[Renato]

My 17 year old son went to Fiji on a schoolies holiday last week. Cyclone Evan was due to hit Fiji the day after my son was due to depart Fiji so he was glad he had a booked flight to leave on that day. When the 500 or so kids on the holiday went to nadi airport to fly home Virgin airlines allocated the seats of 11 kids to Virgin staff and left these 11 kids stranded. These kids had booked this holiday almost 2 years previously and did not expect to be treated in this way by Virgin.
After hours of complaining to Virgin management in Australia and the Tour operator arguing with the Virgin staff in Fiji, the kids were booked on a late flight to Melbourne although they needed to get to Sydney. The kids flew to Melbourne, had to stay overnight in a hotel at their ouw expense, then flew to Sydney the next day.
Shame on Virgin Airlines for nearly leaving 11 kids stranded in Fiji with a cyclone on its way the next day. It is appauling that this Airline put adults ahead of children and took booked seats from children to give to their staff.