Passenger offers free holiday after T5 bag loss (From Your Local Guardian)

Passenger offers free holiday after T5 bag loss

7:30pm Thursday 10th April 2008

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A BA passenger whose bag was lost after flying from Heathrow's T5 is offering a holiday to whoever finds it.

Michael Birtles, the managing director of European Rail Ltd, is offering tickets on Eurostar Paris - worth £300 - for the safe return of bag before 5pm tomorrow.

“I am the Managing Director of European Rail Ltd, and BA don't have a clue where my bag is, or seem to care.”

Michael Birtles

Mr Birtles explained his bag was lost on T5's opening day after he took flight BA576 to Milan for a trade conference in Aosta.

He said: "I am the Managing Director of European Rail Ltd, and BA don't have a clue where my bag is, or seem to care."

He also complained he had to queue for two hours to report the loss.

The business man initially instructed his bag to be sent on to his hotel, then to his holiday address in Switzerland and now to his home in the UK - but two weeks later it's still missing.

"So, I'll open the hunt to all comers. Find my bag and deliver to my office and you'll get a free pair of standard class return tickets on Eurostar to Paris," he added.

Mr Birtles' BA reference is MXPBA25168 and his email is Michael@europeanrail.com.

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