Vietnam to US mistake fare discussion - 2019 Cathay New Year's gift
Dec 31, 18, 7:56 pm
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Vietnam to US mistake fare discussion - 2019 Cathay New Year's gift
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prem...l#post30593717
Has been going on for hours.
Wanna bet on the odd CX would honor this?
Pretty much days and days of F availability wiped out between HKG and YVR/JFK/EWR/BOS...
CX still has not pulled the fares...
Has been going on for hours.
Wanna bet on the odd CX would honor this?
Pretty much days and days of F availability wiped out between HKG and YVR/JFK/EWR/BOS...
CX still has not pulled the fares...
Dec 31, 18, 8:30 pm
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Happy New Year to you too!
From the internet pictures I saw this year the weather is very nice so the firework display at Victoria Harbour is gorgeous.
Weather seems quite cold though.
2 years ago Feb 2017 when we specifically arranged our trip to be in Hong Kong for the Chinese New Year, there was very heavy low cloud and all the fireworks exploded way above the thick cloud - a major disappointment.
From the internet pictures I saw this year the weather is very nice so the firework display at Victoria Harbour is gorgeous.
Weather seems quite cold though.
2 years ago Feb 2017 when we specifically arranged our trip to be in Hong Kong for the Chinese New Year, there was very heavy low cloud and all the fireworks exploded way above the thick cloud - a major disappointment.
Dec 31, 18, 8:55 pm
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I thought following Great Dane, we aren't supposed to stop using the term mistake fare, and call these fares premium deals.
Didn't stop a local blogger calling this fare a bug...
Didn't stop a local blogger calling this fare a bug...
Dec 31, 18, 9:11 pm
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It is dead now... But I wonder does CX have a clause about mistaken fare in their CoC? Otherwise if a ticket is issued, it's a binding contract. So if CX don't honor those fares, it could technically be brought to the small claims court?
CX regularly sells tickets at this price to AS anyways... why not honor those fares lol
CX regularly sells tickets at this price to AS anyways... why not honor those fares lol
Dec 31, 18, 9:34 pm
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Doctrine of mistake. Unilateral price mistake by the seller "snatched up" by the buyer is voidable.
Though in compliance with the above, it may not be a mistake...
Think US law is generally similar
They also have the DOT 399.88 post purchase price prohibition rule but in Great Dane and after the DOT decided not to enforce its own rule, which seemed very Mainlander to me.
Though in compliance with the above, it may not be a mistake...
Think US law is generally similar
They also have the DOT 399.88 post purchase price prohibition rule but in Great Dane and after the DOT decided not to enforce its own rule, which seemed very Mainlander to me.
Dec 31, 18, 11:01 pm
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Jan 1, 19, 1:47 am
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https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prem...l#post30593717
Has been going on for hours.
Wanna bet on the odd CX would honor this?
Pretty much days and days of F availability wiped out between HKG and YVR/JFK/EWR/BOS...
CX still has not pulled the fares...
Has been going on for hours.
Wanna bet on the odd CX would honor this?
Pretty much days and days of F availability wiped out between HKG and YVR/JFK/EWR/BOS...
CX still has not pulled the fares...
Jan 1, 19, 1:52 am
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I am following some YYZ flights for Jan and all of a sudden the flights went to J0 C0 D0 I0. A random sample on the surrounding days and also on the YVR flights seems to show the same zeroed-out situation. Wonder whether this is related to CX trying to fix the mistake fare.
Jan 1, 19, 1:54 am
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I am following some YYZ flights for Jan and all of a sudden the flights went to J0 C0 D0 I0. A random sample on the surrounding days and also on the YVR flights seems to show the same zeroed-out situation. Wonder whether this is related to CX trying to fix the mistake fare.
