It seems that about once a year or so a news piece comes across the wire about a passenger who books a flight to Sydney and ends up in Sydney, only to find out that it is not at all what they expected. Rather than arriving in Sydney, Australia they find themselves in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Quite a difference there.
As part of our Canadian Maritimes adventure I purposefully booked an open-jaw award ticket. This was partly to ensure that we got to see as much of the area as possible without needing to double back with the rental car when it was time to leave. Just as much, however, it was to be able to fly out of Sydney. On purpose.
The flight was completely uneventful. Nothing special at all. Well, except that a woman in the row behind us was on her first flight ever and it was on a DASH-8 prop that took just about every bump along the way and transmitted it right into the passenger cabin. There were a few yelps at those points.
Soon enough we were in Halifax and ready to connect to our onward flight back to Newark. Not nearly as entertaining as the flight from the "other" Sydney.
Read more of our Maritimes adventures here!
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Remember the guy who went to Auckland instead of Oakland in the mid-80s?
You’ll have to visit Sidney, Nebraska and finish off the list 🙂
@Paul- I’m not sure I’m that desperate to finish it off. 😉
Oh, and apparently it is an issue for Carlsbad, too (CA & NM): http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/blog/busted_racquet/post/Tennis-player-flies-to-wrong-city-for-tournament?urn=ten-wp2401. Whoopsie.