Originally Posted by
Geordie405
I had similar in DXB where I couldn't check in online, and instead checked in at the desk at the airport. Firstly the staff were adamant I'd already checked in. When I maintained I hadn't they issued me a BP for DXB - LHR but not the LHR - BRU sector. After getting that issued I noticed that my DXB - LHR boarding pass was for Club World (result - an upgrade) but that the BAEC number was incorrect. They then changed that for me and gave me a new BP.
It was only when I got to the lounge and was asked about checked bags and whether my wife had any (she didn't - I am not married and was travelling alone) that alarms bells sounds and we realised there was a glaring c*ck-up somewhere. It transpired that there were two of us with the exact same name on the flight. My alter-ego was travelling with his wife in J, while the real Geordie405 was in WT+
When I got to the gate I had to surrender the Club BP and be given a new (correct) WT+ one for myself. From speaking to the CSD on board after departure he told me he was very surprised that such a mistake could happen at such a small outstation such as DXB with only 2 or 3 flights a day but that if I had made it on to the plane with the Club BP then he'd have allowed me to remain in Club World and that I would not have been sent back to WT+
You got a lot further into the system than I did!
I was booked onto four flights from JFK-LHR (all within a 2-hour timeframe), waitlisted WTP+ on each. Horribly busy flying week so none of those came up, I was therefore travelling Y.
Or so I thought... Was checked in as a CW passenger. Thought I had bagged a double upgrade due to status (it's happened twice before now, thought it was my luckiest day on a very much needed one).
But not to be. The passenger's surname was the same as mine, absent the final letter. So I hadn't noticed, such is the way it was in my passport. Until, of course, I got to first security pass and the guard said "who is 'xxx'?". I looked baffled, like he was asking me some kind of "are you having an affair?" question. Then it dawned on me...
Had to go back to desk, get jolted back two (as it turned out hypothetical, dang-it) cabins, waste 30-mins sorting everything out (not time in the lounge!) but was kinda ok with it all. The staff were nice about it all too tbf.
So that was that! I'll always check my tickets from now on. Not just for flights either: the dentist today spelled by name incorrectly for a prescription, so I requested he changed it.
Live and learn, eh.