Tara Moss frustratingly reveals all FIVE of her flights back home to Canada have been cancelled

Canadian-born model Tara Moss has detailed her frustrations of being ‘held hostage’ in Australia following five flight cancellations. 

The crime author, who has dual Canadian and Australian citizenship, arrived in Sydney with her husband Berndt Sellheim and daughter Sapphire, 9, in early March with just a single suitcase for what she intended to be a short work trip. 

However, Tara, 46, has explained to The Sydney Morning Herald that five months later she is still staying at her second home in the Blue Mountains after shelling out tens of thousands of dollars to get her back home to the west coast of Canada.  

Speaking to the publication, Tara explained: ‘We had to make some hard decisions fast. No one quite knew what was happening, or how things would be impacted, or for how long.’

Tara and her family first had their flights back to Canada cancelled in May, then the following month in June and later in July.

They persevered by booking flights for September and October, which have both been cancelled too.

Didn’t see it coming! The crime author, who has dual Canadian and Australian citizenship, arrived in Sydney with her husband Berndt Sellheim [pictured] and daughter Sapphire, 9, in early March with just a single suitcase for what she intended to be a short work trip

With one flight, Tara paid a Japanese airline a whopping $10,000 to get her family home after seeing evidence of incoming and outgoing flights. 

However, four days later they cancelled, and the client that booked the flight for the brunette was informed there would be a refund fee, even though the cancellation was in no part Tara’s fault.      

She said: ‘If you are trying to get somewhere, you can find thousands or tens of thousands of your dollars sucked up by airlines who won’t refund or won’t even give you access to credits so you can book.

Cancellations: Tara has explained that five months later she is still staying at her second home in the Blue Mountains after shelling out tens of thousands of dollars to get her back home to the west coast of Canada

‘The whole system is deeply flawed for consumers.’  

Determined to get back to Canada, Tara has booked three itineraries with two different airlines – twice direct and once via a travel agency.

Air Canada failed to give her a full refund for cancelling her flight, offering her credit for the return leg of her original ticket.   

A lot of money: With one flight, Tara paid a Japanese airline a whopping $10,000 to get her family home after seeing evidence of incoming and outgoing flights – only for it to be cancelled four days later