The present document determines the General Terms and Conditions of Contracting the claims service to be subscribed between the company RECLAMATRAVEL, S.L. (CIF B-98911894) with registered office at C/ Juan de la Cierva, 10 - office 7, 46980 - Paterna - Valencia, and registered in the Mercantile Registry of Valencia page V-176311, page 20, volume 10286, and the passenger affected by an incident on a flight as contemplated in Regulation (EC) 261/2004, or where appropriate, the legal representative of said passenger, here in after the customer.
1. SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CONTRACT AND CLAIMS PROCEDURE
1.1. RECLAMATRAVEL, S.L., henceforth RECLAMATRAVEL, will carry out the procedures for claiming from airline companies, both in extrajudicial and judicial proceedings, any compensation payable to any person who has been an airline user as a result of non-compliance or defective compliance with the obligations incumbent on the airline in cases of delay, cancellation, denied boarding due to overbooking, missed connections and other incidents, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 261/2004. Henceforth, the claimable incident.
1.2. Claims services contracted against airlines will be carried out under a regime of assignment of rights by the passengers affected by the claimable incident to RECLAMATRAVEL, henceforth the assignor. Contracting thereof implies acceptance of both these Terms and Conditions, and of the credit transfer with all its attachments or, failing that, a representation agreement, which is generated through this website.
1.3. Once the travel agencies have entered the claimable incident the information through the form established for this purpose on the website, RECLAMATRAVEL the travel professionals will assess the viability of the claim and, if necessary, will initiate the appropriate legal proceedings against the airline. Consequently, RECLAMATRAVEL the right to withdraw from any claim considered unviable is reserved, and you will be notified in due course.
1.4. RECLAMATRAVEL does not guarantee the success of the claims it makes, but undertakes to take all the steps within its power to redress the rights of customers as users of the companies affected by a claimable incident. This being so, RECLAMATRAVEL will not be held liable for steps taken by the customer on their own behalf, such as sending letters and fax messages, or signing documents it was not involved in drafting. RECLAMATRAVEL.
1.5. The maximum liability it will have RECLAMATRAVEL with regard to the services provided under this agreement will be limited to the amount of fees agreed-upon for the service that gives rise to such liability and it shall not be liable for any consequential, special or incidental losses, damages or expenses of any kind, even when notified of their possible existence.
1.6. By accepting this document, the customer undertakes not to reach any agreement with the airline responsible for the claimable incident, unless they compensate RECLAMATRAVEL as indicated in point 2.5.
1.7. In case of files of groups of travelers whose total compensation exceeds 2,000.- euros, RECLAMATRAVEL will initially present it before the corresponding court, and in the event that it requests payment of the court fee; RECLAMATRAVEL will give customers the option of being able to choose between filing a claim with the corresponding payment of the legal fee by the customers, or the possibility of filing various claims of less than 2,000.- euros without having to pay a fee some, assuming the clients the risk of obtaining disparate resolutions for the same group.
1.8. When it is necessary to go, inevitably, to the Portuguese jurisdiction to be able to prosecute a file, the Portuguese court fee of 102.- euros per file must be paid, so RECLAMATRAVEL will contact the client to see if they are willing to pay said rate or, on the contrary, prefers that the case be closed without success and without the client or the agency owing anything to RECLAMATRAVEL.
2. FEES AND PAYMENT METHOD
2.1. By accepting the assignment of credit, the client will never advance any amount for management fees or expenses for the claim of the incident and will receive financial compensation once it is successful. RECLAMATRAVEL will only receive its management fees and expenses in the event that the claimable incident is successful and is collected effectively. In this case, the fees that RECLAMATRAVEL will receive are detailed in the following table table
2.2. In the event that the airline offers to pay an amount less than that claimed, RECLAMATRAVEL will contact the client to decide if they accept or not this payment. In case of receiving only a part of the compensation, the calculation of fees will be made proportionally based on the total amount received.
2.3. RECLAMATRAVEL will not accept that the claim be satisfied in kind (for example, travel discount vouchers), but that all compensation must be received in money. When the claim is not satisfied in money but in kind (for example, travel discount vouchers), with the client's consent, RECLAMATRAVEL will have right to receive a remuneration in money equivalent to 25% plus VAT based on the value of the payment in kind that the assignor has accepted.
2.4. Once the amount paid by the airline is in the possession of RECLAMATRAVEL, it will proceed within 45 days to settle the compensation obtained from the client prior withholding of fees and taxes described in section 2.1. previous, issuing the corresponding invoice, as long as said amount can be related to the reference number, in the case of not being able to relate the payment of the company with the reference number., RECLAMATRAVEL The client must have previously provided a current account number, IBAN and SWIFT of the bank where the deposit must be made. RECLAMATRAVEL will not be held responsible for damages resulting from the receipt of incorrect bank details by the Client. In addition, RECLAMATRAVEL reserves the right to withhold, on the total amount of compensation to be paid, transaction costs to foreign accounts. In the event that the Client has not provided their bank details, RECLAMATRAVEL will make 4 attempts to communicate with the Client within a period of 6 months from via email, to receive said banking information. If the Client does not provide the bank details during that time, RECLAMATRAVEL reserves the right not to grant the amount of compensation after one year from the first notification about the success of the claim and application for the bank account.
