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Originally posted by cathalb96 cathalb96 wrote:

I've never seen a crazier group of taxis drivers, I actually became used to the sound of the screeching of the drivers' tires around the city as they jammed on their breaks Got in one with no window, two with a cracked windscreen, none had a clue where they were going

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Originally posted by Darraghn92 Darraghn92 wrote:

Anyone ever had to claim for flight compensation or know much about the procedure? My connecting flight from Riga was cancelled this morning and had no other way to get back to Dublin bar booking completely new flights with Ryanair. Cost 400 quid and delayed me an extra 6 or 7 hours. It was one of the AirBaltic flights from Tbilisi

You came in on Air Baltic late, but who was the connecting flight with?
If it was Air Baltic or one of gtheir partner airlines, and all was booked on 1 ticket, then you have a claim.

If it was 2 seperate airlines/tickets then unfortunately you haven't got a leg to stand on unfortunately. 
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Originally posted by Steve Amsterdam Steve Amsterdam wrote:

Originally posted by Darraghn92 Darraghn92 wrote:

Anyone ever had to claim for flight compensation or know much about the procedure? My connecting flight from Riga was cancelled this morning and had no other way to get back to Dublin bar booking completely new flights with Ryanair. Cost 400 quid and delayed me an extra 6 or 7 hours. It was one of the AirBaltic flights from Tbilisi


You came in on Air Baltic late, but who was the connecting flight with?
If it was Air Baltic or one of gtheir partner airlines, and all was booked on 1 ticket, then you have a claim.

If it was 2 seperate airlines/tickets then unfortunately you haven't got a leg to stand on unfortunately. 


Yeah Steve it was all the one booking with Air Baltic. Around a 50 minute transfer in Riga and then onto Warsaw
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Great trip, bar the actual football. Mad taxi drivers. We got a taxi Friday night cos we were polluted, the lad drove us around for half and hour and just dropped us back where he picked us up, as he couldn't find the hotel. 10 lari was all he got. 
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Originally posted by Darraghn92 Darraghn92 wrote:

Originally posted by Steve Amsterdam Steve Amsterdam wrote:

Originally posted by Darraghn92 Darraghn92 wrote:

Anyone ever had to claim for flight compensation or know much about the procedure? My connecting flight from Riga was cancelled this morning and had no other way to get back to Dublin bar booking completely new flights with Ryanair. Cost 400 quid and delayed me an extra 6 or 7 hours. It was one of the AirBaltic flights from Tbilisi


You came in on Air Baltic late, but who was the connecting flight with?
If it was Air Baltic or one of gtheir partner airlines, and all was booked on 1 ticket, then you have a claim.

If it was 2 seperate airlines/tickets then unfortunately you haven't got a leg to stand on unfortunately. 


Yeah Steve it was all the one booking with Air Baltic. Around a 50 minute transfer in Riga and then onto Warsaw


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One of my favourite away trips despite the shocking performance. The game is the reason we are there but the whole trip for me is about so much more than that.

I found Tbilisi to be a beautiful city. I had the pleasure of spending a few hours at a bar overlooking the ruins at the top of the hill and I couldnt help but be impressed with the architecture and the city overall.

 The taxi drivers are indeed mentalists and it is not hard to see why most of the cars have their bumpers and fan belts hanging off LOL

 Great to see many faces new and old and a special mention to the lads with whom I shared the vodka on the Warsaw flight on Wednesday night/Thursday Morning. TAKE US TO TBILISI indeed !

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Originally posted by Darraghn92 Darraghn92 wrote:

Anyone ever had to claim for flight compensation or know much about the procedure? My connecting flight from Riga was cancelled this morning and had no other way to get back to Dublin bar booking completely new flights with Ryanair. Cost 400 quid and delayed me an extra 6 or 7 hours. It was one of the AirBaltic flights from Tbilisi
 
If it was their fault - ie not weather or air traffic control issues  etc they are obliged to compensate you under EU law. Latvia part of EU AFAIK 250 euro over 3 hours rising if over 5 hours I thnk
 
 
Air Baltic will know all about it and know they will have to pay claim through them quoting the elevent EU regulation https://www.airbaltic.com/en/submit-a-claim
 
 
 
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No issue with the taxi driver per se, only the fact that they've never seen their own city on a map, some wouldn't bring me 1 mile up a straight road!

