Couple’s Las Vegas trip ruined after booking wrong Birmingham airport
A couple's dream trip to Las Vegas came to an abrupt end before it had even started - when the pair realised they had booked to fly from the wrong Birmingham airport.
Richella Heekin and Ben Marlow spent £1,200 on their break, but only realised the mistake when they were actually at the airport.
They were told their flights were booked for Birmingham, Alabama, instead of the West Midlands. To make matters worse, they were told that a refund wasn't possible.
Richella, from Sutton Coldfield, had booked the trip on lastminute.com for her boyfriend's 30th as a surprise, and had kept it secret for a whole year before revealing the present at a party in front of their friend and family.
But she had unwittingly booked the airport code BHM, which is Birmingham Alabama, instead of ...