Delta sold Korean Air First Class tickets from New York for $2,700. The cost was $2,350 when booking through American Express IAP. It's a real deal for first class. The sale was open all day. Around 5pm Pacific time, the water finally dried up. Several of you are now asking what is happening. Do you want to plan the rest of your trip?
This was an amazing dea l for those of you who missed it. The tickets were for flights on Korean Air. Delta marketed and sold the code share flights. There is a First class flight between the United States and South Korea on Korean Air and then a business class flight to Indonesia. Most of the flights were either direct from JFK or connecting via Los Angeles. There was an additional connection via Taiwan on China Airlines.
All flights are fully refundable. It's not cheap to have a plane and simple. Business class tickets between New York and Indonesia cost over $4,000 most of the year. $2,700 is a great deal.
It costs more to offer a more luxurious experience. It could easily top over 11,000 round trip.
Korean Air First class is not as luxurious as JAL's first class. Korean Air First class offers an upgrade over business. On daytime flights and when leaving from South Korea. First class tickets for $2,700 are considered a deal. Is it a sale or a mistake. The million dollar question can be argued either way. There was a deal for 8 hours. The mistake fares usually last a few hours.
What will happen is the real question on everyone's mind. The tickets will be honored. Is Delta able to honor the fare. Korean Airlines may allow us to fly. These tickets are sold out. Two tickets have been purchased by me. The shows were confirmed. Both shows are about first class between the USA and Korea. I have chosen my seats. Will these tickets be able to stay?
The practice of airlines selling tickets and then withdrawing them is horrible. It is one of the few industries where a product can be sold and then canceled. The flights are still operating. We are waiting to see what happens. Airlines usually address these matters within a day or two. We won't know if these fares are honored until Monday or Tuesday. Wait it out before making a decision. I don't recommend buying any other components of your vacation which are not fullyRefundable.
The law isn't easy to understand. It's like most things in the US. Clear rules were established by the DOT. Consumers can't be forced to change the price of a ticket after purchase. Airlines had to honor mistake fares for a long time. Cathay's First Class for $675 is an amazing deal. Cheap tickets have been voided by other airlines. The tickets were voided because they were purchased in the wrong currency.
The DOT issued a policy statement. The rules of mistake fares need to be changed. Airlines can void any ticket they want.
As a matter of prosecutorial discretion, the Enforcement Office will not enforce the requirement of section 399.88 with regard to mistaken fares occurring on or after the date of this notice so long as the air line or seller of air transportation: (1) demonstrates that the fare was a mistaken fare; and (2) reimburses all consumers who purchased a mistaken fare ticket for any reasonable, actual and verifiable out-of-pocket expenses that were made in reliance upon the ticket purchase, in addition to refunding the purchase price of the ticket.
We've seen a lot of bogus cancellation. Air Canada canceledEconomy tickets to Australia because they were a mistake. All first class tickets were voided. Some airlines honor fares while others don't. An airline could claim that any airfare sale is a mistake. It's not just a promotion.
We don't know if the first class fares will be honored. Delta was able to claim that this was a mistake and not an available fare. The tickets may be rejected by Korean Air. You can file a complaint if the airlines cancel the tickets. It can be done in a few minutes. All DOT complaints must be responded to by the airlines. It creates a paper trail despite not changing anything. Is it possible that it ties up resources?
Will the airlines honor these fares? Many people are waiting for an answer to the million dollar question. Don't expect your hopes to go up, but I'm still optimistic for now. Did you benefit from this deal? What are you thinking?
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