The Queen of Hearts

Typo Turns Romantic Visit Into Traveling Nightmare

Tobi Gutt, a 21-year-old German tourist, wanted to visit his girlfriend in Australia for New Years. He booked a flight online and packed his t-shirts for the summer weather. He was so eager to see her. In fact, he was in such a rush that he didn't notice that he'd accidentally typed "Sidney" instead of "Sydney" into the travel website when making his plans. And he didn't realize it until he had traveled, oh, just a little bit out of the way:

Gutt's airline ticket routed him via the U.S. city of Portland, Oregon, to Billings, Montana. Only as he was about to board a commuter flight to Sidney -- an oil town of about 5,000 people -- did he realize his mistake. "I did wonder but I didn't want to say anything," Gutt told the Bild newspaper. "I thought to myself, you can fly to Australia via the United States."

Poor Tobi spent three days at the airport in Billings before his family and friends sent him enough money to buy a new ticket.

I guess it could happen to the best of us...

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posted by Queen of Hearts @ 03:24