MARK ALLEN says EasyJet lost the snooker cue he used to win the Player’s Championship with on Sunday.
The Northern Irishman beat Zhang Anda 10-8 in a hard-fought final but his joy appears not to have lasted long.
He took to X, formerly known as Twitter to tell his followers how EasyJet had lost his cue, writing: “9 hours after winning another ranking title and getting to a career high number 2 in the world, @easyJet @swissportNews have lost my cue and both have been worse than useless at providing any information. Nice firms.”
The incident took place when he flew from Belfast to Swissport in Zurich.
Fellow cueist Neil Robertson chimed in to offer a word of advice, replying to Allen to say: “Congrats, but also, Air tags are your best friend.”
The Apple AirTag is a device that allows users to track valuables by attaching a GPS tracking tag to them.
Clearly this wasn’t Allen’s first time experiencing problems with his valuables when flying as he replied: “I’ve got one in my case. I know where it is. They don’t.”
One X user replied to Allen to ask: “Having worked at a large international airport I’m wondering why you didn’t have your cues with you in the cabin? Hope you’ve got back and it’s still usable.”
Allen pointed out to the former worker: “We’re not allowed to take them on board.”
EasyJet have now confirmed that the cue has been returned to Allen, presumably with the help of his AirTag.
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The company apologised to Allen for losing his cue and said: “We are sorry for the delay in reuniting Mr Allen with his snooker cue which we returned to him this morning following his arrival in Belfast yesterday evening.
“We are looking into this with our Baggage Services partner at Belfast as this isn’t the level of service we expect for our customers.”
It’s not the first time a high-profile player has lost his cue recently as one fan pointed out, saying: “What is it with airlines and lost cues? Seems to be a snooker player’s curse.”
He was was forced to go on a 400 mile round trip from his home in Belgium to Frankfurt to retrieve the vital piece of equipment.
