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Last Tuesday you flew from New York to Paris. When you arrived home, you discovered that you had left your cabin bag on the plane. Write a letter to the airline. In your letter, you should explain: • where and when you lost your bag • what your bag looks like • what its contents were Begin your letter as follows: Dear Sir / Madam You should write at least 150 words. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

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I am writing
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 letter to report the loss of my cabin bag on the airline. My flight was on 21st April from New York to Paris at 8:00AM. The flight number was A222 and my Seat Number was B68. The
last
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 time I saw my suitcase was while placing it on the top of my seat in the aisle. After that, I forgot to take that out and
checked
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 out without taking it out. I didn’t even realize until I reached home, which was too late to contact the cabin crew. The briefcase was one of
the
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apply
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Charles & Keith’s latest collections. It is a black coloured trolley bag, wrapped in
blue
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a blue
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 cover. The material is leather mixed with polyester and it was fabricated pockets on each of its sides.
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, there are two scratches on the
back side
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 of the backpack; one on the top-left corner near the handle and the other in the middle. It is highly important for me to find it as it has all my valuables, including credit cards, work’s confidential documents, office keys and a MacBook.
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, it has key chains, $700 cash,
makeup
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a makeup
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 kit and some medications. Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to
hear
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 from you soon. Yours faithfully, Ishita Grover

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The Greeting

Depending on the style and aim of the letter, you will need to adapt your greeting.

Always start an informal letter in the ways:

  • Dear + name
  • Hi / Hello + name

‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.

For a formal letter there are two options for the greeting:

  • Use Dear Sir or Madam if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to.
  • Use Dear + surname if you do know their name, e.g. Dear Mr Smith or Dear Mrs Jones.

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