My dad, who went to UC Berkeley in the 60's, told me this story of Auckland/Oakland confusion again and again in the late 70s and 80s, and it is one of the stories I fondly remember as a kid. He always told me that his professor told him the story, so to me, the story is from before 1970.
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Originally Posted by Zudnic
A friend of mine once had a ticket from ORD-TUS (on HP I believe), but showed up to MDW. He eventually found a ticket on NW via MSP and was eight hours late arriving.
Edit:
The wrong-NZ flight was indeed in a Full House episode. A synopsis can be found at this link:
http://www.tv.com/full-house/come-fl...1/summary.html
In addition, when said with a heavy Kiwi accent, 'Auckland' can sound like 'Oakland' to the untrained ear.