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British Airways Bitten by Bed Bug Claims
Published November 05, 2015
British Airways is under online fire from an American passenger who says she was attacked by bed bugs on two international flights, the Financial Times reported Thursday.
Zane Selkirk, from Los Angeles, published photos of what she said were bed bug bites she received after flying with the airline. She also described BA's response to her complaints as "unhelpful and unfriendly."
The 28-year-old said her first run in with the bugs was on a flight from LA to London on January 28 -- the first leg of a trip to Bangalore, India -- when she found insects on her fingers, blanket and upper body.
"There were at least four live ones on my shirt, another two crushed on my shoulder, and a blood stain on the back of my shirt where I must have leant back on a full-size [and full-stomached] one," she wrote.
She was moved to a business class seat but she said flight attendants helping her did not apologize.
On the return flight from Bangalore to London, she found dozens of red bites on her after leaving the plane. She said BA customer service staff told her they could not help.
Turning to the internet in frustration, Selkirk published the photos on her website, www.ba-bites.com, which had more than 3,300 views since she put it up Tuesday. She also publicized the site on Twitter.
She said she was not looking for compensation.
A BA spokeswoman said the airline wrote to Selkirk "to apologize for the problems she has described on her trip and reassure her that we take such reports seriously."
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