A British couple thought their trip of a lifetime was ruined when they arrived to the Birmingham, England airport expecting to hop a flight to Las Vegas, but instead learned their flight was departing from Birmingham, Alabama.

Richella Heekin and Ben Marlow, however, received some amazing news after their sad tale went viral this week.

Virgin Holidays has offered the couple free flights and five nights of accommodations in Las Vegas, the Daily Mail reported.

The company told the Mail: "We read your article about the couple who booked flights to Las Vegas from the wrong airport and we'd like to right that wrong.

"We can offer flights from Manchester direct to Las Vegas for them - not quite Birmingham, but better than Alabama."

Heekin, who was devastated over the mishap, said she was "overwhelmed" by Virgin's offer.

"We have been able to laugh at our mistake and we've had calls and tweets from Australian and American news," she told the Daily Mail. "So it's so lovely of Virgin to do this."

Marlow said this in response to the news: "I'm over the moon. We didn't expect the publicity. We have had some horrible comments, but I've just laughed them off.

The trip was a surprise gift for Marlow's 30th birthday.

"In 20 years' time we will look back and remember that we were all over the news," Marlow said. "It's been mad really."