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DoT Will Not Compel United To Honor Tickets:
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/61870
http://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/travel/exchange-rate-error.aspx
http://www.dot.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/Mistaken_Fare_AEP_Statement_on_United_Airlines.pdf

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DOT Update:

http://www.dot.gov/airconsumer/united-airlines-mistaken-fare

United Airlines mistaken fare

The Department of Transportation is aware of an issue involving mistaken fares on United Airlines’ Danish-facing website.  The Department's Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings has begun looking into this matter, including speaking to United and reviewing consumer complaints.  That Office will gather all the relevant facts before making a determination as to whether United is or is not required to honor the mistaken fares.

Updated: Thursday, February 12, 2015


To file a complaint with the DOT - http://airconsumer.dot.gov/escomplaint/es.cfm

Sample complaint:
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To Whom It May Concern,

Yesterday I purchased a flight itinerary from United Airlines via their website: United.com. The flights were booked, I was issued a 'confirmation number' and my card was charged for the full amount of the fare. A short time later United.com indicated that my itinerary was "confirmed and ticketed". I have attached a printout from United.com showing this, as well as a printout of my receipt indicating that the airfare was booked, ticketed and paid for.

Yesterday I was informed by United that they had voided my itinerary. This was done without my knowledge and without my consent.

As such, I ask that you please compel United Airlines to honor the ticket which they sold me, and to provide compensation for their grievance and the inconvenience which it caused me.

Thank you for your consideration and assistance!

Best Regards,
Yosef_S
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United is looking into an issue whereby a third-party software provider applied an incorrect exchange rate for tickets sold from the airline’s Denmark website. We have temporarily suspended sales from the Denmark website and are working to resolve the issue with the provider

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


We will void the bookings for those who purchased tickets as a result of a third-party currency conversion error.

https://twitter.com/united/status/565648072047603713    http://bit.ly/1uGiPuo


When and Where will you HOPEFULLY be flying to?

D93
2/16: LHR-LAX
2/19: LAX-LHR-TLV
5/31: TLV-LHR-SFO-HNL
6/3: HNL-LAX-EWR-LHR
7/17: LHR-EWR

Yosef_S
5/19: LHR->MUC->TLV (Possible one day stopover in VCE or ZRH depending on which options are ticketed.)
5/27: TLV->FRA->ORD

jdross:
6/21 LHR->ZHR
6/22 ZHR->JNB
6/28 JNB->LHR
6/29 LHR->EWR (Confirmed. Ticketed)

MAJ:
9/26 lhr-zrh-tlv
10/7 tlv-fra-new

9/24 lhr-fra-tlv
10/7 tlv-new
and a few other variations on this
all ticketed and confirmed though prices were bet $300-$650
and will now need a ow to london before succos which will cost me roughly $500/ticket

rangersin4:
6/8/15 LHR-EWR-LAX-HNL
6/11/15 HNL-EWR
all ticketed and confirmed!

Lou Bob: 12/23/15 LHR-ORD-LAX-OGG
1/3/15 OGG-LAX-EWR
Ticketed and confirmed along with someone else. $205 for the pair of tickets :)


nocknock: 2 Tickets
4/13/15 LHR-MUC-KRK
4/15/15 KRK-MUC-EWR
1 Ticket 4/16/15 LHR-EWR Probably going to cancel


zow: 3 tickets
8/6/15 LHR-EWR
8/20/15 EWR-LHR (though probably won't use this leg)

7/30/15 LHR-MUC-TLV
8/5/15 TLV-ZRH-LHR
(still waiting for ticketing on this code-share)

12/27/15 LHR-EWR-HNL
1/2/15 HNL-EWR-LHR (though we'll probably not take the last leg back to LHR  :D)
(very excited about this one...got 5 tickets!)
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #180 on: February 11, 2015, 10:36:38 AM »
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #181 on: February 11, 2015, 10:38:33 AM »
booked 3 trips for family of 5
lon - jnb round trip

london - cph one way

london - lax one way direct

the last one is the only one that ticketed. its the only one with no partner flights.

