text: A schoolgirl was left stranded at a busy airport after easyJet refused to let her board its plane - because she was carrying two pieces of hand luggage. Deva Joseph, 14, was reduced to tears at London Stansted airport after being told she would not be allowed to take her flight home to Spain. The teenager offered to pay for the second item to be put in the hold but was told only credit cards would be accepted - even though she is too young to have one. A schoolgirl was left stranded at a busy airport after easyJet refused to let her board its plane - because she was carrying two pieces of hand luggage (file picture) She even offered to leave the bag at the airport as she begged to board the 7am flight to Bilbao. But the teen, who goes to school in east London and lives with a relative during term time, said her pleas fell on deaf ears. The Daily Mirror quotes her as saying: 'I was sat on the floor crying. I just wanted to get home, but they didn’t care. I was desperate, I was pleading.' 'My phone wasn’t working and I was all alone. It was only thanks to a lovely couple that I could ring my dad.' Deva Joseph, 14, was left in floods of tears at London Stansted airport (pictured) after being told she would not be allowed to take her flight home to Spain . She initially ran into problems when she was unable to squeeze her handbag into her suitcase. The plane left without her and she had to rearrange her plans to fly home the next day. Deva's father Stefan Joseph, of Santander, northern Spain, described easyJet as 'a disgrace'. The Daily Mirror reports that the airline has since apologised adding: 'Whilst our policy is not to take cash at the gate, we should have made an exception.'
target: Deva Joseph hit problems when she couldn't fit handbag inside suitcase .
  14-year-old left in floods of tears after flight  to Spain left without her .
  Offered to pay for bag to go in hold but was told she needed a credit card .
  easyJet said it should have made an exception to policy of accepting cash .