Ok I'm hoping someone can help me I have a trip coming up next week. YVR-YYZ (air canada)-YYZ-BRU (Sm Brussels)-BRU-LIS (SM Brussels). I've been recently on the flight aware website to check if any portion of my flights has been delayed/late/canceled. I've noticed from September 22-today the air canada portion of my trip has been late 3 times which would have me late for the second portion of my flight YYZ-BRU. I've booked through a 3rd party website. What type of compensatio… See more

A 3 hour delay on a flight doesn't get you compensation. If you miss your flight you will get re-booked on the next one as long as it's with the same airline and if it is booked by a third party, you probably have to call them for the rebooking

If you booked through another airline you won't get any. if you booked through the same airline they would connect you.

third party bookings are always dicey when it comes to compensation

if your flying with the same star alliance than you willhave no issue. if you fly star alliance and your connecting flight is with a different alluance like one world example american airlines then it shows up as a noshow and you end up paying $200 plus the difference of the plane ticket which will be more than your whole return ticket. Also the other alliance dont need to take your luggage and you will need to recheck your bags when they show up at the courasel as your running to your next flight. alaska airlines is notorious for that.

lets say you buy on expedia.ca your flight is vancouver to hawaii via seattle. you fly air canada to seattle and then switch flights on alaska airlines to honolulu. even thou your luggage is tagged at air canada destine for HNL. it will not board the alaska airlines unless it was a star alliance like United . it will show up at Seatac courasel number 5. you land in Honolulu waiting 2 hours for luggage only to be told its still in seattle. air canada might scoop it up and redirect to san fransisco on a united flight and youll receive it next day.

If you have travel insurance it should cover you for any loss due to a change in flight schedule. I flew to Dublin through London on different airlines a couple of years back. My flight to London was changed so I had to change my flight to Dublin. I put a claim in with my insurance company and they reimbursed me for the cost of changing my flight.

Was it all booked on one ticket/itinerary, or did you book the air canada leg separately from the SM Brussels flights? Pretty sure you'll be taken care of as long as you booked it all as one "flight" even with different airlines, but SOL if they are 2 separate bookings.

Nope all one ticket/itinerary

I'm 99% sure that the airline will just put you on the next flight if you are delayed. expedia would have only booked you on one ticket with partner airlines so I wouldn't worry too much about it. Maybe check the SM Brussels website just to see what they have available for flights after your booked one on that day (in case it's the only one), but if there are multiple flights offered I'm sure you'll be ok (worst case you'd be put up in a hotel).