Martin Lewis fan got £1,000 refund after flight was cancelled…

This August has seen a spate of flight cancellations and delays at airports around the globe. Last week, long waits tormented easyJet passengers travelling to and from Portugal due to significant industrial action. Merely days following this, over 30 services were scrapped at Japan's New Chitose Airport when a pair of scissors 'went missing'. Although normal service has been restored at both travel hubs, the big question looms: what about compensation? Take 'Steve', for instance, whose story was featured in Martin Lewis' Money Saving Expert newsletter. He claimed to have received a windfall of more than £1,000 following disruptions in Miami. Steve attributed his financial victory to the savvy advice from Martin Lewis, recuperating an impressive sum of £1,040. Detailing his experience in the recent MSE issue, he recounts: “We were due to fly from Miami to London but got a text on the way to the airport cancelling the flight. “We put a claim in but got denied twice on the grounds of 'aircraft damage'. After a bit of hunting around, we found a legal test case which contradicted the airline's position. After seeing that, it had no choice and paid out in full, totalling £1,040.” A 'legal test case' often refers to actions 'brought with the intention of challenging or receiving clarification on a present law', according to Cornell Law School. Not only do these cases affect the people involved, but generally have a wider public interest too, as their outcome reflects official procedure. Therefore, when Steve seemingly showed his airline an exam
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