A HOLIDAY-MAKER who had to watch as her flight was given away to other customers at the last minute is still fighting for compensation one year on.

Marilyn Bloor, 63, of Forest Way, Loughton, was due to fly back to Gatwick from Paphos, in Cyprus last October with easyJet when she was informed her plane had been given away to another group of travellers.

She said: “Our flight was due 10pm and we waited and waited. Then all of a sudden they called for people on the Manchester flight.

“We were oblivious to what was going on, then they called us over and said 'Sorry your flight's not going. The people going to Manchester have something wrong with their plane so we're taking you to a hotel.'

“They're going home and we're going to a hotel. They took us to the hotel and we were treated like cattle. Our supper was sandwiches in open packets so they were all dry and we had to buy our own drinks.”

Mrs Bloor says when she and her husband arrived at the airport the next day they had to wait four hours for their plane to arrive.

When it eventually did, she claims the head stewardess on the flight came round to people individually and promised them they would be compensated for their experience.

Mrs Bloor said: “She gave us a form with an email address on it, but when we got back we were treated like nobodies. They just stopped replying to my emails, and it just makes you more angry when I've been told that we need to claim.”

Despite receiving limited to no feedback from the cut-price airline, Mrs Bloor said she is still determined in her fight for compensation.

“They said our flight was cancelled but it wasn't- it was used for something else,” she said. “There were just more of them than us so it would have cost them more to house them in a hotel.

“I just don't think this airline should be getting away with what they're doing. My husband needed to get to work the next day, and we all didn't get there until the next night.

“I work for a solicitor's firm and the advice they've given me is to just keep going on. I've been told by many people not to give up so I'm not giving up.”

EasyJet has said it is looking into Mrs Bloor's case and will comment shortly.