Wrong seat, wrong flight, wrong destination
Oct 29, 2012, 1:58 pm
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The funny thing (or not so funny) would have been if the flight was not full & no one else was assigned that seat. This woman would not have known she was on the wrong plane till she got off & IAD. I can just imagine the blame going back & fourth. She would have blamed DL for letting her board the wrong flight (and she would be right) but DL would have blamed her for being a dumb b... (& they would also be right). Takes 2 to tango 
Oct 29, 2012, 3:13 pm
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Oct 29, 2012, 3:27 pm
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The funny thing (or not so funny) would have been if the flight was not full & no one else was assigned that seat. This woman would not have known she was on the wrong plane till she got off & IAD. I can just imagine the blame going back & fourth. She would have blamed DL for letting her board the wrong flight (and she would be right) but DL would have blamed her for being a dumb b... (& they would also be right). Takes 2 to tango
Oct 29, 2012, 5:47 pm
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Oct 29, 2012, 6:12 pm
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Oct 29, 2012, 6:27 pm
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Oct 29, 2012, 8:31 pm
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Wrong seat, wrong flight, wrong destination
I guess this is the reverse of your story. I was at IAD back in August and was at one of the kiosks. The woman next to me had her email receipt and was fumbling with the kiosk and couldn't get it to print a boarding pass. I glance over and notice she's leaving out of BWI in less than 2 hours. I tell her she's at the wrong airport, and she's so confused.
I have to wonder what she ended up doing because there was a cancellation so I doubt that she was able to get in a flight out of Dulles. At least in this situation, it showed that the kiosks don't print out passes for other airports, because I wonder what the tsa would do. (Though online printed boarding passes could still be taken to the wrong airport)
I have to wonder what she ended up doing because there was a cancellation so I doubt that she was able to get in a flight out of Dulles. At least in this situation, it showed that the kiosks don't print out passes for other airports, because I wonder what the tsa would do. (Though online printed boarding passes could still be taken to the wrong airport)
Oct 29, 2012, 8:56 pm
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The funny thing (or not so funny) would have been if the flight was not full & no one else was assigned that seat. This woman would not have known she was on the wrong plane till she got off & IAD. I can just imagine the blame going back & fourth. She would have blamed DL for letting her board the wrong flight (and she would be right) but DL would have blamed her for being a dumb b... (& they would also be right). Takes 2 to tango
sorry couldn't resist
Oct 29, 2012, 9:34 pm
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In 2005, I was on a flight from DCA-DFW on American. The flight was fairly empty with only about 50% of the seats full. It was the last flight of the night, landing around 10 pm.
As we approached DFW, the pilot announced that we would be landing in DFW in about 20 minutes. The guy behind me rang his flight attendant call button. When the flight attendant came over, he said, "Did they say this flight is landing in Dallas? I'm supposed to be on a flight to Houston!" The flight attendant said, "Yes, this is a flight to Dallas." He repeated, "But, I'm supposed to be on a flight to Houston." The flight attendant said "That's impossible, the gate agent wouldn't have let you board if you were supposed to be on a flight to Houston."
The passenger pulled out his boarding pass -- and sure enough, he had a boarding flight for a flight to Houston and had boarded the flight to Dallas.
He asked the flight attendants if there were any other flights to Houston -- they said no because it was 10 pm. He said he had a big meeting he had to be in Houston for the next day. After we landed, I heard him call a rental car company and was going to drive from Houston to Dallas.
So -- yes, this does happen. And yes, sometimes nobody notices until the passengers are in the wrong city!
As we approached DFW, the pilot announced that we would be landing in DFW in about 20 minutes. The guy behind me rang his flight attendant call button. When the flight attendant came over, he said, "Did they say this flight is landing in Dallas? I'm supposed to be on a flight to Houston!" The flight attendant said, "Yes, this is a flight to Dallas." He repeated, "But, I'm supposed to be on a flight to Houston." The flight attendant said "That's impossible, the gate agent wouldn't have let you board if you were supposed to be on a flight to Houston."
The passenger pulled out his boarding pass -- and sure enough, he had a boarding flight for a flight to Houston and had boarded the flight to Dallas.
He asked the flight attendants if there were any other flights to Houston -- they said no because it was 10 pm. He said he had a big meeting he had to be in Houston for the next day. After we landed, I heard him call a rental car company and was going to drive from Houston to Dallas.
So -- yes, this does happen. And yes, sometimes nobody notices until the passengers are in the wrong city!
Oct 29, 2012, 9:58 pm
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Oct 29, 2012, 10:05 pm
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Oct 29, 2012, 10:25 pm
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In 2005, I was on a flight from DCA-DFW on American. The flight was fairly empty with only about 50% of the seats full. It was the last flight of the night, landing around 10 pm.
As we approached DFW, the pilot announced that we would be landing in DFW in about 20 minutes. The guy behind me rang his flight attendant call button. When the flight attendant came over, he said, "Did they say this flight is landing in Dallas? I'm supposed to be on a flight to Houston!" The flight attendant said, "Yes, this is a flight to Dallas." He repeated, "But, I'm supposed to be on a flight to Houston." The flight attendant said "That's impossible, the gate agent wouldn't have let you board if you were supposed to be on a flight to Houston."
The passenger pulled out his boarding pass -- and sure enough, he had a boarding flight for a flight to Houston and had boarded the flight to Dallas.
As we approached DFW, the pilot announced that we would be landing in DFW in about 20 minutes. The guy behind me rang his flight attendant call button. When the flight attendant came over, he said, "Did they say this flight is landing in Dallas? I'm supposed to be on a flight to Houston!" The flight attendant said, "Yes, this is a flight to Dallas." He repeated, "But, I'm supposed to be on a flight to Houston." The flight attendant said "That's impossible, the gate agent wouldn't have let you board if you were supposed to be on a flight to Houston."
The passenger pulled out his boarding pass -- and sure enough, he had a boarding flight for a flight to Houston and had boarded the flight to Dallas.