One family spend more than £1,500 on extra accommodation, taxis and flights to get back to the UK.
BBC News, East MidlandsJohn Gillespie's son and other children resting on suitcases following the travel chaos caused by the IT outage
Tui said it had to cancel 32 flights across 10 UK airports, including East Midlands Airport at Castle Donington, Leicestershire. "Thankfully we had accommodation, but people were sleeping on the airport floor and didn't have money to book another hotel - it's dreadful." The delays ended up costing £400 for an extra night in a hotel, £65 on taxis in Greece, £800 for flights and £260 on a taxi home from Stansted."Tui still hasn't provided us or other passengers with an update, and are still yet to confirm our original flight home."Another family, Claire and Simon from East Leake, Nottinghamshire, had been due to return on the same Tui flight with their four-year-old son Joshua.
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