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Friday, May 16, 2008 - Page updated at 10:37 AM

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Good deals (briefly) on United after airline mistakenly omits fuel surcharge

By The Associated Press

CHICAGO — Passengers booking flights on United Airlines got a one-day reprieve from paying the carrier's fast-rising fuel surcharge due to what United says was an error.

The mistake saved lucky customers as much as $130 per round-trip on United's domestic flights — the maximum the airline charges for its fuel surcharge.

United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski says the fuel surcharge was inadvertently eliminated for domestic flights booked Thursday due to a clerical error. The mistake was corrected Thursday night, but Urbanski says any customer who booked a flight without the usual surcharge will not be charged for it later.

The airfare research site FareCompare.com first publicized the error.

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