You missed an international flight due to a problem at the airport. Write a letter to the airline. In your letter: Describe what happened that caused you to miss your flight Explain how missing your flight impacted you Clearly state what you would like the airline to do Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear Sir or Madam,

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Dear Sir or Madam, My name is Danubia Juliao and I am writing to express my dissatisfaction about the
flight
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CVC123 which left the U.S.A.
last
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Sunday, having Vancouver as the final destination.
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, as it was an international
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I arrived 3 hours before my ticket time.
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, at the
last
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minute, the airport announced that due to a problem in their system the information about the flights
in
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the monitors
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wrong.
Surprisely
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Surprisingly
, my
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actually was
departuring
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departing
from another gate, far from the one I was. The airport employees did not take any effort to help me and I missed the
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. After a lot of complaints and discussions, another
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was provided to me,
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, the departure would be at the end of the
next
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day.
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situation brought me a lot of problems, as I was supposed to be in Vancouver on that Sunday to attend an important business meeting, as well as I had to pay for my hotel room and meals. I am expecting to have reimbursed all my financial losses, as well as to hear a good reason for
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whole situation. I await your prompt response. Yours faithfully, Danubia Juliao
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

Linking words are very important in your essay.

To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.

Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

  • firstly
  • secondly
  • thirdly
  • in additional
  • moreover
  • also
  • for example
  • for instance
  • therefore
  • however
  • although
  • even though
  • despite

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