Months before his wife passed of cancer, Thomas Douglas-Woods had booked two trips to Malta on easyJet. Soon after the bookings were made, his wife was declared too sick to travel. Mr. Douglas-Woods wrote a letter to the airline explaining his situation and received no response. It took months of follow up and a story in the Daily Star for the airline (which has a no-refunds policy) to issue a refund and a short apology.

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Young, old, healthy, or not... We never know what the future holds. Being out $2,200 and spending time fighting with an airline can't possibly be part of a healthy way to remember a partner and greave.