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Claim flight refunds and delay compensation for travelers.

On X, 473 posts matched our search for this problem in the 7 days to 2026-10-15.

🔥 473 posts this week · 3 likes

Based on @manas153 on X (opens in new tab)

The problem (from X)

Travelers post every day about cancelled or delayed flights and refunds that never arrive.

473 posts matched our search in the 7 days to Oct 15, 2026; the top matching posts drew 3 likes, 4 reposts and 24 replies.

What people are posting (in our words)

The business below is our own idea for solving this problem, not a company described in these posts.

Who it’s for

Travelers, travel agents and small business travel managers.

Adapt it to your industry

  • Start with one city, niche or customer type, then expand.
  • Ask your first 10 customers what they would pay before you build more.
  • Keep a human check on anything that is sent in a customer’s name.

Step by step

  1. Study the official rules: US DOT refund rules, EU/UK 261 compensation (link official pages).
  2. Build an intake form: flight number, date, what happened.
  3. Use AI to match the case to the rule and draft the claim to the airline.
  4. Track replies and send reminders automatically.
  5. Charge a flat fee or a share of what’s recovered.
  6. Be clear about fees and that customers can claim for free themselves.

Ready-to-copy prompt

My flight [number] on [date] from [city] to [city] was [cancelled/delayed by X hours]. Tell me which official refund or compensation rules may apply, what I may be owed, and draft the claim email to the airline.

Start with AI

Opens the AI with this guide and the prompt filled in.

Open in ChatGPT (opens in new tab)Open in Claude (opens in new tab)Open in Grok (opens in new tab)
Time
1–3 hoursOur estimate

Your launch plan

Everything to build it, get customers and get paid, in order. Prices are public list prices, checked Oct 15, 2026.

  1. Sign up for ChatGPT (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Plus $20/mo).
  2. Sign up for Make automations (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Core $16/mo).
  3. Sign up for Carrd one-page site (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Pro Standard $19/yr (≈$1.58/mo, custom domain)).
  4. Build the first version: follow the steps above, or press “Open in ChatGPT/Claude/Grok” to get help.
  5. Set up payments with Stripe payments (opens in new tab) (No monthly fee · 2.9% + 30¢ per card payment) and put the payment link on your page.
  6. Get customers. SEO: one helpful page per question your customers search for (free).
  7. Get customers. X: post a short demo or before/after every day (free).
  8. Get customers. Reddit: answer questions in the subreddits your customers read; follow each subreddit’s self-promo rules (free).
  9. Offer your first 3 customers a “founding” price for honest feedback and a testimonial.
  10. Charge $29 per claim (flat fee per claim), and ask every happy customer for one introduction.
Monthly cost$0–$38/monthFree tiers → paid plans of the tools above. Card fees come out of each sale.
What you could earn · EstimateEstimate: 20 claims a month × $29 = $580/moOur estimate, not a fact or a promise. It’s simple math if you land these customers at this price.
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What they did

Travelers enter their flight; AI checks the refund and compensation rules that apply and drafts the claim. We designed this business around a problem people post about on X; it is an idea, not a report of an existing company.

How it went

On X, 473 posts matched our search for this problem in the 7 days to 2026-10-15. The 20 top matching posts we checked drew 3 likes, 4 reposts and 24 replies.

Worth knowing

Show fees clearly and say customers can claim directly for free.

Difficulty
BeginnerOur rating
Time to build
Not reportedOur estimate
Monthly cost
Not reported
Revenue
Not reportedWe only show revenue the source states
Engagement
No public countThe source shows no number
X buzz
29.6 · 473 posts in 7 days3 likes, 4 reposts, 24 replies, 4 quotes on 20 top posts · fetched Oct 15, 2026 · query: ("flight cancelled" OR "flight canceled" OR "flight delayed" OR "cancelled my flight") (refund OR compensation OR voucher) -is:retweet lang:en

Posted · Added Oct 15, 2026

Original builder recipe

  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  1. Study the official rules: US DOT refund rules, EU/UK 261 compensation (link official pages).
  2. Build an intake form: flight number, date, what happened.
  3. Use AI to match the case to the rule and draft the claim to the airline.
  4. Track replies and send reminders automatically.
  5. Charge a flat fee or a share of what’s recovered.
  6. Be clear about fees and that customers can claim for free themselves.

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