Uma ungaluthandi uhambo lokuhamba ngomkhumbi ungamangalela “ukulahlekelwa yinjabulo”?

Esinqumweni senkantolo esashaqisayo uCunard, uTerence kanye noCynthia Milner, baseLeeds, bamangalele uCunard ngoba bebenganelisekile ngohambo lwabo lokuvakashela iNdlovukazi uVictoria ngoJanuwari 2008. AbakwaMilners bathi uhambo lwabo lolwandle lonakaliswe yisimo sezulu esibi, ukuqwasha nokuqwasha ebusuku. izinkinga ezihlanganisa izilonda emlonyeni kanye nobunzima bokuphefumula.

Futhi baphumelele: Inkantolo yase-Yorkshire yaklomelisa abakwaMilners £22,000 ngomonakalo phezu kwembuyiselo ka-£48,240 yeholide labo lokuhamba ngomkhumbi. Umbhangqwana wakhokha u-£59,052 ngohambo lwawo lomhlaba wonke lokuvakashela iNdlovukazi uVictoria. (Ngemali yase-US, uhambo lwemikhumbi lwase-Milners ekuqaleni lwalubiza cishe u-$100,000; bathole u-$36,000 womonakalo futhi bathola imbuyiselo ecishe ibe ngama-$80,000).

UCunard uyathandeka.

Umbhangqwana umangalele uCunard "ngokulahlekelwa yinjabulo". Umbiko wephephandaba i-Yorkshire Post ucaphuna ummeli wakwaMilners, uSarah Prager, etshela ijaji lenkantolo yesifunda ukuthi incwajana kaCunard yenza abafundi bakholelwe ukuthi babebhukha “isipiliyoni sokuphila konke”.

“Esikhundleni seholide eliwubukhazikhazi, elingenaso ingcindezi, abamangali bathola isipiliyoni esicindezela kakhulu bevaleleke emkhunjini bengenayo indawo yokuhlala ekahle,” kusho yena. Uphinde wabika ukuthi uMnu Milner uzichaze “njengosesimeni esibi” futhi yena nomkakhe bobabili “babekhathele futhi bengaduduzeki” ngemuva kweholide.

ENdlovukazini uVictoria, izinkinga zabakwaMilners zaqala lapho iphansi lekhabethe labo liqala ukuguquguquka ngomsindo oshisayo esimweni sezulu esibi lapho umkhumbi ususukile eSouthampton. Banikezwa enye indawo, ikhabethe elingaphakathi elifakelwe ukusetshenziswa ngabakhubazekile, kodwa babe sebethuthelwa endaweni yokulala ene- butler, lapho bavunyelwa khona ukuba bahlale kuze kube i-Los Angeles (i-suite ibibhukwe e-LA)

Ngokwemibiko yemithombo yezindaba yaseBrithani, abakwaMilners bathi bazizwa "bevaleleke" endlini yokugezela. Phakathi kwe-Los Angeles ne-Honolulu, babuyela endlini yabo yokuqala, enomsindo.

AbakwaMilners baluqede uhambo lwabo kusenesikhathi, e-Honolulu, lapho bahlala khona amasonto ayisithupha endaweni yokungcebeleka esezingeni eliphezulu futhi bagcina sebebuyela eBrithani ngomkhumbi i-QE2 (kungenzeka ukuthi abazange bazizwe “bevaleleke” emkhunjini omdala, omncane).

Umklomelo owumphumela ubamangazile bobabili uCunard kanye nababukeli bemboni ngokujwayelekile. Ngaphandle kokuthi laba bashadikazi babuyiselwe u-£48,240 ku-£59,052 ababewukhokhele uhambo lomkhumbi, inkantolo yanikeza uNkk Milner u-£2,000 ngezindleko zokugqoka ezimoshiwe (uCynthia Milner ucashunwe kakhulu emaphephandabeni ahlukahlukene aseBrithani esebenzise u-£4,300 ezimpahleni ezingama-21 zebhola ngaphambilini. uhambo, akukho nalunye alugqokile njengoba ngokusobala luyisikhumbuzo esingamukelekile sosizi lwakhe). Baphinde baklonyeliswa ngo-£7,500 umuntu ngamunye ngenxa yokucindezeleka nokudumala kanye no-£2,500 umuntu ngamunye ngokulahlekelwa inani leholide.

Okhulumela uCunard uthi inkampani ayivumelekile ukuphawula ngalo mklomelo, njengoba icala lisaqhubeka. Nokho, isitatimende esisemthethweni simemezela ukuthi: “UCunard uludlulisele eNkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala lolu daba ngoba lubangele izinkinga ezithile zomthetho ezidinga ukucaciswa futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukuthola lokhu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.”

UChristopher Lundie, omele uCunard, ucashunwe yi-Yorkshire Post ethi lo mklomelo “ngokweqisa ngokusobala” futhi kungenzeka ukuthi ukhuthaze isenzo senkantolo esiqagelayo naphezu kwezingcingo zokuthi amademeshe okuphoxeka nokucindezeleka kufanele abanjelwe futhi abe nesizotha. Uphakamise ukuthi izinga elilungile lesinxephezelo laliphakathi kuka-£2,000 kuya ku-£3,000.

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Despite the couple being refunded £48,240 of the £59,052 they had paid for the cruise, the court awarded £2,000 to Mrs Milner for wasted clothing costs (Cynthia Milner is widely quoted in various British newspapers as having spent £4,300 on 21 ball gowns before the voyage, none of which she has worn as they are apparently an unwelcome reminder of her ordeal).
The Milners ended their trip early, in Honolulu, where they stayed six weeks in a luxury resort and eventually sailed back to Britain on the QE2 (they presumably didn’t feel “trapped”.
A Cunard spokesman says that the company is not allowed to comment on the award, as the litigation is ongoing.