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Practice Dealing With a Flight Delay in Spanish
Un vuelo con retraso
The board says your flight is delayed and nobody has explained anything. Get the real story from the airline desk and work out what it means for the rest of your trip — including the compensación the agent would rather not bring up.
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Spanish · Voice only 02:00
You're talking to: un agente de la aerolínea
You: un pasajero
asking about the delay
¿Se sabe cuánto se va a retrasar?
checking where to go
¿Ha cambiado la puerta de embarque?
raising your onward flight
Tengo una conexión a las ocho, ¿la pierdo?
Your goal
Establish the new departure time and puerta, find out whether your onward plans survive the delay, and leave knowing the one thing you have to do next and whether you have any derecho a compensación.
You'll practice
- Find out the new departure time and the puerta
- Ask what the delay does to your onward conexión
- Agree what you have to do next, and ask what the airline owes you
Phrases you'll actually use
Six lines that carry most of this conversation. You'll hear them, and you'll need them.
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¿Se sabe cuánto se va a retrasar?
— asking about the delay
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¿Ha cambiado la puerta de embarque?
— checking where to go
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Tengo una conexión a las ocho, ¿la pierdo?
— raising your onward flight
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¿Qué opciones tengo si lo pierdo?
— asking for alternatives
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¿El hotel de esta noche lo paga la compañía?
— asking what you are entitled to
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¿Tengo que hacer algo ahora o solo esperar?
— confirming the next step
Level-up expressions
hacerse cargo de algo
take responsibility for something, cover the cost of it
¿Quién se hace cargo del hotel esta noche?
perder la conexión
miss your connecting flight
Con este retraso pierdo la conexión de Múnich.
tener derecho a algo
be entitled to something
¿Tengo derecho a compensación por esto?
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