A glitch on Delta’s website gave some visitors a belated Christmas gift when they were able to book fares for as low as $6.90 roundtrip to Hawaii, and the company has said it will honor the incorrect prices.
The cheap prices occurred for about two hours beginning about 10 a.m. EST.
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Eric Gesimondo, a college student graduating in January, grabbed a round-trip ticket to Hawaii from Boston that cost him $68. And $61 of that was taxes.
“I’m so broke; this is a miracle,”
Gesimondo, 21, who has never been to the islands, told Bloomberg News. “It’s a little graduation gift.”
Others snagged $25 round-trip flights across the country, Bloomberg said.
"People just go wild. People have been bragging about booking six first-class tickets to Hawaii,"
George Hobica of AirfareWatchDog.com told The Associated Press. "People hate the airlines so much that when this happens, they say: I'm going to get back at you for the time you broke my suitcase and didn't pay for it.”
Hobica tweeted:
Other airlines have had computer glitches like this, too, including United Airlines in September, where customers bought tickets for $5 or $10.
The AP said the Department of Transportation has new rules in place that make the airlines honor the fares if mistakes occur.
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