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I'll likely be taking easyJet to court over a meal expense; they claim the flight in question was only delayed by 50 minutes, while in fact it was delayed by 2.5 hours on departure (the threshold being 2 hours for the relevant route).

FWIW it's this flight: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/EZY8106/history/20240801/2305Z/LEIB/EGKK https://www.flightera.net/en/flight_details/easyJet-Ibiza-London/U28106/LEIB/2024-08-02

What would a judge be likely to accept as proof that easyJet are mistaken about the delay? I've had one nonchalantly dismiss FlightAware in a different context, and the other options I'm familiar with are FlightRadar24 and Flightera as well as requesting an email confirmation from the departure airport.

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A receipt for the meal showing date and time would be quite conclusive. You're showing a receipt to prove the amount of damages anyway, correct?

The fact that you were purchasing food at a ground establishment during the time they claim the plane was already on its way (or at least, boarding), and they agree that you made it onto the plane, will disprove their account of the timeline.

If you didn't eat during the delay, you may have some trouble claiming that the expense was caused by the delay.

In any case, get their claim that the departure was only 50 minutes late in writing and send it off to the regulator... the fine for falsifying flight records is likely to cost them many orders of magnitude more than your meal.

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