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Jo Wood slams EasyJet after being kicked off overbooked flight

Jo Wood, the former wife of Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, has lashed out at EasyJet after being kicked off…

Jo Wood slams EasyJet after being kicked off overbooked flight

Jo Wood with Ronnie Wood (Photo: Facebook)

Jo Wood, the former wife of Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, has lashed out at EasyJet after being kicked off an overbooked flight from Spain to London.

Jo and her partner Paul Scarborough were booked to fly from Murcia in Spain to Gatwick in London earlier this week with the low-cost airline, when they discovered that EasyJet only had one seat for them both, reported Daily Mirror.

"I arrived at Murcia Airport, checked in, had no luggage, went through security and had my boarding pass. Just before we were about to go onto the plane, they pulled us aside. because I was with my fella, and said 'one of you can get on and one of you has to stay'," Jo says.

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"I said 'hold on a minute this is ridiculous, I bought my ticket three weeks ago, why should we stay?' We've bought our tickets. And they said they had overbooked.

"I reckon it's because we had no luggage, we were easy to take off. I was furious because I had to get back for work the next day. They didn't stand there and ask who would come off the flight! Nobody said that – they just took us aside." 

Jo, 62, and her 53-year-old partner ended up paying to fly home on a later flight on Ryanair instead.

An EasyJet spokesman said, "We were sorry to hear of Miss Wood's experience and would like to sincerely apologise for the inconvenience.

"While there was one seat available, we understand that she wanted to fly with her travel companion. We have been in contact with Miss Wood directly to apologise.

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