Nobody wants to wait months for a refund cheque.
Especially if that cheque was a loan from a friend in the first place.
Dan Ervin lives in Trail and has been waiting for a kidney transplant for six years; however luck was in Ervin香蕉视频直播檚 favour and a call came in August that a donor was available.
But the clock was ticking, because in order to receive a new kidney, Ervin had to get to Vancouver from Trail within 12 hours.
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The next flight out of the West Kootenay Regional Airport was via Air Canada at the price of $323.53, one-way.
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Unfortunately, before Ervin could board, he received a call from Vancouver informing him the kidney was no longer available and the transplant cancelled.
Understandably upset, the men returned to the Air Canada desk and asked for a refund as the medical flight was no longer needed.
Ervin says they were told a refund could not be issued right away. Instead, they would have to wait for it to be processed at the corporate office, and a cheque would be mailed out.
Now mid-October, he is still waiting for the $323.53 refund.
Being out the money is a real hardship, because by the time Ervin pays rent and food, there香蕉视频直播檚 nothing left to start paying back his friend.
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The Trail Times contacted Air Canada media relations Thursday, the company responded by email that afternoon, citing concern. The email stated the Air Canada Customer Relations team would be in touch with Ervin.
By late Saturday afternoon, Ervin says he has not yet been contacted by Air Canada.