I just got on the Zeppelin to Grom’gol from outside of Orgrimmar. It ported me to the Alliance side (I am Horde) Alterac valley instance portal, rather than Grom’gol in Stranglethorn, and I was instantly killed by the NPC’s there. I was playing on Aralea (Grobbulus). This occurred approximately 9pm PDT.
I have no idea why this happened. I was standing at the front of the zeppeling. Checking my “What happened to me” tab under Combat shows several bouts of falling damage, then me dying at the hands of Stormpike Battleguards.
Before submitting this report, I am trying the same thing again, results will follow below.
The second attempt yielded the desired outcome; namely, arriving at Grom’gol Base Camp. Don’t know what went wrong, but I would love my flying money back.
Additional info that I don’t know matters: I was mounted at the time. I am a Paladin, lvl 40. I was not queued to any Battlegrounds at the time. That’s it.