A traveller from New York has been left bemused after thinking he booked a flight to Sydney, Australia but ended up in Sidney, Montana instead. New Yorker Kingsley Burnett, who is originally from Jamaica, was looking to travel to Sydney, Australia but ended up mistakenly booking a flight to Sidney, Montana.
According to Black Enterprise, Burnett said he didn’t think anything of it since Billings, Montana, some miles away from Sidney, is a common connector for Australia travelers.
However, once he saw the size of the plane at NY’s LaGuardia Airport, questions started going through his head. “I saw the little plane with, like, nine passengers and wondered, “‘How is that going to get me to Australia?’” Burnett said. He boarded the plane, regardless, but realized it was a huge mistake.
According to Inside Edition, Sidney, Montana, has about 6,000 residents versus Sydney’s population of 5.3 million. “I had to find out for myself that Billings, Montana, would only take me to Sidney, Montana, where there are no kangaroos waiting to welcome Mr Burnett,” Burnett joked.
Thank goodness Burnett has a sense of humor. While he couldn’t partake in his dream vacation, the Jamaica native found out what was special in the “Treasure State” and spent one night in Billings. An American Airlines employee, Carol Castellano, according to Fox, helped him get back to New York as no flights were flying to Australia.
It was an honest mistake that he hopes won’t happen again. Burnett has the perfect solution for the mishap. “It’s a matter of acronyms, Burnett said, according to Inside Edition. “The S-Y-D as opposed to S-D-Y. Somebody has to fix that.” Burnett is ready to try again. According to Inside Edition, he has already rescheduled his trip to the correct Sydney for June 13.
