Subject: Re: Family is flown 2,000 miles the wrong way

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Subject: Re: Family is flown 2,000 miles the wrong way

Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:27:24 +0100

"William Black" wrote in message
news:g675gn$nc3$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>
> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
> news:1ikj3xj.ejzcfzi0jrgyN%d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk...
>> William Black wrote:
>>
>>> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in
>>> message
>>> news:1iki82s.c199c7pxsptsN%d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk...
>>> > Shawn Hirn wrote:
>>> >
>>> > []
>>> >> Mistakes happen, but I am surprised no one in that family bothered to
>>> >> actually read their boarding passes when they received them.
>>> >
>>> > They claimed to have done that, but said that it simply said "Bodrum"
>>> > and they didn't know it was in Turkey. They knew they were going to
>>> > Lanzarote, but it's not entirely unbelievable that they thought Bodrum
>>> > was just the airport 'on Lanzarote' that they were flying to.
>>>
>>> Didn't they check the flight numbers on their tickets with the boarding
>>> passes?
>>
>> Do you? I don't have a clue what the flight numbers are on flights I
>> take.
>
> The first thing we do is check that the boarding apses agree with the
> electronic ticket itinerary.
>
> Mind you, flying from India a couple of times makes you check everything
> as a matter of routine because, well, people make mistakes...

I think you're in the minority.

I got from the desk, through passport control, security and to the final
gate without realising the numpty on the desk had given me someone else's
(business class) pass.

tim

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