2.5. After 14 days from the transfer of rights of the claimable incident in favor of RECLAMATRAVEL, if the client reached an agreement with the airline, Apart from the negotiations of RECLAMATRAVEL , it will have the right to receive a remuneration that will correspond to 25% plus VAT of the amount claimed from the airline, plus 50 euros plus VAT per customer for management fees. The client must transfer the resulting amount to the account that RECLAMATRAVEL designates for that purpose.
2.6. In the event that it is necessary to go to court and there is a sentence expressly condemning the airline company to pay costs, these will be collected by RECLAMATRAVEL. The client will only receive the amount paid by the airline as compensation once the management fees and expenses previously expressed in this point have been deducted.
2.7. RECLAMATRAVEL reserves the right to, once all the information and documentation provided by the client has been studied, withdraw any claim against the airline that it considers unfeasible.
2.8. In the event that the claim against the airline is unsuccessful, the transfer of rights herein will be free, that is, the customer will not receive or pay any amount.
2.9. If the client has formalized an agreement with RECLAMATRAVEL through a travel agency or other corporate agreement or travel insurance, the payment options may be different depending on the individually agreed terms. However, in no event shall the combined total for out-of-court and judicial proceedings exceed the combined total of out-of-court and judicial proceedings described above.
3. OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES.
OBLIGATIONS OF THE CUSTOMER
3.1. The customer guarantees the existence and legal ownership of the credit arising from the aviation incident suffered on the flight in question and that they transfer it to RECLAMATRAVEL, as well as ensuring that they did not receive any compensation prior to signing the transfer in this respect, under penalty of fraud and/or forgery. Likewise, the customer commits to not reach an agreement with the airline after signing without the participation from: RECLAMATRAVEL.
3.2. By signing the credit transfer/power of attorney contract, the customer hereby assigns RECLAMATRAVEL a credit claim, thereby transferring their claim against the airline for having suffered an air incident in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 261/2004 and the Montreal Convention. This credit transfer/power of attorney will include both the power to both claim and collect any amount derived from the claim made by RECLAMATRAVEL on their own behalf.
3.3. Once introduced the claimable incident through the form on the website of RECLAMATRAVEL, the customer agrees that to transfer the handling of the claim in full to RECLAMATRAVEL, meaning that if the airline attempts to contact the customer or to offer any kind of agreement, RECLAMATRAVEL should be immediately informed and the airline should be notified that all negotiations should be handled with RECLAMATRAVEL. If the customer breaches this commitment and accepts and/or receives compensation (in cash or in kind) from the airline, they will inform RECLAMATRAVEL and pay the fees established in section 2.5. of this document, under all circumstances.
3.4. The customer must provide RECLAMATRAVEL with all the information and documents relating to the incident for which the claim is made, via the online platform provided for this purpose, so that the viability of the claim can be assessed. When required by RECLAMATRAVEL, the customer will provide the original documents in their possession. Additionally, the customer is committed to ensuring that such information is accurate and complete, under penalty of perjury, and in the contrary case RECLAMATRAVEL will be released from any obligation to the assignor, and may freely withdraw from the contract with the assignor.
3.5. the customer is responsible for the authenticity and accuracy of the account number with its corresponding IBAN provided to RECLAMATRAVEL through the website of RECLAMATRAVEL.
OBLIGATIONS OF RECLAMATRAVEL
3.6. RECLAMATRAVEL commits to pay the customer the compensation received from the airline, minus the fees agreed upon and described in section 2 of these Terms and Conditions, and within the time limits indicated in section 2.4, unless otherwise agreed as part of individual terms and conditions with travel agents, corporate agreements or travel insurance agreements. The period established in the aforementioned agreements will never exceed 60 days from the moment the amount paid by the airline to Reclamatravel's account is received..
3.7. RECLAMATRAVEL will bear all expenses, fees and costs that may accrue during processing of the claim, with no amount whatsoever being passed on to the customer.
3.8. In the event that RECLAMATRAVEL transfers the right to collection of the claimable incident to a third party, RECLAMATRAVEL it will continue to be liable to the customer for the obligations arising from the transfer.
4. RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL
4.1. The customer has the right to withdraw from the credit transfer contract without just cause within 14 calendar days of signing the contract, without incurring any fees.
4.2. Once this period has elapsed, within the first option, the exercise of the right to withdraw from the assignment contract will be valid. There will be a cost for the client equivalent to 25% plus VAT of the amount claimed from the airline, plus 50 euros plus VAT for management fees. The payment of this amount to RECLAMATRAVEL will be made within 14 days of exercising the right of withdrawal, paid to the bank account designated for that purpose by RECLAMATRAVEL.
