Originally Posted by
tomhuber2003
I did that once -- DRIVING!
I was flying into ROC but had to drive to Elmira (100 miles or so). Well, one time going back to ROC I programmed my GPS to Rochester and off I went (I had only driven 3 or 4 times so I didn't know the area and all of mid NY looks the same). After about 2 hours I was thinking "I should be seeing Genesee signs about now..."
I looked at my GPS and it said I had 45 hours left or something -- programmed for Rochester MIN!!
I called the airline,l got a later flight (and a laugh) and turned the damn car around -- all told 5 hours driving.
Sorry for your misfortune but that's my favorite story here!
I've thankfully never boarded the wrong flight, but I have seen others. But they've always caught it during the destination check. "This is UA XX to XXX- if XXX isn't your destination, you're on the wrong flight." So the guy 1 row behind across the aisle freaks out that he should be going somewhere else. Except the plane was already moving! So they had to head back to the gate, wait, open the door, and then "re-fuel" the tiny bit they had used