<sigh> if only there was a Pan Am desk.

At SFO, I once overheard a couple ask how to get to OAK as fast as possible, as they hadn't bothered to check which airport was listed on their ticket. I thought this was riotously funny. My partner, who has less travel experience, was more sympathetic.

Paul Marcelin-Sampson
Santa Cruz, California, USA

I don't think that's a rookie flyer mistake.. i think that's a stupid one period.

A young woman that worked for me had two humorous events happen to her while she was flying.

The first occurred when she was in line to check in at the gate. An elderly woman in front of her was asked if she wanted an aisle or window seat. After a few seconds of reflection, she answered. "I'll have an aisle seat, please. I don't want my hair to get messed up."

The second occurred in the early 90's when the airlines were having wars to get people on the planes. The prices were so low that there were many first time flyers. A gentleman in front of her was pushing a "call flight attendant" button over his head and saying in a loud voice "I'll have a Coca Cola, please." The flight attendant came running down to help him and explained that he did not have to scream at the button, etc. She decided to get him the Coke, even though it was not at the scheduled time to do so. It seemed like it would be a lot easier. When she returned with the Coke, he asked, "how much is that?" She said it was complimentary. He answered, "can I have a six-pack, then?"

My brother is not a rookie flyer, but he did make a funny comment that I think you'll enjoy.

I took him on a trip to San Francisco once and we had a layover in Atlanta. While there, we visited the Crown Room which he had no idea existed. He ordered a couple of beers and asked how much it costs. The reply of course, was that they were complimentary.

Upon arrival to San Fran, he said let's stop in the Crown Room before we get our bags, and once again he ordered a couple of beers.

When we were getting our luggage, he said, "I think we need to spend some serious time in that Crown Room every night. My god, what a great deal." Here he was in San Francisco, and his idea of fun was to spend each night at the Crown Room.

Ah, free beer. Does it really get any better than that? OT, but reminds me of my first tour of the Coors facility in Golden, CO in 1976. As we were led to the tasting room at the conclusion of the brief tour, the hostess invited us to return for a couple free cold ones anytime. She refered to the hospitality room as the Colorado School of Mines campus lounge. :D

My first time in first class was in 1971, shortly after graduating college with no assets and $6,000 in student loans. After landing the two others traveling with me, who were more experienced and knew I was a drinker, asked me why I didn't order a drink. I answered, because there is no way I was going to pay those prices.

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I didnt over hear this, i said this. it was a couple years ago and my first international flight. i was bumped and was told i was going to fly out msp-lgw on nwa in world business class. now i know there is a first class, but didnt know there was a different name when flying international. i asked the ga, what is WBC, he replied first. oh, i felt about two feet tall. but it all turned out good, i got 700.00 in ticket vouchers and a ug to wbc. it is the ONLY way to fly.

I did this once in New York (and gotta feel like I'm not the only FTer who has). I had flown into JFK and never looked at my ticket when departing and just had the cab take me back to JFK. When I got to the ticket counter, the agent was like "ummmmm... you're not leaving from this airport, you've gotta go to LaGuardia".

But... I've always shown up on the right day for my flights! :D

A flight attendant once told me that she was asking people if they were comfortable sitting in the exit row in case of an emergency and if they could assist if needed. She asked the passangers to read the safety card and then one of the guys sitting in the exit row actually tried to open the emergency door to see if it would actually open.

Was on a shuttle bus on Sun. going to the Joint Service Open House air show at Andrews AFB, and the women behind me were talking about the big merger between "United Airways" and "American Western" for a couple minutes.

Not long ago, was traveling for work with a colleague who was describing flying out of National out of terminal A, and how it was on someone like jetBlue. If only jetBlue flew from DCA...

Goes to show that most people have no clue what airline or type of plane they are on...

Did it once with LGA and EWR. The gate agent told me I was the 3rd person that day she'd dealt with who showed up at the wrong airport. Happens all the time I'm sure in So. Cal, NYC, SF Bay, Miami and anywhere else where there is more than 1 major airport within a metro area.

My frequent travel partner never has any idea what type of plane he's on. Once I tried at least to get him to see the difference between a 747 and other planes by pointing out the hump in the fuselage. He said, "I never noticed that before. They have an upstairs???" He then said something like, "I thought there were only two types of planes--some with one aisle and others with two aisles." And he flies all the time!

:rolleyes:

Not a stupid question, but the ultimate wrong airport mistake.

http://www.bdb.co.za/shackle/articles/wrong_sydney.htm