Sydney - very disappointing
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2172858.stm

Britons fly to 'wrong' Sydney

An internet booking mix-up has left a young English couple holidaying in chilly Sydney, Nova Scotia, instead of on the sun-kissed beaches of the Australian city of the same name.
Emma Nunn, of Sidcup, Kent, and Raoul Christian, of Charlton, south east London, both 19, bought their tickets from an online travel agent for £740 each.

But after a six-hour flight from London's Heathrow Airport, their flight landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

There is no Bondi Beach in Nova Scotia

Realising they were in eastern Canada, the couple assumed they were "going the long way" because they had booked at the last minute and would soon be arriving in Sydney, Australia.

Mr Christian described the experience as "really, really confusing".

"We thought 'OK, we are going to wait here and a big plane is going to turn up and take us to Australia'.

"But it did not quite happen that way."

The passengers were asked to board a 25-seater plane.

And after just more than an hour they landed in sleepy Sydney, Cape Breton Island, off the north eastern coast of Canada.

'Disappointing'

The former-mining town has a population of just 26,083 and one of the highest unemployment rates in Canada.

Airline officials are arranging for the couple to return to London.

But, in true British fashion, the pair are not ready to write off their summer holiday just yet.

"Obviously it is a big disappointment," Ms Nunn conceded.

"But after it sank in we both said 'let's make the most of what we've got around us'."

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woah..kinda unbelievable....

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Is this really true???

I can't believe that this young couple would have believed it was Sydney Australia, when it was really Canada! Would'nt the holiday and flight details have said so???

Well I'm glad that there making the most of it! BUT would still be quereing the details of the holiday....

Julie

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Natural selection in action...

G

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Muppets....

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LOL - only the English could do that !

And I bet they were furious while they were waiting for forthcoming information and
calmed down once they got it.

(I'm a Brit)

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    | Britons fly to 'wrong' Sydney
    |
    | An internet booking mix-up has left a young English couple holidaying in chilly
    | Sydney, Nova Scotia, instead of on the sun-kissed beaches of the Australian city
    | of the same name. Emma Nunn, of Sidcup, Kent, and Raoul Christian, of Charlton,
    | south east London, both 19, bought their tickets from an online travel agent for
    | £740 each.
    |
    | But after a six-hour flight from London's Heathrow Airport, their flight landed in
    | Halifax, Nova Scotia.
    |
    | There is no Bondi Beach in Nova Scotia
    |
    | Realising they were in eastern Canada, the couple assumed they were "going the long
    | way" because they had booked at the last minute and would soon be arriving in
    | Sydney, Australia.
    |
    | Mr Christian described the experience as "really, really confusing".
    |
    | "We thought 'OK, we are going to wait here and a big plane is going to turn up and
    | take us to Australia'.
    |
    | "But it did not quite happen that way."
    |
    | The passengers were asked to board a 25-seater plane.
    |
    | And after just more than an hour they landed in sleepy Sydney, Cape Breton Island,
    | off the north eastern coast of Canada.
    |
    | 'Disappointing'
    |
    | The former-mining town has a population of just 26,083 and one of the highest
    | unemployment rates in Canada.
    |
    | Airline officials are arranging for the couple to return to London.
    |
    | But, in true British fashion, the pair are not ready to write off their summer
    | holiday just yet.
    |
    | "Obviously it is a big disappointment," Ms Nunn conceded.
    |
    | "But after it sank in we both said 'let's make the most of what we've got
    | around us'."
    |
    |
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    |

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I had a student who was going to Melbourne for an exchange and a travel agent booked
her for Melbourne in Florida (and having been there it is a dive, only famous for
being the birth place of Jim Morrison). The give away for me was the flight times.
She was going west and the time zones didn't make sense, when I checked it out on her
tickets the airport code also gave clues. She complained and got an upgrade to a
proper MEL flight on Emirates.

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    > LOL - only the English could do that !
    >
    > And I bet they were furious while they were waiting for forthcoming information and
    > calmed down once they got it.
    >
    > (I'm a Brit)
    >
    > "newstartnz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2172858.stm
    > |
    > | Britons fly to 'wrong' Sydney
    > |
    > | An internet booking mix-up has left a young English couple holidaying in chilly
    > | Sydney, Nova Scotia, instead of on the sun-kissed beaches of the Australian city
    > | of the same name. Emma Nunn, of Sidcup, Kent, and Raoul Christian, of Charlton,
    > | south east London, both 19, bought their tickets from an online travel agent for
    > | £740 each.
    > |
    > | But after a six-hour flight from London's Heathrow Airport, their flight landed
    > | in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
    > |
    > | There is no Bondi Beach in Nova Scotia
    > |
    > | Realising they were in eastern Canada, the couple assumed they were "going the
    > | long way" because they had booked at the last minute and would soon be arriving
    > | in Sydney, Australia.
    > |
    > | Mr Christian described the experience as "really, really confusing".
    > |
    > | "We thought 'OK, we are going to wait here and a big plane is going to turn up
    > | and take us to Australia'.
    > |
    > | "But it did not quite happen that way."
    > |
    > | The passengers were asked to board a 25-seater plane.
    > |
    > | And after just more than an hour they landed in sleepy Sydney, Cape Breton
    > | Island, off the north eastern coast of Canada.
    > |
    > | 'Disappointing'
    > |
    > | The former-mining town has a population of just 26,083 and one of the highest
    > | unemployment rates in Canada.
    > |
    > | Airline officials are arranging for the couple to return to London.
    > |
    > | But, in true British fashion, the pair are not ready to write off their summer
    > | holiday just yet.
    > |
    > | "Obviously it is a big disappointment," Ms Nunn conceded.
    > |
    > | "But after it sank in we both said 'let's make the most of what we've got
    > | around us'."
    > |
    > |
    > |
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    > |
    > |

You should try actually booking a flight - on expedia, ebookers and lastminute it's almost impossible to find the other sydney.

I still say they're muppets - it's a shame they weren't one-way tickets. Improve the average UK IQ rating why dont you?

Stressed Mouse (T-12 days... Argh!!!)

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Anon E Mouse <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Muppets....
You're being unfair, Kermit the Frog would never have got caught out like that.
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