Originally Posted by ButIsItArt
If you ever run into him, you can raise a glass with that poor bloke several years ago who, intending to board a domestic flight to Oakland, boarded an NZ flight to Auckland...but didn't realize his mistake until it was too late
He was coming from the Air New Zealand flight from London (which goes via LAX) to Auckland. So he'd have his passport with him. I remember an interview with him:
Q- When did you realise that you were on the wrong flight ?
A- I was always surprised that Air New Zealand flew to Oakland from LAX, but when the F/A said the flight would take 13 hours, I knew I'd made a huge mistake...
But ANZ handled it wonderfully !