Matt Molnar
2008-05-16, 12:33 PM
United Air Accidentally Drops $130 Fuel Surcharge (Update1) (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a9eIvNwI6Qeo&refer=us)
By Mary Jane Credeur
May 15 (Bloomberg) -- UAL Corp.'s United Airlines said it accidentally dropped fuel surcharges of as much as $130 round trip on all of its domestic routes around midday today.
``It was a clerical error,'' spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said in a phone interview.
United won't be able to fix the glitch until the next fare distribution occurs at about 8 p.m. New York time, she said. That gives consumers a few hours to buy tickets at cheaper rates, Graeme Wallace of ticket research Web site FareCompare.com said in an e-mailed statement. The firm spotted the mistake this afternoon. [Full Article (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a9eIvNwI6Qeo&refer=us)]
By Mary Jane Credeur
May 15 (Bloomberg) -- UAL Corp.'s United Airlines said it accidentally dropped fuel surcharges of as much as $130 round trip on all of its domestic routes around midday today.
``It was a clerical error,'' spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said in a phone interview.
United won't be able to fix the glitch until the next fare distribution occurs at about 8 p.m. New York time, she said. That gives consumers a few hours to buy tickets at cheaper rates, Graeme Wallace of ticket research Web site FareCompare.com said in an e-mailed statement. The firm spotted the mistake this afternoon. [Full Article (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a9eIvNwI6Qeo&refer=us)]