Which Flight Compensation Companies Are No Win No Fee With No Extra Legal Fee? Eleven Published Fee Schedules, Compared

Three of the eleven flight compensation companies that publish their fees charge one fee whether or not your claim goes to court: Bott and Co (42% plus VAT, court fees paid by the firm), ClaimFlights (usually 25% plus VAT, costs borne by the company if a case fails) and EUclaim (31% including VAT plus €33 a passenger). The other eight are no win no fee too, but add a second charge when the airline refuses and the case goes to legal action: 15% of the award at AirHelp, Flight-Delayed and SkyRefund, a 14% solicitor's surcharge at Flightright, 10% at MYFLYRIGHT, a rise from 30% to 50% at AirAdvisor, and a higher flat fee at Skycop and Refundor. This page gives no score. Each company is shown with its own published figures, read on 14 October 2026, and the line that says who it is not the fit for comes only from limits the company itself publishes.

Who is on this page, and why

A company is on this page if its own website publishes its fee as a percentage or a flat amount, and its fee page or terms say whether a further fee applies when a claim goes to legal action. We read the fee and terms pages of 17 flight compensation companies on 14 October 2026. Eleven publish both facts and are below. Compensair, Click2Refund and ClaimCompass are left off because the pages we could open do not state a percentage; Colibra is left off because it sells delay protection rather than claims handling; Air Travel Rights and FlightFund could not be read. "No win no fee" is used by every company on the page; what differs is what happens in the minority of cases that reach a court.

Three companies with one fee, court or not

These three publish a single fee and say nothing about a second one when a case goes to legal action, or say outright that the company carries those costs. Alphabetical.

Eight companies that add a legal action fee

These eight are no win no fee on a standard claim and publish a second charge when the airline refuses and the case goes to a lawyer or a court. Alphabetical.

What you keep from the award

On a standard claim that never reaches a court, the share you keep runs from about 70% at AirAdvisor, ClaimFlights and MYFLYRIGHT to 48% at Bott and Co, using each company's own example or percentage with VAT applied as the company states it. The order changes once a case goes to legal action: the three one-fee companies stay where they are, while AirHelp, Flight-Delayed and SkyRefund drop to 50%, AirAdvisor to 50%, and Flightright and MYFLYRIGHT by a further 14 and 10 points plus VAT. A legal action fee is charged in a minority of cases, "statistically 3%" by AirHelp's figure, so for most claims the standard column is the one that counts; for a claim against an airline that routinely refuses, the second column is.

Claiming for free: what the regulators say

Both the EU's Your Europe guidance and the UK Civil Aviation Authority say to claim from the airline first, with its own form, and nothing is deducted from a claim you make yourself. Under EU261 the compensation is €250 for flights of 1,500 km or less, €400 for longer flights inside the EU and for other flights of 1,500 to 3,500 km, and €600 over 3,500 km, for a cancellation, denied boarding or an arrival delay of three hours or more, unless extraordinary circumstances apply. If the airline does not reply within two months, Your Europe points you to the national enforcement body, an alternative dispute resolution scheme or the European small claims procedure. In the UK the bands are £220, £350 and £520; the CAA says to use the airline's claim form and keep a written record, and warns that "compensation is not automatic" and that some airlines will not deal with a complaint sent through a claims management company because their terms require you to claim directly first. The UK route is set out on which company is best for a UK261 claim, and the difference between the two regimes on EU261 vs UK261.

Three questions before you sign

1. Is VAT inside the percentage? Seven companies on this page say yes. Flightright, MYFLYRIGHT, ClaimFlights and Bott and Co add it, which turns 25% into 29.75% and 42% into 50.4%. Ask for the figure with VAT.

2. What happens if the airline says no? Three companies carry on at the same fee. Eight add between about 6 and 20 points of the award. If your airline is one that routinely refuses until proceedings are issued, the second fee is the one you will pay. What to do when an airline rejects your claim covers the steps you can take yourself first.

3. What does the company charge if you walk away, or if the airline pays you? Flight-Delayed, ClaimFlights, SkyRefund and MYFLYRIGHT all publish a charge for one of those cases. Read that clause before the fee percentage.

Richard Jasinski · Uncompromised Travel · written from Valencia · first published 15 October 2026 · updated 15 October 2026