He apparently had a round-trip ticket, and they canceled the entire itinerary (but keeping his money), while he was aboard the first flight. So he had to re-book and pay (again) for the second one-way ticket to get home.
I would have had my lawyer purchase the new ticket....
13 posted on 03/12/2015 5:27:18 AM PDT by trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)