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    Sorry if this takes it off topic, but Mel and I got onto a plane a couple weeks ago and we heard a conversation between two men two rows back:

    Man 1: Excuse me, you're in my seat."

    Man 2: "No, 6A. It's mine"

    1: "Can I see your ticket?"

    2: (hands it over)

    1: "You're on the wrong plane. This one's is going to New York."

    2: "OH MY GOD, I NEED TO GO TO CHICAGO!!!!"


    What a dick.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil D.
    Sorry if this takes it off topic, but Mel and I got onto a plane a couple weeks ago and we heard a conversation between two men two rows back:

    Man 1: Excuse me, you're in my seat."

    Man 2: "No, 6A. It's mine"

    1: "Can I see your ticket?"

    2: (hands it over)

    1: "You're on the wrong plane. This one's is going to New York."

    2: "OH MY GOD, I NEED TO GO TO CHICAGO!!!!"


    What a dick.
    How does something like that happen? The gate agent certainly wasn't doing their job, no way would the check in system accept the boarding pass. I can see how someone can be confused though, when I was transfering in YYZ the layout of the gate area was very confusing. I never generally ask where my plane is leaving from but in this case I had to. Silly little Canada people.

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    As funny as it was,it was actually sad. There were several mistakes made in the process, all of them actually security lapses.
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    Thats NK for you!
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    Quote Originally Posted by hiss srq
    Thats NK for you!
    It was actually jetBlue.

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    ok the passenger wasn't even on the right airline?!

    how DID that happen.

    and im asking cause Mel said B6 and they dont fly to Chicago...

    damn your right that is a huge security lapse

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    When i was in Oakland flying jetblue, there were some people that almost got onto our plane, but the gate agent got it, and sent them to gate 9 and not 9A(our gate). Well, i hope he got on the right plane. Reminds me of home alone 2.

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    That's actually exactly what I said when it happened! "It would be funny if the other guy never showed and the guy wound up like Kevin McCallister in Home Alone 2"

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