Couple furious after airline cancels seats on flight over microscopic coffee stain on passport: Flimsy ass paper

An Australian man has unleashed on Virgin Australia, after a tiny mark on his partner’s passport stopped them from boarding a flight to Bali.Sean Ferres, a Gold Coast-based DJ and music producer, along with his girlfriend Brooke, were headed to the popular island destination when she was stopped because of a “microscopic coffee stain” on her passport.Taking to social media, Ferres claims that despite using the damaged passport to fly to more than 20 different countries — including Bali previously — she still wasn’t allowed to board the plane.“Virgin Australia decided that this microscopic coffee stain on Brooke’s passport made it “unreadable” and denied us boarding our flight to Bali,” Ferres explained on Facebook to his almost 9,000 followers.“Virgin then promised us they will reschedule us onto another flight at no cost once we sort the passport out.”However, Ferres claims that the pair were marked as ‘no shows’ to their flight and instead of being given new seats on an alternate flight — were told to pay up for a seat.“Of course, all flights the next day are either sold out or stupidly expensive,” he explained, adding they ended up spending $3000 (approximately $2,053 USD) to fly with Jetstar instead.After arriving at the airport for the Jetstar flight, which was delayed two hours, Ferres said the pair checked in and went to the gate “without interacting with a single human … and board our flight with no hassle.”“Funnily enough, Jetstar didn’t have an issue with the passport, just like the 100+ other flights we’ve taken with it,” he said.“Landed in Bali, all e-gates and straight through with no hassles.“Absolutely blows my mind that 25 years after the invention of the internet – in an age where even a $500 phone has advanced facial recognition – we still rely on a flimsy ass piece of paper to leave the country.”A spokesperson from Virgin Australia told news.com.au that its staff are required to ensure pa...