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
Dear Sir or Madam,
I would like to claim compensation for the missing
flight
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due to
a strike at the first Linking Words
airport
of arrival on my connected flights.
A day ago, I took a Use synonyms
flight
from Cairo to Milan and must have boarded another Use synonyms
flight
to my destination, Paris. Both flights were provided by your airline, Use synonyms
that is
Alitalia. I had a tight connection Linking Words
time
, and the transfer Use synonyms
flight
should have been made within two hours. Unfortunately, Use synonyms
airport
personnel went on strike, Use synonyms
therefore
the aircraft turnaround Linking Words
time
by parking, offboarding and waiting for the Use synonyms
airport
apron reached roughly an hour and a half. In no Use synonyms
time
I run to the gate of departure through the Use synonyms
airport
to meet the check-in Use synonyms
time
, but I missed it and was not allowed to proceed with the boarding.
I must notice that Use synonyms
due to
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this
,incident I missed my concert in Paris, where I had to be a conductor of an orchestra. Linking Words
Moreover
, now I am obliged to pay a penalty for the disrupted concert.
I tried to claim compensation at the Linking Words
airport
, Use synonyms
however
, your airline representative was not sure whether I am eligible for it or not and advised me to write you a letter. In Linking Words
this
regard, I would like you to consider my claim.
Yours sincerely,Linking Words
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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