AIR EUROPA LOSES $7,000 WORTH OF WOMAN'S CLOTHES

A Rutgers University student lost her stylish $7,000 wardrobe because Air Europa misplaced her luggage. Aly Abrams, a 21-year-old junior, packed nearly all of her clothes – including $300 knee-high Aldo boots and items from Bloomingdale’s – for a five-month study abroad program in Spain. She boarded a flight to Valencia at JFK Airport. But a snowstorm struck on Jan. 4, sparking chaos that left her stranded abroad with nothing to wear. When she finally got one of her bags back on Jan. 15, it had been ripped open, looted and taped back together. It had traveled to Amsterdam, Ibiza and Madrid before arriving in Valencia. Inside was a lone boot, one half of a bathing suit and a pair of jeans. After months of red tape – including forking over $60 to make a claim about the missing luggage, and filing a police report – the airline offered her just $180 for her trouble. Abrams now wants the airline to pay her $7,000 for the missing clothing.
* She’s also kind of insulted that no one thought the jeans were worth stealing.
* She doesn’t make it easy to work up the sympathy. Maybe if she’d had a dog in the suitcase.
* What college student has $7,000 worth of clothes?
* “You had a $300 pair of boots in there? Yeah … sure you did.”
* If they’re trying to tell us airlines suck, we knew that already.
* Half of a bathing suit? Luckily, Spain has a bunch of nude beaches.