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What to do if your flight’s cancelled and you’re in the departure lounge

March 9, 2017 by Gretta Schifano 8 Comments

Walking in the Italian Alps. Copyright Gretta Schifano

‘I’m calling a taxi and I’m going home’, said my son, 14. ‘You can’t’, I said. ‘Why not?’ said my son. ‘Because we’re in the departure lounge and there’s no way that you can get out’, I explained. We were at London Gatwick airport, and we’d just found out that our flight to Italy had […]

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