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

[3yummyboys]

Wideroe/united mistake was honored..

This is a much larger potential loss for them

[Yosef_S]

Wideroe/united mistake was honored..

I was thinking that also, does this compare to that though? On that one we weren't saying we were in Norway in order to book it. If UA could somehow say that we booked it through a misrepresentation that we are Danish, maybe DOT would let them out in this case? IDK...

This is a much larger potential loss for them

Also that.

[Yaalili]

Wideroe/united mistake was honored..

That was Y this is J/F.

[eliteflyer]

Here's the fare break down on the receipt for my LH/LX itenerary. One strong argument that the airline could make is that the air fare is displayed here in GBP and the currency exchange calculation is clearly erroneous (though I note that no GBP amount was displayed in the booking process)

Fare Breakdown
Airfare:   3,166   GBP
Equivalent Airfare:   32   DKK
U.K. Air Passenger Duty:    2    
U.K. Passenger Service Charge:    1    
Germany Passenger Service Charge:    128    
U.S. Customs User Fee:    37    
U.S. Immigration User Fee:    47    
U.S. APHIS User Fee:    33    
U.S. Federal Transportation Tax:    234    
September 11th Security Fee:    37    
Switzerland Airport Passenger/Security Charge:    135    
International Surcharge:    4    
U.S. Passenger Facility Charge:    30    
Per Person Total:    720
   DKK
eTicket Total:    2,880
   DKK

[MrsZev]

yes

+1, able to see but it says there's no eticket info - is that standard for being early after booking (<1 hr)

[jdross]

FYI. Booked LHR->JNB. United didn't confirm yet, but it shows up on Swiss' Site.

A quick question, if I booked 2 trips with different departure dates but same return date/flight, neither is ticketed yet by united, should i call to cancel the one I don't need or is it too risky now? Will it cause a problem that we have 2 reservations for the return flight with the same names?

[AJK]

If UA could somehow say that we booked it through a misrepresentation that we are Danish, maybe DOT would let them out in this case? IDK...

Ding ding.

[Chief Rabbi of New York]

if I used my debit card and asked for a refund. how long should It take? will I get a full refund?

[AJK]

FYI. Booked LHR->JNB. United didn't confirm yet, but it shows up on Swiss' Site.

A quick question, if I booked 2 trips with different departure dates but same return date/flight, neither is ticketed yet by united, should i call to cancel the one I don't need or is it too risky now? Will it cause a problem that we have 2 reservations for the return flight with the same names?

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

[AJK]

if I used my debit card and asked for a refund. how long should It take? will I get a full refund?

You've already asked that question. Stop double/cross-posting.

[lunatic]

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

Can they trace the ip address to see where the booking was physically done

[AJK]

Can they trace the ip address to see where the booking was physically done

Firstly, yes, I'm sure they can.

Second, they can simply look at the billing address and see if it exists in DK, or in... Lakewood.

[Chief Rabbi of New York]

You've already asked that question. Stop double/cross-posting.

nobody answered me??

[A3]

Firstly, yes, I'm sure they can.

Second, they can simply look at the billing address and see if it exists in DK, or in... Lakewood.

Why bring up Lakewood...

Before you know it, everyone in Lakeood will have their US accounts shut down, then they will scream that UA hates Christians.

[A3]

nobody answered me??

3-5 buisness days onced its confirmed on united

[AJK]

nobody answered me??

Then you wait your turn. Or you bump the post in a sufficient amount of time... which is not <10 mins. Or maybe people don't know the answer?

[@Yehuda]

I'll put the odds of this being honored at less than 10%.

[EJB]

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

I knew I should have added a USA leg !!! I'm hoping they honor my LHR-EWR - 6 months - FRA - EWR in UA/LH F.... fingers crossed!

AJK - Do you really think the misrepresentation argument will fly with the DOT? The fare offered has nothing to do with the address field misrepresentation IMO.

[ceejay]

My 3 friends LHR-TLV flight was already cancelled by UA.

[AJK]

Nicely done

I knew I should have added a USA leg !!! I'm hoping they honor my LHR-EWR - 6 months - FRA - EWR in UA/LH F.... fingers crossed!

AJK - Do you really think the misrepresentation argument will fly with the DOT? The fare offered has nothing to do with the address field misrepresentation IMO.

USA leg definitely help, though I'm not sure in this case it will matter, though I'd love to be proven wrong.

Obviously I don't know for sure, but I can promise you that UA and the other airlines have lawyers who charge a heck of lot more than I do looking into any way to weasel out of the ticket. That's the glaring issue.