4.3. In order to exercise the right of withdrawal, at any time, the customer must inform RECLAMATRAVEL of their decision to withdraw from the contract by sending an unequivocal statement by email: juridico@reclamatravel.com, before the 14-day period established for this period has elapsed. They may also exercise their right of withdrawal by sending an express statement to the following postal address:
RECLAMATRAVEL S.L.
C/ Juan de la Cierva, 10 - despacho 7
46980 - Paterna (Valencia) – 46001
Spain
5. DATA PROTECTION
5.1 APPLICABLE LEGISLATION
RECLAMATRAVEL complies with the legislation in force in Spain and the European Union, specifically Organic Law 15/1999, of 13 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and its implementing provisions, in particular Royal Decree 1720/2007, of 21 December, which approves the Regulation of Organic Law 15/1999, and only collects and processes personal data provided by the customer within the framework established by this data protection statement. For this purpose, RECLAMATRAVEL adopts the technical and organisational measures necessary to prevent the loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorised access and theft of the personal data provided by the client, taking into account the state of technology, the nature of the data and the risks to which it is exposed.
5.2 SECURITY
RECLAMATRAVEL has adopted the levels of security for the protection of personal data required by the Implementing Regulation of Organic Law 15/1999, on the Protection of Personal Data (RD 1720/2007). Additionally, it seeks to implement additional technical means and measures to prevent the loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorised access and theft of the personal data provided.
As part of the process of entering a case into the online form, the client will be assigned a username and password. The customer is responsible for keeping the assigned password confidential, as well as all activities that occur in any session initiated with that username and password. Accordingly, the customer commits to immediately inform RECLAMATRAVEL of any possible unauthorised use of the assigned username and password, or of any other security breach. RECLAMATRAVEL will not be liable for any damage or loss that may occur as a result of the customer's failure to comply with this obligation.
5.3 DATA COLLECTION
The data provided by the customer to RECLAMATRAVEL will be incorporated into a personal data file that is duly registered with the Spanish Data Protection Agency. Communicating this personal data implies the customer’s express acceptance of the inclusion thereof in the appropriate file. Failure to communicate or incomplete communication of the obligatory data makes it impossible to provide the service and, therefore, leads to termination of the transfer contract.
RECLAMATRAVEL will use the customer's personal data for the sole purpose of processing the claim against the airline. Additionally, this personal data may be used to send communications to the customer related to providing, improving and updating services, including those related to the status of the claim.
RECLAMATRAVEL will not transfer the personal data provided by the customer to third parties, except when such a transfer is made to companies that collaborate with RECLAMATRAVEL and provided that the following conditions are met:
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When the customer has given their consent.
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When it is necessary for the preparation, negotiation and fulfilment of a contract with the customer.
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When it is necessary due to a legal obligation or an administrative or judicial requirement.
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When it is necessary in order to substantiate or protect a legal right, or to defend against a claim of any kind.
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When it serves to prevent abuse or any other illegal activity, such as premeditated attacks against systems that ensure data security.
5.4 RIGHT OF ACCESS, RECTIFICATION, CANCELLATION AND OBJECTION
The data provided by the customer to RECLAMATRAVEL will be stored in a file. Pursuant to Organic Law 15/1999, of 13 December, on the Protection of Personal Data, the customer will have the option to exercise their ARCO rights (Access, Rectification, Cancellation and Opposition). For this purpose, the customer may contact RECLAMATRAVEL either by email or by post to the following addresses:
E-Mail: juridico@reclamatravel.com
C/ Juan de la Cierva, 10 - despacho 7
46980 - Paterna (Valencia) – 46001
Spain
6. COOKIES
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7. INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
All elements subject to protection under intellectual and industrial property legislation that are accessible on this portal, including logos, images, drawings, brands, documents, computer programmes, etc., correspond exclusively to RECLAMATRAVEL or their legitimate owners, and all rights to them are expressly reserved. The portal also reserves all rights to the content, information, data and services it holds thereof. The portal does not grant any licence or authorisation for use to users of its content, data or services, other than that expressly detailed in these Terms and Conditions.
Consequently, the creation of hypertext links to any integral element of the portal's web pages (links) is fully and expressly prohibited without the express authorisation of RECLAMATRAVEL provided they are not to a web page of the portal that does not require identification or authentication for access, access is restricted.
8. FINAL PROVISIONS
8.1. RECLAMATRAVEL reserves the right to modify and/or establish new Terms and Conditions at any time. The customer will be notified via the website www.reclamatravel.com; the customer will not be notified personally. These modifications will enter into force as soon as they are published on the aforementioned website.
8.2. The Terms and Conditions described herein will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the Laws of Spain. Any disputes that may arise from these Terms and Conditions will be resolved in accordance with the general rules established by the Spanish Civil Procedure Act and regulations applicable to consumer and user relations.
