To make up for the inconvenience of a delayed flight, they gave us a meal ticket!
When we need to "To make up for...Something" we are in a position where we need
to show "with a token of some sort" that we are sorry. we might give flowers...
"To make up for upsetting our partner" and in this case the airline "was at fault"
To make up for the inconvenience of a delayed flight, they gave us a meal ticket!
"To make up for...Something" (何かの埋め合わせをする)必要がある時は、申し訳なく思っていることを示す必要がある立場にいるということです。お花を送る場合もあります。
当社のお客様にご不便をかけたお詫びをすることです。この場合は航空会社に非があります。
例文
To make up for the inconvenience of a delayed flight, they gave us a meal ticket!
飛行機が遅れたことによるご迷惑をかえたお詫びとして、航空会社は食事券をくれた。
That cheapskate airline palmed me off with a meal voucher!
If you are a cheapskate you are a miserly or stingy person; especially one who tries to avoid paying a fair share of costs or expenses. Of course, companies can be described as 'cheapskate' too if they act in such a way.
To palm someone off (with something) means to persuade somebody to accept something that has little or no value or that you do not want, especially by tricking them.
When my flight was delayed the airline gave me a meal voucher.
My flight was delayed so JAL gave me a discount ticket for a meal.
The airline apologised for the delay of my flight and gave me a voucher for a free meal.
There are a couple of ways to explain this. You would receive -
a meal voucher
a discount ticket
meal ticket
voucher for a free meal
And when we refer to who gave this to you it would be from - 'the company', 'the airline', 'the flight crew', 'flight information'.
So putting this together we have -
When my flight was delayed the cabin crew handed out meal vouchers to apologise for the delay.
The company gave everyone a discount on meals to apologise for the delay to the flight.
The airline apologised and gave me a free meal ticket.
いくつか言い方があります。
受け取るのは:
a meal voucher(食事券)
a discount ticket(割引券)
meal ticket(食事券)
voucher for a free meal(食事券)
です。
誰から受け取るかというと:
'the company'(会社)
'the airline'(航空会社)
'the flight crew'(クルー)
'flight information'(インフォメーション)
これを組み合わせると:
When my flight was delayed the cabin crew handed out meal vouchers to apologise for the delay.
(飛行機が遅延したお詫びに搭乗員が食事券をくれました。)
The company gave everyone a discount on meals to apologise for the delay to the flight.
(航空会社が、飛行機が遅延したお詫びに全員に食事券をくれました。)
The airline apologised and gave me a free meal ticket.
(航空会社は、お詫びに食事券をくれました。)
I was given a meal voucher as an apology for the delay
The airline gave me a meal ticket to say sorry for the delay
The flight was delayed so I was given a meal token
A piece of paper that is given to give you a free item is often called a 'voucher', 'ticket' or 'token'
If you are explaining that the airline gave you a meal ticket then you can say 'the airline gave me' as well as 'I was given'
提示すると何かを無料で受け取ることのできる券のことはしばしば 'voucher' 'ticket' または 'token' と呼ばれます。
航空会社が食事券をくれたことは 'the airline gave me'(航空会社からもらった)や 'I was given'(もらった)と説明できます。
my flight was delayed and as compensation the airline gave me a free meal ticket
due to a delay for my flight the airline offered me a free meal ticket as an apology
compensation is the word to describe when there is loss, injury or suffering caused and something, in this case a meal ticket is offered as an apology and to make up for the inconvenience
My flight was delayed so the company provided a meal voucher as compensation.
"Compensation" is when someone who has done something wrong to you gives you something to make it better. A "voucher" is like a coupon and can only be used with that airline. I hope that this helps! :)
I received a coupon by the airline company as a compensation of delay.
I received a coupon by the airline company as a compensation of delay.
