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Originally Posted by craz
(Post 22058938)
Problem is places like IAD where 1 gate will serve several flights, although you get scanned at different areas , its the same pathway to say 3 different flights. Or even with some jetways where turn right for 1 flight, left for another. So you can still get scanned at the proper place but make a wrong turn and good-bye.
At least @ IAD they do most times have several people at each cutoff asking either where are you flying to or telling you this plane is going to XYZ is that your destination.And other times no one is down there at all I've been through that UAX nest at IAD for numerous years and what I have always done is upon arriving into the plane, I confirm the destination with the flight attendant. |
Originally Posted by nuspieds
(Post 22063149)
I've been through that UAX nest at IAD for numerous years
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Originally Posted by canalskater
(Post 22057754)
I just got off UA 1552 SAN-EWR. As we were preparing for landing the passenger beside me turned on his phone and asked "Are we landing in New York?". He was flying to Houston and had got on the wrong plane. His flight was supposed to have left from the gate beside us in SAN. Ironically our flight was full and his seat number for SAN-IAH was the only empty one on our flight.
How can this happen in 2013? Especially as they seemed to have extra security in place in the SAN airport this morning. "Welcome aboard this flight to JFK. If your destination isn't JFK, well, it is now..." |
Originally Posted by flyerbjorn
(Post 22063344)
I once got on a plane where the FA announcement went something like this:
"Welcome aboard this flight to JFK. If your destination isn't JFK, well, it is now..." |
Great story!
How deluded was this guy? Did he not get suspicious after say 3+ hours flight? I like the Sidney vs Sydney confusion as reported by the 2nd largest German news magazine SPIEGEL. German only ... but translate will do... and the story is simple. Guy wanted to visit his girlfriend in Australia and booked a cheap ticket to Sidney and only got suspicious when he was asked to board a turboprop in Oregon .... for what he though was a tanspac to come... |
Reminds me of one time coming home to LA from Vegas on (IIRC) Hughes Airline (remember the flying banana). There was one passenger who was obviously drunk on this sold out flight. As we were pulling away from the terminal, the FA announced "Welcome to flight ??? to the Hollywood/Burbank Airport". This guy screams at the top of his lungs "THE HOLLYWOOD/BURBANK AIRPORT!?!?!". He was on the wrong flight. Everyone broke out laughing. They turned back and let him off. We didn't mind. Never forget that.
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Originally Posted by weero
(Post 22064692)
I like the Sidney vs Sydney confusion as reported by the 2nd largest German news magazine
<snip> German only ... but translate will do... and the story is simple. Guy wanted to visit his girlfriend in Australia and booked a cheap ticket to Sidney and only got suspicious when he was asked to board a turboprop in Oregon .... for what he though was a TPAC to come... No, it's not an urban legend, and according to this story it happened before :eek: |
Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
(Post 22060526)
The famous incident was a person IIRC at LAX trying to go to OAK who misunderstood the local regional accent and boarded a flight to AKL. That would be an expensive ticket home!
Dallas and Dulles, we get a lot of that......foreign accents are a challenge for all involved......"sir do you mean Dallas, TEXAS or Dulles, VIRGINIA ?" usually met with a blank stare..... but we always figure it out. Just remembered a time when I worked in cargo......."what are you shipping?"......the answer was rocks. Me: "Like in stones, boulders ?"......Him: Yes. Me - after looking at the shipment -- "Oh you are shipping RUGS". Him: Yes, rocks. |
Originally Posted by Mr. Bean
(Post 22062040)
What a hilarious thread. Thanks UrbaneGent for that honest story; this should be in TalkMail for sure :D :-: ^
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UA flies to both SPI and SGF from ORD. I've never had someone board the wroing plane for that, although people routinely try to board the flight at the gate when they have boarding passes for the next departure at the gate. In most cases it is becuase they haven't adjusted their watches to time zones or are oblivious to the fact that an RJ takes 25 min max to board vs 1:25.
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Originally Posted by EmailKid
(Post 22064742)
Well, I'll trump you with the story of an English couple who though they got a great deal to Sydney and got a shock when they got off the plane at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.
"Why the heck do I need a passport? It's in the same state!" It turns out he actually wanted to go to Provincetown (on Cape Cod, MA). |
Originally Posted by Often1
(Post 22058842)
Bet you UA comps the reroute. But, it shouldn't. Despite the FT view that individuals bear no responsibility for their own conduct, there's a reason for departure boards, monitors, gate announcements and the like.
If we have to get serious about this, things can get confusing at airports, with gate changes, plane changes, delays etc. And how many of us haven't at some point arrived at an airport in a state one level above or below zombie? Even though the passenger does have some responsibility (a lot of responsibility, actually) to navigate themselves through the airport and onto the right plane, there are so many ways for the airline to catch someone who's in the wrong place at the right time that I suspect they (the airline) would be as embarrassed about things as the passenger, and the mutual state of embarrassment would result in as pleasant-as-possible parting of the ways. Everybody apologizing, no hard feelings, passenger ends up where they're supposed to and if an overnight is required, a hotel voucher is kindly supplied. Smiles all around in the aftermath. No compensation per se but lots of goodwill by all parties. |
Originally Posted by LaserSailor
(Post 22058191)
Come on, this is FT. Do you get miles for both flights, plus compensation??
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Originally Posted by craz
(Post 22058938)
Problem is places like IAD where 1 gate will serve several flights, although you get scanned at different areas , its the same pathway to say 3 different flights. Or even with some jetways where turn right for 1 flight, left for another.
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Oh, it happens all the time on AA. Just ask Kevin McCallister. :D
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