on a flight from Wichita to Dallas, i had the misfortune of sitting next to a guy complaining about how terribly American had treated him.
turns out, he got on the plane at DFW intending to go to Wichita Falls, Texas and not Wichita, Kansas. not only did he not figure it out until after takeoff, but he spent 45 minutes in the airport wondering why his bag and nephew had not shown up!!
anyone who has been in Wichita's Mid-Continent airport can attest to the fact that like many small city airports, there is WICHITA and KANSAS plastered everywhere (whether it's civic pride or a slight inferiority complex is beside the point).
between repeatedly calling the FA "baby cakes" (perhaps suggesting his misrouting was a result of karma), he told me how he was thinking about suing the airline for pain-and-suffering for THEN not putting him on the next (mythical) Wichita to Wichita Falls plane instead of flying him back to the hub!
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by johnsmith:
Still, we arrived in Ithaca and one guy on the plane stands up and asks, "You mean this isn't Vermont?" He had to fly back to NY, then wait for the next flight to Burlington.</font>