Never paid more than 10 lari.

Constantly being ripped off\short changed in the bars though.
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Originally posted by horsebox horsebox wrote:

No issue with the taxi driver per se, only the fact that they've never seen their own city on a map, some wouldn't bring me 1 mile up a straight road!

Never paid more than 10 lari.

Constantly being ripped off\short changed in the bars though.



Got a taxi from MacLaren's to the stadium for the match and the driver charged me 10 lari, then did the same thing the next day as we went to the club shop and your man charged us 100 lari, just threw a 20 at him to shut him up and got out
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Originally posted by Darraghn92 Darraghn92 wrote:

Anyone ever had to claim for flight compensation or know much about the procedure? My connecting flight from Riga was cancelled this morning and had no other way to get back to Dublin bar booking completely new flights with Ryanair. Cost 400 quid and delayed me an extra 6 or 7 hours. It was one of the AirBaltic flights from Tbilisi

Here you go Pal


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Originally posted by horsebox horsebox wrote:

No issue with the taxi driver per se, only the fact that they've never seen their own city on a map, some wouldn't bring me 1 mile up a straight road!

Never paid more than 10 lari.

Constantly being ripped off\short changed in the bars though.



We didn't really have any driving like wingnuts either this time round but can't wait for sat navs to hit Tbilisi.

As far as I know, we weren't ripped off in the bars either. Service was either first class or dead slow and stop, we found. No happy medium at all.

Great spot. Definitely considering an extended family holiday in that part of the world after we win the World Cup next year...
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Sound lads, gonna have a look into it during the week. It tooo them just the 12 hours to send a text saying it was cancelled too
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Originally posted by Gabrieléire Gabrieléire wrote:

Originally posted by irelandfan irelandfan wrote:

My Best trip yet I can easily confirm but obviously the football put a big drain on things, Tbilisi is a beautiful city and cheap as chips. Apart from the hanger bar staff trying to pull a fast one with not bringing back your change it was grand for the Hurling on Sunday. Oh and a few Mayo people getting a wee bit oversensitive over a few dubs chants coming back at them in the Hanger on Friday night relax lads LOL North Men South Men Comrades All. 


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Never see the issue with taxi drivers, jump in the passenger seat, ask if they're crazy driver's then proceed to tell them to go faster, makes the journey more entertaining.

Still not a patch on Lviv taxi men
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Turns out all those political posters we saw, and the ones on the big building between Hangar and MacLarens are actually of Kaladze the former Milan defender.....i just figured it was a common name in Georgia but no, hes trying his hand at politics!
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Originally posted by OnTheOneRoad OnTheOneRoad wrote:

Turns out all those political posters we saw, and the ones on the big building between Hangar and MacLarens are actually of Kaladze the former Milan defender.....i just figured it was a common name in Georgia but no, hes trying his hand at politics!


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Originally posted by Darraghn92 Darraghn92 wrote:

Sound lads, gonna have a look into it during the week. It tooo them just the 12 hours to send a text saying it was cancelled too

Go direct to the airline when submitting your claim rather than using one of the companies that will claim it for you. 

We had a cancelled flight on way to Vienna. I claimed via the airline and got the money back fairly quick. My mate went through some agency and is still waiting for them to pay up.

I had visions of a similar scenario with Air Baltic on way out to Tbilisi as our flight from Amsterdam was almost an hour late leaving but they held all the connecting flights in Riga rather than risk having to pay out compensation to at least half the people on the flight who were transferring in Riga to various destinations. 
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