this is the first cheap flight deal i got in on. i sure hope they'll honor even the ones that were not ticketed
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #182 on: February 11, 2015, 10:39:52 AM »
Well.. Swiss first for 75 bucks from  London -JFK for Pessach but being that there was nothing under $800 from TLV-London couldnt book it. Very frustrating..
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #183 on: February 11, 2015, 10:39:57 AM »
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #184 on: February 11, 2015, 10:40:05 AM »
Quote from: D93 on February 11, 2015, 10:29:50 AM
UH OH! Not letting me cancel!
Was the US on the ticket or was it LHR TLV or something like that?
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #185 on: February 11, 2015, 10:40:13 AM »
Quote from: 3yummyboys on February 11, 2015, 10:34:48 AM
Booked LHR-EWR 8/23 then EWR-HNL later that day and HNL-EWR 8/30 for $126 USD

I REALLY hope they honor this ...
How do you get into EWR from London by 9AM to catch the next flight? There's only 1 daily EWR-HNL.
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #186 on: February 11, 2015, 10:40:24 AM »
RT London / newark for 74$  (ticketed)
OW London / TLV for 30$ (only confirmed)

Got credit for both with my handy-dandy ritz carlton travel credit  8) 8) 8) 8)

I think I love you Dan ;)
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #187 on: February 11, 2015, 10:41:48 AM »
Quote from: @Yehuda on February 11, 2015, 10:40:13 AM
How do you get into EWR from London by 9AM to catch the next flight? There's only 1 daily EWR-HNL.


Not taking the direct flight to HNL
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #188 on: February 11, 2015, 10:41:56 AM »
booked but now i need to get to London and there is nothing which gets me there by 720 am?
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« Reply #189 on: February 11, 2015, 10:42:12 AM »
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #190 on: February 11, 2015, 10:42:19 AM »
Quote from: 3yummyboys on February 11, 2015, 10:41:48 AM

Not taking the direct flight to HNL
Ah okay
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #191 on: February 11, 2015, 10:42:50 AM »
If my flight has been confirmed does that mean it will b honored?? Or should I not get excited??
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #192 on: February 11, 2015, 10:43:25 AM »
I got to work late so I fired up UA as soon as I got to my desk. The first search I did was showing the mistake fares, but I had only done LHR-TLV and I was greedy for more on that one ticket. Plus the dates I had tried (miscalculated when Labor Day is this year) were not great. By the time I clicked search on my second try, it was dead.

I'm officially a terrible person, if only for the tiny part of me that wants all these tickets to get canceled. :( :P
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #193 on: February 11, 2015, 10:44:12 AM »
Quote from: skyguy918 on February 11, 2015, 10:43:25 AM
I got to work late so I fired up UA as soon as I got to my desk. The first search I did was showing the mistake fares, but I had only done LHR-TLV and I was greedy for more on that one ticket. Plus the dates I had tried (miscalculated when Labor Day is this year) were not great. By the time I clicked search on my second try, it was dead.

I'm officially a terrible person, if only for the tiny part of me that wants all these tickets to get canceled. :( :P

Take it back.
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #194 on: February 11, 2015, 10:45:03 AM »
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #195 on: February 11, 2015, 10:45:16 AM »
Quote from: ranhan429 on February 11, 2015, 10:44:12 AM
Take it back.
Don't worry, it was only a very small piece of me. The rest of me is rooting for everyone else :D
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #196 on: February 11, 2015, 10:45:31 AM »
Quote from: ilherman on February 11, 2015, 10:30:22 AM
Will UA be able to claim that the GBP is the correct fare because it says so on the eticket?
The total fare shows correctly
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #197 on: February 11, 2015, 10:46:16 AM »
Booked!
How do I find my E ticket #?
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #198 on: February 11, 2015, 10:46:56 AM »
I got two separate tickets ready for the same reservation I got ready to book them on the same second at exactly 10:10 one booked the other didn't :-(
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Re: Premium Price Mistake ex-EU
« Reply #199 on: February 11, 2015, 10:47:16 AM »
accidentally auto-filled the wrong CC anyway to change it now?
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