If you were involuntarily denied boarding on an oversold flight, or your checked bag was delayed or lost, federal rules may entitle you to real money. The catch is knowing which rule fits and how to word the claim so the airline can't brush you off.
Flight Refund Recovery walks you through a few questions, then builds you a ready-to-send claim letter and shows you exactly where to send it. Build your claim in about 15 minutes.
A voucher expires, can't pay your rent, and quietly saves the airline money it may owe you. But the cases people most often leave on the table aren't the cancellations — they're the messy ones the airline hopes you won't fight.
Get involuntarily denied boarding on an oversold flight and US DOT rules may entitle you to cash compensation — frequently hundreds of dollars. Almost nobody calculates what they're actually owed.
The airline has to reimburse reasonable expenses when a checked bag is delayed or lost — but these claims get contested and stalled. Wording it right and logging your costs is what gets it paid.
The 2024 DOT rule says a cancelled or significantly-changed flight you didn't rebook means your money back to your card. Good news: DOT now makes airlines refund these automatically, so they need the least chasing.
Answer a few questions and we'll tell you which US DOT rule may apply to your situation — before you pay anything. Qualified situations get the option to build a claim; everything else gets a free guide.
When the quiz finds a DOT rule that may apply, your results screen names that rule and gives you the option to build a ready-to-send claim. You decide whether to use it — the tool just assembles the template you choose.
It's a self-help tool — you answer questions, pick the template that matches, and send the claim yourself. We never file on your behalf and never take a percentage.
Answer a few questions — bumped, bag, cancellation, or voucher. About 2 minutes, multiple choice.
The tool surfaces the US DOT rule that may apply and assembles a claim-letter template with the right citation already in it.
A plain-English walkthrough: exactly where to send it, what to attach, and how to escalate to a DOT complaint if they stall.
You submit your own claim and keep 100% of whatever you recover. No cut, no success fee, ever.
Yes — you can demand it for free, IF you know which DOT rule fits your exact situation and how to word it so they can't brush you off. That's the part that makes people give up and eat the voucher. We did that part for you.
A free .gov page tells you rules exist. It won't calculate your denied-boarding tier, match your messy baggage claim to the right reimbursement language, or hand you a letter that's ready to send today. That gap — knowing the precise rule and the exact wording — is the whole product.
No tool can guarantee an airline pays — anyone promising a guaranteed payout or a specific dollar amount is lying to you.
What this tool does is make sure your claim is built on the actual DOT rule that may apply to your situation, worded clearly, sent to the right place, and ready to escalate if they stall. That's the difference between a claim that gets taken seriously and a voucher that expires in a drawer.
A claim still has to be made, and the airline can contest it. And if your situation doesn't qualify under any DOT rule, the free quiz tells you that up front — before you pay — and points you to a free guide instead of selling you false hope.
No. Flight Refund Recovery is a self-help document tool. It helps you assemble a claim-letter template that you choose and send yourself — you stay in control the whole way. It is not legal advice, we are not a law firm, and no attorney-client relationship is created.
It's strongest for the cases with real enforcement friction: involuntary denied boarding (being bumped, under 14 CFR Part 250) and contested or delayed baggage reimbursement. It also covers refund demands for cancelled/significantly-changed flights — though DOT now requires airlines to refund many of those automatically, so that case often needs the least chasing.
It covers flights to, from, and within the US under US DOT rules. It does not use EU261 or any foreign compensation scheme. Note the US has no general European-style "cash for any delay" rule — a flight that was merely delayed but still operated usually isn't a DOT cash claim.
It depends. Once you formally accept a voucher you've often waived the cash refund, so this is situation-specific. The quiz will tell you honestly whether a claim may still be worth building or whether you're better off with the free guide — we won't sell you a paid letter if it's unlikely to help.
Never. You pay $29 once and keep 100% of anything you recover. No success fee, no contingency, no cut.
Instantly — it's a download right after checkout. To be clear, that's the speed of building your claim (about 15 minutes of your time). The airline itself can take weeks to respond and pay; no tool controls their timeline.
If the tool can't build you a usable claim for your situation, you get your $29 back — just email hello@moneyyoureowed.com. And because the eligibility quiz qualifies you before you pay, you'll know whether you fit before you ever reach checkout.
Take the free 2-minute eligibility check. If a DOT rule fits, build your claim in about 15 minutes. If it doesn't, we'll tell you — and you pay nothing.