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United Airlines flies woman to San Francisco instead of France
United Airlines has found itself apologizing yet again, this time for sending a French woman on a 3,000-mile trip in the wrong direction. Lucie Bahetoukilae was recently scheduled to fly from Newark, N.J., to Paris, but instead found herself flying to San Francisco after she was inadvertently allowed to board the wrong plane, reports WABC. According to Bahetoukilae, who speaks only French and allowed her niece to speak on her behalf, the airline changed the flight’s gate at the last minute, and… (www.foxnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
In addition to the gate agents and flight attendants, they might want to take the folks from IT to the woodshed as well. Why didn't the scanner refuse to accept the boarding pass? Humans make mistakes all too often, but the technology should detect them better than this.
Maybe she was going the long way 'round and just got off before reaching Paris. ;-)
this is actually very odd..boarding passes issued at the ticket counter (you have to have one to go through security)or at a kiosk are issued by the name and flight number,and the reservation indicates the itinerary..if she was going to france, and not to sfo,her boardingpass would have indicated the destination and the gate reader would not have accepted it..then theres that little thing about having to show and confirm a passport to fly internationally, in order to even get a boarding pass..somethng is not right here..she didn't "inadvertently" board the wrong flight and go to sfo instead of paris...
The inconsistencies on the people herding side of part 121 travel never cease to amaze me. One week, we are told a story of a person ticketed, checked-in, and boarded being physically removed from their seat, and the next, we hear of a person "Mr. Magoo-ing" onto a flight set to depart half way around the world in the opposite direction without even being given a half-dirty look. What are all those computer/boarding pass scanner thingies for anyway?
Food for thought...
I might book my next trip to Paris, TX to see the Eiffel tower for real.
So much for a travel ban if the gate agents decide to allow buffet style travel.
Like the reality show, wife swap, we could have a show called "Mix and Match Family - Travel Edition."
Food for thought...
I might book my next trip to Paris, TX to see the Eiffel tower for real.
So much for a travel ban if the gate agents decide to allow buffet style travel.
Like the reality show, wife swap, we could have a show called "Mix and Match Family - Travel Edition."
But, where did they send her luggage?
Technically, they should have been removed from the original flight as it was an international flight and the rules are positive bag matching. If the owner doesn't get on the flight then the bags are removed. They probably stayed in "Joisy"
That assumes it wasn't lost.