passengers)
  • Correspondence with the airline
    (Copies of e-mails, letters, etc.)
  • Invoices for assistance services
    (Scanned receipts, please no bank or credit card statements)
  • Baggage
    (Damage photos, PIR form)
Please note that for case review we need all flight documents for all passengers. You can upload up to 7 files here. For image files, max 5 MB per file is allowed. For all other files, max 2 MB is allowed. To attach your files, click "Upload files" or drag your files into the upload field.

Allowed file types are:
.bmp, .doc, .docx, .eml, .gif, .jpeg, .jpg, .msg, .pdf, .png, .ppt, .pptx, .tif, .xls, .xlsx, .xml, heic

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

* Fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory.

After sending the arbitration request, you will receive an automatic email confirmation containing your submitted text. To protect against spam, a spam protection challenge may need to be solved before submitting the form. If you encounter any difficulties, please contact us by phone during office hours.

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