UAs Official Response to HKG Ticketing/IT Error: Redeem @ Correct Amount or Redeposit
Jul 20, 12, 12:26 am
#2101
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Originally Posted by zombietooth
There were many small traders that had stop loss orders execute at 1 cent per share on some large companies, Accenture was one of them I remember and Exelon. Some of these traders were completely wiped-out on paper. The SEC went back and voided all of the wildly underpriced (and overpriced) trades and made these traders whole.
Jul 20, 12, 12:27 am
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the reason I still have hope(for some sort of apology and/or compensation) is the fact that UA's cancellation email made not apology or accepted no blame..hence they didn't want to accept blame...if it were really over they would have apologized to everyone and welcomed them back...now they are preparing for a big fight(if that isn't obvious enough)
Jul 20, 12, 12:30 am
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Originally Posted by pdx1M
I suspect that isn't how DoT is seeing it. They are seeing it (as does UA) as a billing error. Customer knew the correct amount, booked a ticket without sufficient miles, system error allowed ticket to process. Now canceled for insufficient payment. Note that if you had sufficient miles those were deducted per the published chart and the in process of purchase display. I understand that a lot of folks here don't like that interpretation but it seems to be a reasonably valid one that DoT can adhere to. Notion of increasing price or cancelling a correctly paid for ticket never even comes up in that world view. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean that UA and DoT don't view it that way. And - it allows DoT to avoid a ruling it probably is loathe to make due to common sense issues. My guess is that one fallout of this will be some amending of the rules to cover cases like this one so as to make clear that obvious errors that any reasonable customer should have seen as such are not covered by the rules.
Jul 20, 12, 12:31 am
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Originally Posted by Yammer
Once again, this is completely different than this situation. Can everyone stop with the ridiculous analogies that aren't the same thing as what's happening here? You know what's like airline tickets? Airline tickets are!!! Airlines are regulated by the DOT and have their own regulations including the "mistake fare has to be honored" regulation that is very new and that seems to make a lot of people get confused and think that these confirmed/ticketed reservations could be cancelled based on a supposed price mistake. They can't. This is a special rule for airlines and airline tickets, stop trying to reason otherwise based on other situations.
Originally Posted by cdegt
You just totally ignored the fact was UA screwed itself. If you are a trader, would you be able to void any one transaction you made just because it was a wrong decision will bankrupt you?
Tonight's lottery result void because someone hit the jackpot. Let's roll the balls one more time~~
I was responding to cdegt and then you chimed in. You have only yourself to blame.
Jul 20, 12, 12:35 am
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Originally Posted by teddy25
I am not upset, I have my eTicket printed from last sunday. without a cancelation email of my flight, I am heading to the airport on the date of my flight. We'll see how UA and DOT will do then.
1. You will get an email before the date of your flight. [EDIT: I posted this at the time I read your message. Later messages show that the emails already began to go out.]
2. When you arrive at the airport UA will advise you that you don't have a reservation on the flight. When you show them your eTicket they will either:
a. Immediately inform you that those tickets were all cancelled and you should have received an email telling you.
b. They will enter the PNR into the system and advise you that the reservation was cancelled for non-payment. No matter what you say, they won't give you a boarding pass.
3. You will write to the DOT and inform them of what happened. By that time they will have a form letter which will tell you their position (which will be something like "we investigated and determined that this particular instance is not subject to enforcement under our regulations.")
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Jul 20, 12, 12:35 am
#2106
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Originally Posted by Yammer
If that is what has been conveyed to DOT (which is what I think has happened) then United has lied to DOT. The 4 miles + taxes/fees price was displayed prominently before and after purchase, on the receipt, on the itinerary, etc.
If CO didnt get the DoTs permission to do what it did then if the DoT determines they were at fault they will be Fined,its rather simple no matter how much you want to scream at the top of your lungs its not FAIR if the DoT told them they can thats that
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Jul 20, 12, 12:35 am
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Originally Posted by Yammer
If that is what has been conveyed to DOT (which is what I think has happened) then United has lied to DOT. The 4 miles + taxes/fees price was displayed prominently before and after purchase, on the receipt, on the itinerary, etc.
Jul 20, 12, 12:36 am
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Originally Posted by cdegt
Tonight's lottery result void because someone hit the jackpot. Let's roll the balls one more time~~
$42 Million Jackpot Was a Mistake, Casino Says Lots of these stories out there.
Jul 20, 12, 12:37 am
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Originally Posted by zombietooth
There were many small traders that had stop loss orders execute at 1 cent per share on some large companies, Accenture was one of them I remember and Exelon. Some of these traders were completely wiped-out on paper. The SEC went back and voided all of the wildly underpriced (and overpriced) trades and made these traders whole.
Jul 20, 12, 12:39 am
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Originally Posted by andyh64000
Do you think if you went to a best buy and tried to buy a $4000 TV and it rang up at 4 cents they would honor the price?
Jul 20, 12, 12:40 am
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Originally Posted by cdegt
you still don't get me. Can you cancel any done deal by yourself? SEC intervention is another story. As simple as I booked a wrong date with UA and I want to change it. UA has a rule, I have to pay to correct my fault.
Don't delude yourself into thinking that UA did this without DOT approval.
Jul 20, 12, 12:44 am
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Originally Posted by pdx1M
Perhaps but realize that consumer protection is not meant to bankrupt or punish disproportionately random mistakes. Reality is that the DoT administration probably wants no part of an enforcement over something that has nothing to do with consumer protection as understood by the majority of Americans. If this interpretation provides them with a way to avoid a silly ruling in that regard I am sure they will take it. Then they will figure out how to provide common sense wiggle room for the future. I think this is a much more realistic view of the Realpolitik at work here. Fantasize all you want about what you'd like DoT to do but realize that punishment that is out of line with the violation isn't what things like DoT are about. Perhaps after the dust settles they will levy a wrist slap fine of UA for sloppy bookkeeping but that is likely all that will happen.
Jul 20, 12, 12:49 am
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Didn't get an email yety
Jul 20, 12, 12:54 am
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Originally Posted by JC1120
And now the angry ones come out of the woodwork saying they deserve this or deserve that, trying to make up for real or perceived slights from the merger 
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Come on people, we all know this was a mistake. Have some decency.
.Come on people, we all know this was a mistake. Have some decency.
Jul 20, 12, 1:01 am
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Originally Posted by Yammer
Why should Korean Airlines have to eat a very large loss over the RGN C tickets then? Because they're not an American based company? If I was Korean Airlines, I would be furious at the unequal treatment.
