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Programming Error - United Airlines $35 Ticket to Hong Kong

7 pointsby asadialmost 13 years ago

1 comment

clueless123almost 13 years ago
Been there, done that... Something like this happens at least a few times a year, so I am not sure why this made the news. it usually happens because of human error overriding the many protections that software have to prevent it from happening.<p>To make matters worse, the tickets are usually sold in mater of minutes because the algorithms that calculate the most efficient route from point A to point B lock on to the fare and use it for everything.
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