Last week you were on a flight to London. Unfortunately, when you got off the plane, you left a bag there. You did not remember about the bag until you got to your hotel. Write a letter to the airline. In your letter explain what has happened describe the bag and its contents say what you would like them to do about this problem

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Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to you in regard of my luggage have been lost during the flight on March 10th. I was hoping that you could help me find it. Going to London from Frankfurt, I took a handbag with me on board, put it on a shelf under my head. Since I had a 3-hour straight flight, I decided to sleep. Unfortunately, due to the bad weather
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I was not able to relax.
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, I was exhausted leaving the plane and, by mistake, left my
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on it. It is a small brown
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with a gold Calvin Klein logo on its right side. It contained some of my clothes, a book Mystery of Madam Hopkins and, what is the most important to me, my laptop. The computer is extremely valuable to me because there is my speech on it which I have to present during tomorrow's conference. As you understand, I urgently need my
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back. I am staying in the Central hotel and would appreciate
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you could find the
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and return it to me as soon as possible. I look forward to hearing from you
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your earliest convenience. Yours faithfully, Olha Yevtushenko.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Unfortunate incident
  • Flight details
  • Distraction
  • Valuable possessions
  • Sentimental value
  • Lost and found procedure
  • Safe return
  • Compensation
  • Assistance
  • Gratitude
  • Follow-up
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