Vacation-bound man ends up in Sidney, Montana after trying to book flight to Sydney, Australia

A person seeking to journey Down Below ended up within the Treasure State after by chance reserving a flight to the wrong metropolis with the identical title.

New Yorker Kingsley Burnett, who’s initially from Jamaica, was seeking to journey to Sydney, Australia however ended up mistakenly reserving a flight to Sidney, Montana.

“I noticed the little airplane with like 9 passengers and puzzled ‘how is that going to get me to Australia,’” the 62-year-old informed the New York Publish. “That was once I caught onto the error I made.”

Burnett left New York’s La Guardia airport on the night of Jan. 26 and ended up in Billings, Montana the next morning.

In keeping with Storyful, vacationers can join from Billings to Sidney, which is roughly 250 miles east, however they can not hook up with Sydney, Australia from the airport as a result of it’s 8,300 miles within the different course.

“I needed to discover out for myself that Billings, Montana, would solely take me to Sidney, Montana, the place there aren’t any kangaroos ready to welcome Mr. Burnett,” he mentioned.

The video of Burnett’s journey may be seen within the media participant on the prime of this text.

Throughout his journey, Burnett met American Airways ticket desk worker Carol Castellano.

“He was actually humorous. Kingsley got here, and he goes, ‘I’ve received an issue,’” Castellano informed KTVQ.

Burnett informed Castellano he was presupposed to be heading to Sydney, Australia to depart on a cruise for a dream trip.

She was capable of assist him ebook a resort room and a flight residence however Burnett wouldn’t be capable of make it to Australia in time for his cruise.

“Montana didn’t have kangaroos. It had Carol. And that was ok for me,” Burnett informed KTVQ.

He rescheduled his journey to the land Down Below for June.

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