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Old Feb 25, 2015, 7:37 am
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Originally Posted by mh4ll
This is a very important issue that has not gotten enough attention. There were several situations by which it was reasonable for people to believe they had booked a valid, not-obviously-mistake fare -- someone in Denmark and/or paying with a Denmark-issued credit card and purchasing one of the $1500 C tickets is the "poster child" for this. If this is not the precise situation the DOT regulations were designed to protect, what is?
I was seeing 4000-7000 DKK prices on United.com at the time where people were able to book these Great Dane tickets. Some of those were booked and cancelled too. That is in $600 to $1100 range if converted today.

The DOT has invited the airlines to further fleece US consumers wherever we may be when buying tickets to fly to/from the US.
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