Originally Posted by
UCBeau
As a n00b, thank you for that clear and concise explanation of what can happen. My only question (after perusing the LAX-AKL thread) would be this: if you book said mistake fare on one of the travel sites before it's pulled, is the airline forced to give you that fare for the mistake price or can they say "sorry this was our mistake, we've cancelled your ticket"?
The airlines and TAs have cancelled tickets and they´ve honoured them. You never know. It depends on how many people bought tickets, where they bought them, will it hurt the airline/hotel/TA, How does the media react and so forth?