"We Paid GH¢28,000": Nigerian Family Nearly Loses Money for UK Flight Ticket Due to Mistake in Travel Date

"We Paid GH¢28,000": Nigerian Family Nearly Loses Money for UK Flight Ticket Due to Mistake in Travel Date

  • A lady said she nearly lost GH¢28,000 after paying for a flight ticket to the United Kingdom, UK
  • The lady said her mother-in-law was supposed to travel to the UK, and a flight ticket was bought from Turkish Airlines
  • The flight ticket to the UK cost about N1.8 million, but they nearly lost the money because her mother did not travel on the specified date

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A Nigerian lady paid for a UK flight ticket for her mother-in-law, but the N1.8 million fare was nearly lost.

The lady, Olubukola, posted a TikTok video to narrate the experience after her mother-in-law arrived in the UK via Turkish Airlines.

Nigerian mother who flew to the UK to see her daughter.
The lady said she nearly lost N1.8 million flight ticket. Photo credit: TikTok/@olubukolatv and Getty Images/Aaron Foster.
Source: UGC

Nigerian lady pays GH¢28,000 for mum's flight ticket but nearly lost it

Olubukola said she paid $2450, a little over N1.8 million, for her mother-in-law's flight ticket, but the woman did not travel on the date specified. This was because of an error which they did not take note of.

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Because of her inability to make the journey to the UK as planned, she had to pay the airline an additional $200, which is about N153,000. She said the money was a "no-show" fee. That way, they did not lose the money they had earlier paid.

The airline was kind enough to upgrade her ticket to a business class as against the economy she had paid for.

A video showed her mother-in-law rolling on the floor to thank God after she arrived in the UK.

Olubukola captioned the video:

"We nearly lost $2450 on flight ticket. Don't make this mistake."

Watch the video below:

Nigerian man buys fake flight ticket

In a related story, YEN.com.gh reported that a Nigerian man paid for a flight ticket and later discovered it was fake.

The man booked a flight that would take him from Lagos, Nigeria, to Toronto, Canada, but he was not allowed to board.

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Grandma Shasha told The story on TikTok and said the man bought the flight ticket from a travel agent for N1.3 million.

The man arrived at the airport to board the flight to Canada with his packed luggage, but he was told his ticket was fake and he was heartbroken.

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