Man fined £1500 for one way ash chaos car hire
22.04.10
A passenger stranded in Portugal is facing a £1500 fine after driving a hire car to his home in Coventry in order to get home after this flight to Birmingham Airport was cancelled due to the ash cloud. A spokesman for his car hire company said the fee was ‘standard’ for one way journeys, covering expenses for returning the vehicle to its country of origin.
Paul Stidworthy, from Coundon, was on a family holiday in the Algarve when his flight home was cancelled. When he took the car he had hired in Portugal - we assume a left hand drive Portuguese registered car - to Budget Car Hire at Birmingham Airport he was told he would be charged £1500 under the terms of his rental agreement.
Mr Stidworthy said he had looked for alternative ways to get his family home, after flights to the UK were suspended on Thursday due to the Icelandic volcanic eruption. He told the BBC: ‘I have been advised to try and negotiate with the hire car company at Birmingham Airport but things are still up in the air at the moment.'
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