The airline blamed the website glitch on a 'third party error' and said it would not honour the cut-price cost of the flights.
Thousands of people snapped up the bargain tickets on the United Airlines website, after the blunder was spotted by a travel blog.
It allowed users to book a round-trip flight between London Heathrow and Newark Liberty International airport for 491 Danish kroner ($75) if they changed their host country to Denmark. The flights would usually cost around $6,000 (£4,000).
Customers were also able to buy cheap tickets to any US destination from Heathrow, as long as they chose first class or business class.
DansDeals advised people to use a card without a foreign transaction fee – and to not sign into their United account.
But once United Airlines realised what had happened, it released a statement accusing customers of trying to "take advantage of the situation".
Read more at Click here / www.trade4x.net
Thousands of people snapped up the bargain tickets on the United Airlines website, after the blunder was spotted by a travel blog.
It allowed users to book a round-trip flight between London Heathrow and Newark Liberty International airport for 491 Danish kroner ($75) if they changed their host country to Denmark. The flights would usually cost around $6,000 (£4,000).
Customers were also able to buy cheap tickets to any US destination from Heathrow, as long as they chose first class or business class.
DansDeals advised people to use a card without a foreign transaction fee – and to not sign into their United account.
But once United Airlines realised what had happened, it released a statement accusing customers of trying to "take advantage of the situation".
Read more at Click here / www.trade4x.net
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