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Discount airfares to Europe: All you need to know

According to sector analysts, one of the main grievances about airlines with extremely low fares is that they usually have more delayed and cancelled services. There are a few possibilities if the carrier annuls your flight. "Wow Speaker María Margrét Jóhannsdóttir said, "If we need to change our dates, we must inform our customers at least 14 days in advance.

"She said, "In these cases, we give our customers the opportunity to postpone their flight to the next regular flight, get a reimbursement or move to another city. "In the event that the cancelation is due to any other cause, such as abnormal procedures where we have, for example, a passenger who has already check-in or is about to check-in, we provide three options: a full reimbursement and trip cancelation; rebooking to the next available flight; or rebooking to a later date of your choice," said Jóhannsdóttir.

If Wow is flying four flights a week to Pittsburgh from Reykjavik, so if your Wednesday flight is cancelled, you'll probably have to hold until Friday. When this flight is full, you have to await the next flight with free places. As Condor says, since it only travels a few flights a week, it would generally be delayed - but would not reverse a flight.

A spokeswoman for Condor, Susanne Rihm, says that less than 1 per cent of flight cancellations are more than 3 hour late. Travellers with busy timetables may find it more convenient for airlines to offer a more frequent level of services, says Hobica. However, no matter what carrier you fly, there are certain safeguards for beached travellers who fly a single carrier in Europe or on journeys from, to and within the EU, McGee said.

If you' re stuck anywhere in the whole wide galaxy, those laws will keep you safe. "When you fly Air France from L.A. to Tahiti, an effective itinerary that you can take and be stuck on, the carrier has to cover your accommodation, meals and telephone bills according to EU regulations," said Hobica.