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United honours $5 tickets after web glitch

US flight company United Airlines says it will accept tickets it mistakenly offered online at the wrong prices.

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US flight company United Airlines says it will accept tickets it mistakenly sold this week for next to nothing.

A pricing error on the company's website on Thursday left lucky travellers paying only the security fee of $5 ($A5.40) or $10 ($10.80) on domestic flights.

"We've reviewed the error that occurred yesterday and based on these specific circumstances, we will honour the tickets," the company posted on micro-blogging website Twitter.

Some of the tickets - such as from east coast cities to Hawaii - would normally have cost close to $1000.

The company did not say how many tickets had been sold at the wrong prices.


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