A father has claimed his family were forced to go on their £4,000 holiday without him after airline staff 'tore his passport' then said it was 'too damaged' to travel.
Jimmy Gould, 48, was 'excited' to fly with his girlfriend Zowie Buckley, 35, his three kids and extended family to Lanzarote, Spain, for seven nights from East Midlands airport on Monday 28 July.
However he said check-in staff would not let him through as his passport was 'damaged'.
A sticker from a previous flight was ripped off by a member of boarding staff, he claims, causing the 10mm tear on the data page.
Staff told Jimmy the document was too 'damaged' so he couldn't board, meaning the father-of-three was forced to leave his 'crying' kids and girlfriend to jet off without him.
