Originally Posted by
HeadInTheClouds
I've always wondered what would happen in such a situation. In all my many years of very heavy travel though, this is the first time ever I have read an account of this actually occurring. Glad they found a solution; this could have been ugly.
I'm guessing it's probably happened before. There definitely have been a number of cases of the opposite happening and agents mistakely opening the door for domestic arrivals with an international flight --
https://viewfromthewing.com/airline-...o-jfk-airport/
Obviously this situation would be a bigger faux pas than what happened to OP.