You missed a 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 the flight - explain how missing your flight affected you - make it clear what you would like the airline to do

Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to lodge a formal complaint about the error
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made by one of your JFK airport employees. The situation has made a great
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inconvenience
to me and
thworted
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thwarted
my plans. I had a flight on the 22nd of March, two days ago. When I arrived at the airport, one of your
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decided to help with my hand luggage, because I had a
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things to lug. He conveyed me to my
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and helped to find the plane. I
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been sitting inside the empty plane for 35 minutes before I found out that it
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wrong plane. To my great chagrin
while
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to find the right aircraft I missed my flight and lost any chances to attend my biology conference in Los Angeles. It was an extremely important event for me
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because I was invited to open the conference and give a talk. I was forced to connect online and
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received
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a lot of
regative
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feedback from my fellows.
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the fact that I have been a platinum member of your
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over the
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ten years, I really hope for compensation. I have a
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with my family next month in Hawaii and want to ask you about one-way complementary tickets for me and my family. I look forward to receiving your response
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soon as possible. Yours faithfully, Michael Fly
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coherence cohesion
Provide more details and explanation about the incident at the airport.
task achievement
Clearly state how missing the flight affected your plans and provide specific examples.
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Use a wider range of vocabulary and more precise language.
grammatical range
Pay attention to verb tense consistency and improve sentence structure.

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