EasyJet selects 3-year-old girl for involuntary offloading after airline overbooked flight

A 3-year-old girl was selected for involuntary offloading from an EasyJet flight after the airline overbooked it. Chloe Meacock had been with her family on a Thomas Cook package holiday to Mallorca. The trip included flights on EasyJet. Thomas Cook advised them to check in ahead of reaching the Palma airport before the flight home to Liverpool, but the family were unable to do so. Chloe's mother said: “When we got to the airport they told us that because we hadn’t checked in online they had re-sold Chloe’s seat and that she might not fly.” When tour operators such as Thomas Cook sell packages with “third-party” airlines doing the flying, there is usually an understanding that their customers will not be involuntarily denied boarding due to overbooking <br/>