When touring, there’s at all times a concern of attending to the airport and realizing that you do not have correct identification to get on the flight, whether or not it is a driver’s license or a passport for worldwide journey.
However one Frontier Airways passenger went by safety to get on a flight from Philadelphia to Jacksonville, Florida, and someway ended up in Jamaica — and not using a passport.
Beverly Ellis-Hebard advised native outlet ABC 6 that she makes use of Frontier as a result of she flies to her second house in Jacksonville each six weeks.
Ellis-Hebard took a last-minute toilet break and was rushed to board her flight. Whereas measuring her carry-on within the baggage sizer, she lower her arm and a flight attendant rushed her to board as she tended to her wound.
As soon as on board, the flight attendant that was serving to her bandage up then joked that she would have the ability to calm down in regards to the incident as soon as the airplane acquired to sunny Jamaica.
Besides, it wasn’t a joke.
“I laughed. I mentioned ‘I’d like to be going there however I’ve a seashore the place I dwell,'” Ellis-Hebard advised the outlet. “She mentioned, ‘Take a look at me. This airplane goes to Jamaica.’ And I knew by the look on her face she wasn’t joking.”
Fortunately when the flight landed, Jamaican authorities allowed her to remain on the jetway till she was capable of board one other flight again stateside “hours later.”
“It ought to have by no means have occurred as a result of I didn’t have a passport,” Ellis-Hebard mentioned bluntly. “The girl on the gate didn’t do her job.”
Frontier Airways mentioned in an announcement that the girl would obtain a $600 flight voucher for the ordeal.
“We lengthen our utmost apologies to Beverly Ellis-Hebard for this unlucky expertise,” the airline mentioned. “We sincerely remorse that Ms. Ellis-Hebard was capable of board the flawed flight.”
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The incident follows one in February when a person boarded a airplane on an American Airways flight to Sidney, Montana considering he had booked a ticket to Sydney, Australia, prompting him to overlook his cruise that was set to depart midway all over the world.
Frontier Airways not too long ago debuted its GoWild! Summer season Cross, which permits passengers to take a limiteless variety of flights from Might 2 to September 30.
The airline was down round 10.45% year-over-year as of Friday afternoon.
