A retired couple endured 70 hours' of flight delays on a trip where fellow holidaymakers ended up sleeping on the pavement.
John Dawson, 72, and his wife Ann, 65, suffered lengthy delays going to and back from Crete, with the added insult of their suitcases being left behind at Manchester Airport.
Not only where they kicked out of a hotel early, they were unable to get a spirit-raising meal from Wetherspoons and had to wait hours at baggage reclaim, Lancashire Telegraph reports.