Not least in view of the acknowledgement that "at times it was difficult for you to obtain clear information from either our teams on duty, or our Terminal Customer Information Screens" (difficult indeed, at least for the first 3 hours or so...), I don't intend to make 'further fuss' on this occasion...
My message to Eurotunnel of 25 Feb 2015:
Dear Sir/Madam
No doubt you are aware that there was 'chaos' at Eurotunnel in Calais on Sunday evening, with the result that my return journey was delayed by no less than 6 hours overall. Obviously, the situation resulted in considerable inconvenience.
I was advised to write to customer.relations@eurotunnel.com regarding adequate compensation.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslations.uk
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Automated reply from Eurotunnel:
Dear Customer,
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Further reply from Eurotunnel of 4 March 2015:
Thank you for your email.
Firstly, please allow me to express how sorry I am to hear that you were affected by the delays to our Calais to Folkestone service when you travelled with us on the 22nd February; I am aware how inconvenient this delay would have been and how frustrating this is when you have made plans to travel at a specific time, only to face such a delay.
Under the circumstances, it does not seem fair that you should pay for this journey and I have arranged for a refund of the affected leg to be made to the card used for payment; this will appear back on your account within fourteen working days.
I am aware that due to the technical system failure we had experienced, at times it was difficult for you to obtain clear information from either our teams on duty, or our Terminal Customer Information Screens. An internal investigation is currently underway to establish the exact cause for this failure, and I would once again like to express my sincere apologies for the disruption you and your party faced. The system failure, together with the additional challenge of many customers arriving late due to the severe problems on the French motorways, meant that we faced an extremely challenging situation throughout Sunday evening and into the early hours of Monday morning.
Due to the number of contacts we have received, in order to ensure a prompt response to all customers, we are unable to comment specifically on all of the points you have raised in your e-mail; please rest assured however that your feedback will be used in our internal investigation.
I very much hope that when you next travel with Eurotunnel le Shuttle, our service lives up to the high standards you are entitled to expect from our service.
Kind regards,
Yves Szrama
Customer Experience Director
customer.relations@eurotunnel.com