航空会社から遅延の埋め合わせとしてクーポンを受け取った
「飛行機の遅延の埋め合わせをする」というのニュアンスを出したかったので、
compensation: 「埋め合わせ」という単語を使いました。
My flight was delayed so the airline company gave me a meal ticket.
I was given a meal ticket because my flight was delayed.
Since my flight was delayed, I was given a meal ticket.
My flight was delayed so the airline company gave me a meal ticket.
I was given a meal ticket because my flight was delayed.
Since my flight was delayed, I was given a meal ticket.
If your flight is ever delayed and you are given a meal ticket in compensation, then you can use one of these three sentences. They all mean the same thing and will be understood the same way. Sorry to hear about your flight and I hope it doesn't happen too often.
I hope that helps.
Have a good day.
Will
"The airline compensated me for the delayed flight with a meal ticket/free meal."
"I got a meal ticket from the airline as an apology for the flight delay."
"The airline compensated me for the delayed flight with a meal ticket/free meal."
"I got a meal ticket from the airline as an apology for the flight delay."
"Meal ticket" or "free meal" essentially refer to the same thing however you would physically use the "meal ticket" to pay for a meal, meaning it is free, where "free meal" just gets straight to the point. Both examples describe the same situation however as you can see the sentence structure is flipped and explained the situation in slightly different ways. Either can be used to get the point across.
As compensation I got a free meal for the delay of my flight.
Because my flight was delayed, I got given a free meal ticket.
The apology from the airline because of my delay was a free meal on them!
Compensation is something you receive from a business when you’ve been mistreated or something has happened that wasn’t your fault. When a flight is delayed for so many hours this can annoy the customers so the airline normally gives their customers something to keep them a bit happier.
Because my flight was delayed, I was offered a complimentary meal ticket.
My flight was delayed, in order to appease me I was offered a meal ticket.
I got a free meal ticket because the flight was delayed.
Use the sentences above to explain that a free meal ticket was issued to you because of your flight being delayed.
This can be a frustrating situation as your plans may now be delayed because of the late flight.
Many places like restaurants and other places that offer services may offer a free meal or item because of any kind of inconvenience caused on the companies part.
"Because of the inconvenience caused by the delayed flight, I was offered a meal ticket."
"I got a free meal ticket because my flight was delayed."
"My flight was delayed so the airline company offered me a free meal ticket to make up for the inconvenience.
appease: make peace with
I got a meal voucher from the airline as an apology.
These two example sentences are very similar in word usages and can be used interchangeably. The main thing that changes between the two of them is who the subject head of the sentence is. In the first, the airline is the subject head whereas in the second, we are speaking in the first person singular with, "I."
To compensate for the flight's delay, the irate passengers were given meal vouchers.
Meal vouchers were handed out to placate passengers who were inconvenienced because of the flight's delay.
1. To compensate for the flight's delay, the irate passengers were given
meal vouchers.
To compensate means to make up for something that you lost, or
have not been provided with. In this instance, passengers would not
be arriving at their destinations when they expected to.
As an apology to its passengers, the airline gave everyone a voucher
for a free meal. This is normally done in order to appease irate (angry)
passengers in the hope that receiving something free would calm them
down.
2. Meal vouchers were handed out to placate passengers who were
inconvenienced because of the flight's delay.
To placate someone means to appease them in the hope that they will
be less angry about a situation that they are finding themselves in.
To be inconvenienced means that you are being put into an
awkward or difficult situation that can create problems for you.
If you're travelling for business and your flight is delayed, it can impact
on potential meetings that you had arranged. If your flight is an
international one, it might mean missing a connecting flight which
can turn out to be a huge headache.
My flight got delayed so the airline gave me a complimentary meal ticket.
When a flight is delayed it means it does not take off at it's scheduled departure time, it takes off after it's scheduled departure time. This can be due to a number of reasons, for example: bad weather, scheduling issues, technical issues, etc. A complimentary meal ticket, is a ticket that you get so you can redeem a free meal on your flight.