We made a huge booking mistake and turned up for our flight to Spain one year early
Rafael Karoulla, 28, and his sister, Maggie, 30, packed their cases and headed to London Gatwick Airport on June 29.
They had booked an easyJet flight to Barcelona, Spain where Maggie lives and were looking forward to the trip together.
However, they were baffled to discover they couldn't check-in online.
The pair soon realised they had accidentally paid £100 each for tickets for 2026 instead of 2025.
Birmingham Live reported Rafael said: 'I was really confident it was 2025. You wouldn't think you could book for a year ahead.'
He revealed he started to laugh when he noticed their huge error.
The siblings had been on a trip around Thailand, stopped over in Rome, Italy, before they headed to London for the connecting flight to Barcelona.
Rafael explained that he had booked so many flights that he didn't see the mistake at first.
'I was booking so many flights, I didn't check that much,' he admitted.
He shared how Maddie was 'miffed' but also managed to laugh 'at the same time'.
The pair still secured plane tickets for the same day and paid £70 each.
'We still have another ticket for next year - but we probably won't use it,' Rafael added.
He admitted he previously didn't even realise it was possible to book flights that far in advance but would be more careful in the future.
Another travelling duo found themselves stuck when they t hought they had booked a flight to San Jose, Costa Rica.
Instead they were in for a huge shock when they landed in San Jose, California... and the blunder ultimately cost them thousands of dollars.
Lynne, 25, from Brooklyn, New York, was excited to visit the Central American country with her best friend in December 2022.
They boarded a flight from LaGuardia airport to North Carolina, then after a short layover, took another flight to their final destination.
After a long travel day, they were especially looking forward to getting to their hostel in stunning Costa Rica so they could get some sleep.
But instead, they found themselves in a totally different place... as it turns out, they had accidentally booked a flight to a city with the same name in California.
What came next was a travel nightmare consisting of multiple flights, a long layover that saw them sleeping in an airport, and thousands of extra dollars spent on finally getting them to their destination.
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