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Claiming a refund for a missed connection

Real life · Buying tickets

Claiming a refund for a missed connection

Your goal: Claim a refund for a missed connection and negotiate a full one.

  • B2
  • 8 turns · about 7 min

You talk to: Customer service officer

Phrases you will need

  • I missed my connection.
  • They were booked as a single journey.
  • I'd have expected a full refund.
  • Would it be possible to get a reference number?

A spoken scene: sound plays only when you press a speaker.

  1. Before you start, read the scene's goal and the useful phrases.
  2. Read the other person's speech bubble.
  3. Choose the most natural reply, or complete the missing word in it.
  4. After a wrong reply you see why at once; at the end you can read the whole conversation again.
How to play? Scoring and details
In this set
Yesterday's delays ruined your journey. Go to the customer service desk and make your case politely but firmly.
This game reads words aloud
This scene can be read aloud: Emma (British accent) reads the other person, Heart (American accent) reads the natural reply. Sound plays only when you press a speaker button, at a pace that suits your level.

The other person's line comes as sound only at first. Press the speaker, listen and reply; show the words if you need them.

Scoring
Your answers are checked; at the end you see your score, your mistakes and the right answers.
With a keyboard
Keys 1, 2 and 3 choose a reply; Enter continues the conversation.