AlicorporateUK

P.S.: are your tickets still alive? Losing the plot here trying to follow the latest and re-fill my glass in the lounge

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HeidiInTheAlps

See, I think I might be OK, my return got booked into LH Z, which is a deeply discounted Biz fare. The outbound on AF is in D, but return is in Z, and based on the price I paid, it is a 'sale' fare for Z, or let's say, I'm flying this itinerary in P, Sunday and paying about $500 more for P... not completely unreasonable.

as if reason played a part... humpf

irishguy28

They are but MyFlights app doesn't instantly refresh even when you ask it to...so I don't have current views on any of my trips.

I could just log in on directly for the first one and keep refreshing that...it should be the first one to go, now that EY are cancelling

Krysenok

But I have been "rerouted" already

joequimby

I'm booked for AA codeshare on BA metal. I can access seat selection through BA - would paying for a seat selection help? What happens to the seat selection money when/if AZ cancels the BA segment?

thelister

Oh oops..well then... whatever you like amigo

HeidiInTheAlps

What do you mean by this? In which circumstance would DoT help you?

And has the ST fire barrier been broken? I have one itin that is all AF metal, only AF metal...

AlicorporateUK

You see I thought exactly the same about my tickets, but I'm assuming it is all about the actual itinerary rather than the fare you paid, regardless of how expensive it is. Don't get me wrong though, I think some will still be lucky enough to fly.

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onlysuites

irishguy28

You would most likely lose it...

studentCPH

I hope so, but that wasn't what was said in post #2342

irishguy28

do a search on "DoT Error Fare site:www.flyertalk.com" on your preferred search engine and read to your heart's content.

Yes. See wiki.

carbonaddict

I have just been called back by Expedia UK and told that my outbound flights FLR-CDG-HKG on AF on Dec 26 were cancelled because of a 'system error', and will be reinstated tomorrow. I don't believe it for one moment but, if it really did happen, I would guess that it might be because my departure is within the EU 14 day window and Expedia or AZ don't want fights over that.

soy

What about Expedia.com booking fee ($7 pp) - will I get that back also when they cancel the ticket?

Danusa86

This might interest you, just published by the Italian forum "Aviazione Civile" - an official statement by Alitalia:

"Upon request of Aviazione Civile, Alitalia has officially explained what happened over the past weekend. Due to an IT problem, on some third-party websites (not Alitalia's), some tickets in business class for the Florence to Dusseldorf route were sold as a complex itinerary that included unlikely stopovers. Such websites allowed to buy tickets on Alitalia and partners' flights, between Florence and Dusseldorf, by adding stopovers all over the world, at a price that was indeed very low for such a complex itinerary. Such error has been labelled as an "error fare" on many aviation websites that reported about the "supposed offer". The fact that such websites called this an error fare and warned customers of possible cancellations shows without shadow of a doubt that people who bought these tickets were completely aware of this being Alitalia's error and not a genuine offer. Alitalia has officially decided to "honor" the tickets between Florence and Dusseldorf that include only a stopover in Rome, but to cancel any other ticket that has been issued exploiting such evident mistake. Tickets will be refundable".