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this has nearly happened to me , just once, forty years ago, at atl -delta almost took me to cvg instead of dca. no IT systems back then of course, delta actually depended on its people . remember the commercials anyone?
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Originally Posted by chinatraderjmr
(Post 19585999)
I can just imagine the blame going back & fourth.
Originally Posted by justhere
(Post 19589771)
I bet they blame each other about 4 times! ;) sorry couldn't resist
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Originally Posted by ashill
(Post 19590127)
Well, in that case, the GA typing in the seat assignment manually would not have produced an OK to board note. Obviously not excusing the GA.
+1 That's particularly impressive given that I don't think AA flew DCA-IAH in 2005 (if they ever did), which would mean this passenger was not only on the wrong flight but on the wrong airline! |
Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
(Post 19590416)
Let's not forget the famous example of people thinking they were boarding a flight to Oakland (CA) and ending up in Ackland, NZ.
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Originally Posted by Zomba
(Post 19590580)
And, of course: MHT/MAN (Manchester); PDX/PWM (Portland)
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and Panama City FL vs Panama City Panama.
Years ago, back when the gate agents manually inserted destination cards in slats, Eastern had lots of problems with passengers confusing those destinations |
I could envision someone confusing San Jose CA with San Juan PR. They're both destinations that start with San J something. And isn't there another San Juan in Central America?
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
(Post 19592707)
I could envision someone confusing San Jose CA with San Juan PR. They're both destinations that start with San J something. And isn't there another San Juan in Central America?
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
(Post 19586377)
However, airport monitors tend to list the flights together as Washington-Dulles and Washington-Reagon, so it's a bit hard to not be aware that there are several DC area airports. I still call DCA National rather than Reagon, so that might be a source of confusion.
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I was on a flight from ATL-PFN when someone commented that this plane seemed awfully small to be going to Panama City. It was an ATR-72, and he was actually traveling to PTY.
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Originally Posted by DLFan2
(Post 19593015)
Better stick with "National" because it definitely isn't "Reagon." :confused:
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Every so often an FA will make the announcement before the door closes that this plane is going to (name of city) and to make sure that's your actual destination. I suppose they make these ad hoc announcements based on their own past experiences such as the ones described in this thread. Haven't seen anyone realize they were on the wrong flights after hearing these announcements, but guess it happens from time to time!
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I was sitting on a plane a few weeks ago headed to IAD. I could feel the plane start to descend and took my headphones off just in time to hear we were about to land at DTW. What? That's not where I was supposed to be going! With my headphones on I missed the earlier announcement that we were being diverted for some maintenance. We eventually did make it to IAD.
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Originally Posted by jjdub86
(Post 19595096)
Every so often an FA will make the announcement before the door closes that this plane is going to (name of city) and to make sure that's your actual destination. I suppose they make these ad hoc announcements based on their own past experiences such as the ones described in this thread. Haven't seen anyone realize they were on the wrong flights after hearing these announcements, but guess it happens from time to time!
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Originally Posted by fti
(Post 19593915)
LOL. That was my thought when I first read the post :)
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