That may be what happened here. United Continental spokeswoman Megan McCarthy said the mistake was d

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That may be what happened here. United Continental spokeswoman Megan McCarthy said the mistake was due to an error in filing the fares, not a problem with the website. She said United doesn't yet know how many tickets were sold at the unusually low prices.
Maura Leahy, who lives in Houston, was booking a Christmas trip back to Washington cheap air fare tickets to visit her parents on Thursday. The trip to Washington was $5. The return leg was $220, but it was still a cheap ticket.
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