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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2014 20:42:55 GMT -1
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Post by ozneil on Jan 12, 2014 21:20:35 GMT -1
Not only them A Few years ago a young Scottish couple decided to go to Sydney for their honeymoon. Being Scottish they hunted round for c heap tickets, needless to say. They got a real bargain  They were somewhat discomfited when they arrived at Sydney Nova Scotia, they did wonder why they were going via Canada. Sydney NS is hardly a world class tourist destination, mostly a fishing & mining town. Every cloud has silver lining the locals heard the sad story and really pushed out the boat for them!!!!! They had an unforgettable honeymoon . They had a ball. |
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Post by notanimby on Jan 13, 2014 7:00:43 GMT -1
Well what do you expect if you are thick, stupid and ignorant?
I've no sympathy for them in the slightest, did tehy not check when buying or even after they received their ttickets what the departure point was?
They obviously looked at their ticket to see what time the flight left.
American Airlines do fly from the UK to points west.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2014 19:17:03 GMT -1
It's funny but sad too but it appears not the first time that this sort of mistake has happened.
Nota, people make mistakes, it happens to the best of us but doesn't necessarily mean we are thick, stupid or ignorant, it just highlights our humanity!
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Post by notanimby on Jan 14, 2014 20:00:23 GMT -1
It's funny but sad too but it appears not the first time that this sort of mistake has happened. Nota, people make mistakes, it happens to the best of us but doesn't necessarily mean we are thick, stupid or ignorant, it just highlights our humanity! There's mistakes and mistakes........ There would have been many opperchancities to verify the information presented as being correct, throughout the whole ticketing process. Booking an airline ticket is an involved affair, you just don't type in Birmingham and leave it at that, it asks you what Birmingham to start with and presents options, you then have to verify that you ave put in the correct details a couple of times. For example if you type in glasgow, it presents a list of glasgows to choose from, all differentiated by their airport abbreviation and country too. A mistake is getting aff the train at greenock central instead of greenock west, despite having a ticket to greenock west. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2014 20:06:01 GMT -1
Yeah, I kinda felt for them too. I'd imagine on seeing such a bargain price flight you'd be kind of over-eager to go clicky-clicky to secure it. And not everyone's as internet-sussed as others, after all. This from the person that pre-internet, tour managed an entire band and crew to the wrong airport in Washington, having not quite read the departure airport details on the tickets in enough detail. I took them to National instead of Dulles. Fortunately the credit card (and capacity!) was good for us all on the next National flight out to NYC, where we were gigging that very night. We just made it  And MOST fortunately, everyone saw the funny side, and didn't dock my wages accordingly  |
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Post by bormes on Jan 14, 2014 20:13:12 GMT -1
I suppose itis a wee bit better arriving at the wrong Airport instead of, Bombing the wrong Airport!!!!
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Post by notanimby on Jan 14, 2014 20:18:34 GMT -1
I've looked at a few air ticket booking sites just now, when you put in Birmingham as your departure point, it gives Birmingham UK as the first option on all the sites I tried ( not just uk based sites)
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Post by notanimby on Jan 14, 2014 20:30:28 GMT -1
I suppose itis a wee bit better arriving at the wrong Airport instead of, Bombing the wrong Airport!!!! You're not speaking from experience are you............ A friend of ours, a very intelligent girl, graduate of Cornell University, was enroute back to Scotland from San Diego just before Xmas, not only did she go to the wrong airport in California, despite having arrived at the or react one, she forgot her luggage, moaned like fek about the taxi not turning up to A&E her to airport, then discovered why when she eventually got there, she was a day early........DOH! She is blonde, ditzy and does a good impression of the lights being but nobody's home. She'll never ever live it down |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2014 17:17:32 GMT -1
I suppose itis a wee bit better arriving at the wrong Airport instead of, Bombing the wrong Airport!!!! You're not speaking from experience are you............ A friend of ours, a very intelligent girl, graduate of Cornell University, was enroute back to Scotland from San Diego just before Xmas, not only did she go to the wrong airport in California, despite having arrived at the or react one, she forgot her luggage, moaned like fek about the taxi not turning up to A&E her to airport, then discovered why when she eventually got there, she was a day early........DOH! She is blonde, ditzy and does a good impression of the lights being but nobody's home. She'll never ever live it down And would you be one of those who will never allow her to live it down? lol |
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Post by notanimby on Jan 15, 2014 17:24:44 GMT -1
You're not speaking from experience are you............ A friend of ours, a very intelligent girl, graduate of Cornell University, was enroute back to Scotland from San Diego just before Xmas, not only did she go to the wrong airport in California, despite having arrived at the or react one, she forgot her luggage, moaned like fek about the taxi not turning up to A&E her to airport, then discovered why when she eventually got there, she was a day early........DOH! She is blonde, ditzy and does a good impression of the lights being but nobody's home. She'll never ever live it down And would you be one of those who will never allow her to live it down? lol Of course, along with her husband, father, mother, step-mother, step-father, brothers and sisters in law - in fact everyone I know that knows her |
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Post by ozneil on Jan 15, 2014 19:42:17 GMT -1
This goes back a long way perhaps 40 years
a BEA flight had just landed at Frankfurt and the pilot had stopped to check airport map for correct Taxiway
Frankfurt Control: " Speed bird 15 Do not stop Proceed immediately to taxiway Romeo"
Speed bird: "Sorry was checking location of Taxiway Romeo"
Control: "you should have checked earlier you have not been to Frankfurt before?"
Speed Bird: "Twice in 1944 but it was dark & we didnt land"
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Post by bormes on Jan 15, 2014 19:47:41 GMT -1
Hahahahaha
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Post by ozneil on Jan 15, 2014 21:59:46 GMT -1
Nother one from way back for Rolo in particular
St Pauls Minnesota Airport cold winters day with gusting cross wind and flurries of snow. Traffic being held up so planes queued on taxiway waiting turn to take off with bored pilots watching take offs and landings and listening to ATC (Air Traffic Control) while waiting.
An old stretched DC8 freighter with a lady captain was coming in and was being buffetted around in the cross winds and having a difficult time getting it right. She pulled off a very credible landing and as she headed for the gate when a very bored drawling voice from a pilot of a waiting plane came on the air saying "Yeahhhh but can she park it!"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2014 22:15:31 GMT -1
Nother one from way back for Rolo in particular St Pauls Minnesota Airport cold winters day with gusting cross wind and flurries of snow. Traffic being held up so planes queued on taxiway waiting turn to take off with bored pilots watching take offs and landings and listening to ATC (Air Traffic Control) while waiting. An old stretched DC8 freighter with a lady captain was coming in and was being buffetted around in the cross winds and having a difficult time getting it right. She pulled off a very credible landing and as she headed for the gate when a very bored drawling voice from a pilot of a waiting plane came on the air saying "Yeahhhh but can she park it!" Sounds like my uncle Larry Reeves, erstwhile old-school captain on Air Canada! I do recall a difficult approach to Minneapolis-St Pauls one November morning many years ago. I was never so glad to see that big beautiful arch when we finally got under the cloud/sleet/hail. We were playing Prince's club that night. He never showed; BSTRD! hahahahaaaaaa! |
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