New York Flights £172.49 return bargain!

agrinnall

photome wrote: »

Are you saying that anyone who has paid and received a booking ref and can view their flight on the airlines website may still have that flight cancelled or are you just scaremongering

I think Malkie's posts have answered this question. I've no idea whether the T&C's allow for costing errors to be corrected in this case but it's common in other online selling situations.

NiftyDigits

agrinnall wrote: »

Well, lets hope it works out that way and you have a great cheap holiday.

Have had many in the past. Not a single one has ever been subject to a price revision.

malkie76

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Have had many in the past. Not a single one has ever been subject to a price revision.

How many were obvious error fares?

Did you read the article I linked to? Just because you were fortunate in the past has no bearing on your current situation.

I hope it works out for you. Although are you bound to start at Manchester and are forced to take a stop over adding over 7hours in economy to your flight?

Stephb1986_2

There must of been hundreds of flights at the same price imagine cancelling all them 1000's of people that really wouldn't look good. I've already received my tickets by email and the glitch was on for nearly 24 hours.

NiftyDigits

malkie76 wrote: »

How many were obvious error fares?

Did you read the article I linked to? Just because you were fortunate in the past has no bearing on your current situation.

I hope it works out for you. Although are you bound to start at Manchester and are forced to take a stop over adding over 7hours in economy to your flight?

You might like to think so. But it helps if you do your due diligence. The flight price will not change.

I paid only a little more than indicated in the original post, but then my flight is to the west coast. I booked directly with the airline in question...flying out of London, not Manchester. I have a 90 minute stopover on the way there and a 2 hour stopover on the way back.
In my case, the actual fare was much lower.

malkie76

Sorry, but I'm 100% correct, and the article I linked to proves that.
There is every chance the airline will cancel your ticket, or offer you the opportunity to pay the difference to the correct fare.

Booking direct with the airline makes no difference - they are not legally required to honour an error fare. This cancellation could occur up to check in on the day of your flight.

Stick your head in the sand if you like.

malkie76

Stephb1986 wrote: »

There must of been hundreds of flights at the same price imagine cancelling all them 1000's of people that really wouldn't look good. I've already received my tickets by email and the glitch was on for nearly 24 hours.

The link I provided on the previous page gives examples of airlines cancelling 1000s of error tickets.

NiftyDigits

malkie76 wrote: »

Sorry, but I'm 100% correct, and the article I linked to proves that.
There is every chance the airline will cancel your ticket, or offer you the opportunity to pay the difference to the correct fare.

Booking direct with the airline makes no difference - they are not legally required to honour an error fare. This cancellation could occur up to check in on the day of your flight.

Stick your head in the sand if you like.

There is no chance that that will happen and you are the one with your head in the sand and no ticket. Don't be sour. Leave us to enjoy our trips.

I have not ever had a flight price revision, so your "100% correct" claim is proven nonsense.
Where did I state that mine was a error fare?
Perhaps you should learn to read instead of just 'cut and paste'..

NiftyDigits

malkie76 wrote: »

The link I provided on the previous page gives examples of airlines cancelling 1000s of error tickets.

Sorry, but your ploy here is just pathetic and appears to be more to do with your ego, than genuine concern.

If we look at your list, there are only three that weren't honoured, that were not an obvious trick to beat the system.

Aer Lingus 2009 Fare Mistake $7--Across Europe in Business Class No US$7? Are you surprised?

American Airlines 2010 Dropped a '0' $1100--US to
Australia in First Class No Doubt if there were thousands of buyers for this and certainly no one on this forum

Korean Airlines 2011 Dropped a '0' $500--US to Seoul No Again, not a ticket that would have been bought by anyone on this forum)

So, how about posting something relevant instead of just scaremongering? It just smacks of envy.

malkie76

I'm not sour, and I definitely would not fly anywhere long haul in economy no matter the cost saving.

Error fares are routinely cancelled by airlines, even after they've been issued. I've provided evidence of that, so I am 100% correct - the fact that you have not had tickets cancelled is not at odds with my claim.

If you have a cheap, non-error fare (in your opinion) then you have nothing to worry yourself about. However I do question what your actual point is. If you've a fare to the west coast for around £175 all in then I'd suggest your fare is an error. How much did you pay, what was the routing, and what was the mechanism of payment?