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tweet by Melanie Balke: If you're having a bad day just remember that the Salzburg airport has a counter for people who flew to Austria instead of Australia
Edit: Dang it's fake
It's actually an ad, there is no counter for people mistaking Austria and Australia.
Paywalled article.
Yeah not very cash money
"Although it is true that people sometimes confuse Austria with Australia, we have never heard of a single passenger who landed in Austria instead of Australia in error," a spokeswoman from Salzburg Airport told The Local.
Maybe no one wanted to admit it
When I was in the service, one guy booked his return flight off of a 96 and flew to Jacksonville, FL instead of Jacksonville, NC. He had all kinds of fun trying to get out of an AWOL charge.
No shit I lived in Australia for a while and there was a Dutch stoner I used to hang with who booked a flight to Melbourne Florida instead of Melbs Oz.
tbh I'd say this is the americans fault for stealing city names all the time
americans fault for stealing city names all the time
Half of Aus place names are lifted straight from the UK.
Classic example:
And
You're a good op for adding that edit
Put another Apfelstrudel on the barbie.
90's dude at LAX heard the boarding call for Oakland and ended up in Auckland.
And they made him get right back on a return flight to LAX. Ouch.
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