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29th April 2016
03:55pm BST

As it turns out, there is only one letter that separates both airport codes. BHX is Birmingham, UK; BHM is Birmingham, Alabama. Unfortunately for the couple that one letter distinction also represents around a 4,200 distance.
Ben told the BBC that he was mainly disappointed for his girlfriend, who was obviously distraught about what happened.
"Richella's face has just gone red and she's in tears," he said.
"I was like - we're not going to Vegas then.
"I was more gutted for Richella than myself because it was a surprise."
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Vegas will have to wait a bit longer[/caption]
26-year-old Richella booked the flights on Lastminute.com, and said that she'd been looking everywhere on the website for the best deals. Afterwards she received a confirmation email and assumed BHM was the correct code.
Lastminute.com said they did try, and fail, to find alternative flights for the couple that were available at the time, but ultimately denied that there was any error on their behalf.
It's not all bad news, though. As they'd already booked time off work, Ben and Richella decided to go to Amsterdam instead. There are worse Plan B's.