{"id":86194,"date":"2022-06-02T15:32:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytravelleader.com\/?p=86194"},"modified":"2022-06-02T15:32:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:32:55","slug":"pensioners-in-12-hour-trip-end-up-back-to-gatwick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytravelleader.com\/travel\/pensioners-in-12-hour-trip-end-up-back-to-gatwick\/","title":{"rendered":"Pensioners in 12-hour trip end up back to Gatwick"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The group from Kent, aged 75 to 92, each paid £675 for the break, which included an easyJet flight to the Isle of Man from Gatwick.<\/p>\n
But high winds forced the crew to land in Manchester and three-and-a-half hours later the flight was cancelled.<\/p>\n
The 53 OAPs were flown back to Gatwick, but were told there was no hotel accommodation and the next flight was in three days.<\/p>\n
EasyJet refused to refund the flight cost because the wind was beyond its control, but has offered to pay reasonable expenses.<\/p>\n
Organiser Eileen Booker, 77, left, said: “It was disgusting the way we were treated. Other planes were landing on the Isle of Man. Why they chose to abandon us I don’t know.”<\/p>\n
EasyJet said it was “reaching out” to Ms Booker to apologise for the group’s ordeal.<\/p>\n