Premium Price Mistake ex-EU (DoT Will Not Force United To Honor Tickets)

[gavhaller]

why didn't u ticket it as multi city like many did

Good Q. I just wanted to buy whatever I could before the deal was killed off. Didn't think of it.

[Marco Polo]

Good Q. I just wanted to buy whatever I could before the deal was killed off. Didn't think of it.

I did the same. Have four trips booked. One with a return and one without for two destinations.

[KidOOO]

They have official united statement

http://uk.businessinsider.com/buy-first-class-tickets-from-london-to-newark-for-50-2015-2

[3yummyboys]

Someone posted this on DDMS comments

http://www.lfpress.com/2015/02/11/united-airlines-ending-daily-flights-from-london-to-newark-in-april

Authentic?

[Ergel]

I believe I know the reason this is pricing this way. Looking at my receipt, I see something similar to what many other posters here have seen:

Airfare:   5,522   GBP
Equivalent Airfare:   56 DKK

Something clicked though on a previous post: the European and American meaning of decimals and commas is reversed.

So if I type into Google: "5.522GBP to DKK", does anyone care to guess what pops out? 55.51 Danish Krone.

There's no way this gets honored.

Nicely done.
Which may mean that this glitch has been around for a while

[Ergel]

Someone posted this on DDMS comments

http://www.lfpress.com/2015/02/11/united-airlines-ending-daily-flights-from-london-to-newark-in-april

Authentic?

London, ON (which is in Canada)

[dealfinder85]

London, ON (which is in Canada)

hahaha

[E-MAN]

Anything not touching the USA will nearly certainly be cancelled by the airlines.

Booked LHR > EWR.
United site says confirmed and ticketed.
You still think less than 10% it gets honored?

[3yummyboys]

Wow I feel like an idiot

[VacationLover]

It seems like you can edit/change the travelers info. like name and DOB

[3yummyboys]

I know it's unlikely they will honor these anyway, but I would be weary of anything that may given them another excuse to cancel your ticket

[gavhaller]

It seems like you can edit/change the travelers info. like name and DOB

WHAT?! WHERE?!

[gavhaller]

I know it's unlikely they will honor these anyway, but I would be weary of anything that may given them another excuse to cancel your ticket

Maybe until its ticketed?

[VacationLover]

WHAT?! WHERE?!

Maybe i am wrong. in your reservation, scroll down to the travelers name you can edit it, no?

[jdross]

My co-worker booked two trips separately instead of multi-city. london to italy and back and then london to new york one way. his new york is confirmed and tickets (none of mine are ticketed/confirmed).

He's asking if he should call to combine them to increase the chance of it being honored. What do you think?

[gavhaller]

My co-worker booked two trips separately instead of multi-city. london to italy and back and then london to new york one way. his new york is confirmed and tickets (none of mine are ticketed/confirmed).

He's asking if he should call to combine them to increase the chance of it being honored. What do you think?

I did just that.
Not sure if it will help.

[jdross]

I did just that.
Not sure if it will help.

Did they give you any issues?

[Rindsy]

There is something in the DOT law about if it was an advertised price outside the US and if it applies - read here - http://airconsumer.dot.gov/rules/EAPP_2_FAQ_01-11-2012final.pdf

not sure of EU laws though

And I quote:

"Does the prohibition on post-purchase price increases in section 399.88(a) apply in the situation
where a carrier mistakenly offers an airfare due to a computer problem or human error and a
consumer purchases the ticket at that fare before the carrier is able to fix the mistake?
Section 399.88(a) states that it is an unfair and deceptive practice for any seller of scheduled air
transportation within, to, or from the United States, or of a tour or tour component that includes scheduled air
transportation within, to, or from the United States, to increase the price of that air transportation to a
consumer after the air transportation has been purchased by the consumer, except in the case of a
government-imposed tax or fee and only if the passenger is advised of a possible increase before purchasing
a ticket. A purchase occurs when the full amount agreed upon has been paid by the consumer. Therefore, if
a consumer purchases a fare and that consumer receives confirmation (such as a confirmation email and/or
the purchase appears on their credit card statement or online account summary) of their purchase, then the
seller of air transportation cannot increase the price of that air transportation to that consumer, even when the
fare is a “mistake.”
A contract of carriage provision that reserves the right to cancel such ticketed purchases or reserves the right
to raise the fare cannot legalize the practice described above. The Enforcement Office would consider any
contract of carriage provision that attempts to relieve a carrier of the prohibition against post-purchase price
increase to be an unfair and deceptive practice in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41712."

Question is, will they find a way to wiggle out of this one because of the Denmark booking/US billing address issue?

[gavhaller]

Just got ticketed for my LHR-EWR flight

[gold]

all ticketed