Originally Posted by skiwindham

The point many of you are missing is this:
United sent out confirms that states "Ticketed and confirmed".
Ticketed and confirmed.
It means what it says.
Ticketed and confirmed.
Not "ticketed but unconfirmed until our software validates the fare".
But "Ticketed and confirmed".
That is meant as a finality.
For the DOT to overturn that meaning would leave every future ticket issued in doubt.
I doubt that is their preference.
United is not an innocent bystander.
They could have put in place safeguards against a mistaken price.
Instead, they chose a system that accepts your payment and completes the contract by stating your ticket is "Ticketed and Confirmed".
Absent those words, United had every ability to void the pending sale.
It chose, instead, to close the deal...Ticketed and Confirmed.