D'oh! UA Error Accidentally Drops Fuel Surcharges

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United Air Accidentally Drops $130 Fuel Surcharge (Update1)

By Mary Jane Credeur

May 15 (Bloomberg) -- UAL Corp.'s United Airlines said it accidentally dropped fuel surcharges of as much as $130 round trip on all of its domestic routes around midday today.

``It was a clerical error,'' spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said in a phone interview.

United won't be able to fix the glitch until the next fare distribution occurs at about 8 p.m. New York time, she said. That gives consumers a few hours to buy tickets at cheaper rates, Graeme Wallace of ticket research Web site FareCompare.com said in an e-mailed statement. The firm spotted the mistake this afternoon. [Full Article]

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