Is DXB/DBX the IATA code most mistaken on FT?
 

It's the weekend, I am avoiding work and the inner obsessive is rearing his ugly head...

Any other airports out there that people mistake the codes for so much that even Google says that "DBX" is Dubai International...? And has anyone ever ended up in the wrong place because of the wrong booking code....? There are some horror stories on various boards I think of people who have done that, but any FTers willing to own up?

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Dubai International Airport IATA: DXB

Lots of people have used DUB on here for Dubai.

That`s true; many people believe DUB(Dublin) is the code for Dubai (DXB).

Or SAN (San Diego) is the code for San Francisco (SFO).

A staff member working at one of the travel agencies I go to told me that my flight connects in "Orlando" as opposed to "Chicago"!

She thought ORD was the code or Orlando when in fact it was for Chicago O'Hare.

DXB is the code for Dubai, but DBX is the code for Dubia (sic).

GOA --- Genova
GOI ---- Goa , India.

I once had my bags tagged to MUM (Mumias airport, Kenya) instead of BOM(Mumbai) by a junior check-in agent on Egypt air. Lucky that his supervisor caught it and re-tagged the bags to BOM :)

DUB DXB
 

+1, I myself almost fell to this early in my flying years.

The JHB/JNB one for Johannesburg.

AKL = Auckland, New Zealand
AUK = Alakanuk, Alaska, USA

I've seen AUK used in error for Auckland several times.

We've heard some stories about destination mistakes made by travel agents. But it was more like same city, different country (like Paris-TX instead of Paris-France), and not IATA code mistakes.
Baggage tag mistakes should be rare now, as they are printed from PNR.

Otherwise, other mistakes concern date/time.
For example : forgetting to add one day for a flight departing 00:10, or forgetting to subtract one day (departure) for a flight arriving +1.

LAS (Las Vegas and LAX (Los Angeles)

It's not just FT. When booking an award flight back to DUB (TK miles, LH metal) I was told there was no flight at the time I had found and no availability on any other flight that would get me there in time. Indeed there were no seats to DXB, the next call center agent confirmed that my preferred flight to DUB was available.

I've never been able to work out how people mix up DBX and DXB. Do they think its like LAX or PDX or something?

I once had a check in agent at SIN routing SIN-HND-GMP, try to check bags through to SEL.