ALICANTE / OSLO (VG) In Alicante, there is a family of four from Hakadal who have been on holiday in Villa Joyosa. The flight home was supposed to leave on Friday, but it has now been canceled.
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When VG contacts the family, they have just arrived at the hotel in Alicante, after taking the train from Villa Joyosa.
Sverre Brekne tells about a very nice holiday that has gone well – until now.
– We originally had a flight home on Friday around half past eight in the evening, but it has of course been canceled.
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He says that the family tries not to worry and that they hope for the best. After receiving the message that the plane has been canceled, one thing goes through Brekne’s mind.
– Right now I need to cool down so I go down to the pool with the boys, then we’ll see what we do. I feel that I do not bother to stand in an eternally long telephone queue.
– It is probably worse for those who do not get on holiday once, or all the football teams that are stuck at home. In that sense, we are lucky, he says.
The family takes it all in stride, since it’s not the worst situation to be in after all.
– But when you want to go home and get things done at the cabin, and when the wife goes to work on Monday, it’s a bit awkward. The boys have also talked about that they are looking forward to coming home to play football.
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Brekne tells VG that he would like more information to be obtained from SAS before the cancellation occurs.
He says that it is difficult to know what to do, and that they have not received information about what to do if the flight is canceled.
– Do you rebook or do you wait? Do you get a refund and what happens to hotels? Maybe they could send out an email with information about what to do, instead of waiting for the cancellation to occur, as it does now.
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Brekne says that they have extended the hotel one more night.
– SAS writes in the message that they will rebook us, but we will see. I hope we do not have to extend more than one more night.
– What do your boys think about you not flying home tomorrow night?
– There are a bit mixed conditions. If there is only one extra day, it will probably go well, but if there are three, the kids will probably be grumpy.
– We’re doing just fine, assa!
But family refuse to let the canceled flight home ruin the end of the holiday.
– It’s a bonus with a few extra holidays in Spain. We start work on Monday, but in the worst case I will probably have to work from here, then. We’re fixing a pool, we’ll do fine too, assa!
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