Great case, Ken.  Thanks for posting the message about it!

At 09:28 AM 2/15/01 -0500, you wrote:
>There's an interesting news story in today's Wall Street Journal that would
>make a great discussion for a class on either contract formation, mutual
>mistake or cyberlaw.
>
>Apparently there was a bug in one of United Airline's reservation computers
>for about an hour that caused absurdly low prices to be quoted on some
>flights to Asia.  One hundred and forty-three people purchased tickets on
>the strength of that quote and were surprised when their credit cards were
>charged for the real fare (about 20x what they thought they'd paid).  Now
>United says that it won't honor the lower fares but will waive the
>cancellation fee.
>
>Sometimes the news is just made for us.
>
>Ken Schneyer
>
>WSJ subscribers can see the article at:
>
>http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB982187689544528745.htm
>
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