Narrative:

Cleveland center asked if we wanted a fix further down our route. We requested berys or rubyy. Cleveland center cleared us to berys or what we believed was berys. We changed frequencies and checked on with toronto center. Toronto confirmed we were direct berys. Several minutes later he confirmed again direct berys and spelled if phonetically this time. He spelled beeri. We advised we were cleared to what we believed was berys. The controller told us to proceed direct beeri.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 flight crew reported a track heading deviation due to similar sounding fix names BEERI and BERYS.

Narrative: Cleveland Center asked if we wanted a fix further down our route. We requested BERYS or RUBYY. Cleveland Center cleared us to BERYS or what we believed was BERYS. We changed frequencies and checked on with Toronto Center. Toronto confirmed we were direct BERYS. Several minutes later he confirmed again direct BERYS and spelled if phonetically this time. He spelled BEERI. We advised we were cleared to what we believed was BERYS. The Controller told us to proceed direct BEERI.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.