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Ahhhh….the emotional phases of a legitimate* mistake fare.
1. Discovery – mistake fare is posted on FT. Novices frantically check how much vacation time they have and if the dates of availability mesh with their schedules. Experienced FTers just check their TripIt to line things up with existing trips and hotel mistakes they have already booked and then book it and worry about contacting spouses or their boss later. Word spreads like wildfire. Bloggers blog; trolls gnash their teeth.
2. Excitement – Tickets purchased, confirmation emails received and dates of travel shared with other FTers. Many feel so lucky they contemplate buying Powerball tickets. Discussions of what to see and do and where to stay crop up in other threads. The Timbuktu destination forum sees a sudden burst of activity. The Travel Photography forum gets three new threads entitled something like “Which camera is best 4 Timbuktu???????” Seasoned FTers sit back and enjoy reading the discussion threads.
3. Stress Stage 1 – Concern over e-ticket delivery causes novices to frantically check their email inbox every few seconds, constantly monitoring their iPhones for a Gmail notification. Seasoned FT veterans sit back and relax, having already PDFed the eticket receipt from the website. Kind veterans give step by step instructions to the newbies, only to have their posts buried under several pages of fretting and the question re-asked 16 minutes later. Helpful “thread monitor” members post either soothing or derisive comments pointing repeated questions back to already-given answers.
4. Kindergarten – Jealous, self-righteous trolls show up a few hours after the deal (their timing because of not having noticed the thread in time) and begin to pontificate upon the hacking, fraud, and all manner of illegal and immoral behavior that clearly had ensued, predicting with near certainty that anyone that booked the ticket would have their frequent flyer accounts shut down, be banned from flying, and be sent to Guantanamo. And if by some lucky break they weren’t, they wish they had!
5. Backlash – Veteran FTers retort smugly, listing from memory a litany of similar mistake fares that were honored and did not result in so much as a traffic ticket. The truly elite recite 49 CFR 41712 § 399.88(a) from memory. Some hint at non-public mistake fares they’ve enjoyed; the true ninjas just enjoy thinking about them.
6. Stress Stage 2 – Novices call the airline to correct a letter on their name, ask for exit row seats as a one-time exception because they’re almost silver, and worry whether they’re going to get the $7.93 refunded that the airline overcharged them in taxes. Veterans angrily berate them for having called or being such tightwads. Novices give entire biography, reason for trip, and dietary desires while asking a simple question; three veterans simultaneously reply with a monosyllabic answer or ignore the question altogether.
7. Premature Jubilation – Re-confirmations from the airline’s Twitter account safely PDFed, vacation request submitted, spouses finally informed, hotel reservations made and bragging to friends and co-workers begins. Both novices and experts get very excited.
8. Stress Stage 3 – Rumors of fare not being honored, troll posts regurgitated, discussion threads about the airline and ticketing agency ensue. Predictions about how much money the airline will lose range from -$3 million to $7 trillion, with little basis for the estimates. Some think this will be a PR coup for the airline, upping revenue substantially, while others are certain they’ll slip into bankruptcy. Armchair lawyers and estate lawyers are suddenly experts on contract law, transportation law, and advertising law with terms like “mutual mistake” flying, helpfully appended with authority-boosting things like “Goofus v. Gallant, Superior Court of Ottawa”. Rumors crop up like crabgrass at this stage. Many FTers begin to worry excessively about whether or not the trip will happen. Novices make non-refundable and financial commitments to their trip. Some do so in hopes of forcing the airline to pay for them if they decide to cancel. Seasoned FTers make mixed drinks (and maybe a sandwich) and are patient.
9a. Mass Cancellations – Novices quiver in fear. Veterans file DOT complaints. Some reservations are unaffected and speculation ensues that the lucky few must have booked using a Diners Club card while in Incognito Mode after having clicked through from Kayak and used a United codeshare of an Edelweiss Air flight.
9aa. DOT Bomb – DOT decides to come up with some Clintonesque definitions of the words “within, to or from” and allows the cancellations to stand. The trolls show up to say I told you so, forgetting about Guantanamo.
9ab. X Marks the DOT – DOT announces the fare will be honored. (However, because SWISS is domiciled in Zimbabwe and spent on lawyers 3x the face value of the tickets, they’re exempt. Some vow to never book a mistake again on SWISS, other vow the precise opposite to punish SWISS. All LX passengers are kicking themselves for not having booked on SQ when they were wavering between the two.)
9b. Confirmation – The airline announces they’ll honor the fare while vigorously patting themselves on the back for being so nice.
10. Jubilation – Everyone is jubilant. A few trolls show up to lament the sad state of affairs where airlines must honor advertised prices and face a downside to sloppiness, but most retreat to their caves and prepare fresh spins on old canards for the next mistake fare.
11. Reality Check – Accurate information is obtained – usually takes place a week or two after mistake fare is published. Details about chauffeur, changability, refunds (“I booked it over my great-grandma’s wedding! I have to cancel… “), ideal seat assignments, things to do in Timbuktu, etc are all established and added to the Wiki. Novices learn more about GDSes, NOGO, CheckMyTrip, codeshare agreements, VirtuallyThere, joint ventures, Saudia, conjunctive tickets, Finnair, etc than they ever wanted to know. Airline and GDS moles make marvelous and slightly creepy posts through third parties, giving essential info. PMs fly.
12. First Success – First person flies, and posts diagrams of the ticket counters and bathrooms of origin airport, details which agents were friendly and which cussed him out, gives the GDS commands the agent needs to type to re-instate the ticket, explains how to get the chauffeur even if they don’t want to give it (“Swagger up to chauffeur counter wearing tux while holding poodle on leash…”), and how to pre-order lobster thermidor. Still-nervous novices post, asking questions the first flier just answered. A few naysayer trolls sally forth to point out the grammar and punctuation errors of the first flier. Most people thank the first flier heartily.
13. Complete Success – Trip Report forum becomes very active.
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1. Discovery——在 FT 上发布错误票价。新手们疯狂地检查他们有多少休假时间，以及可用日期是否与他们的日程安排相符。有经验的 FTer 只需检查他们的 TripIt，将事情与他们已经预订的现有旅行和酒店错误联系起来，然后预订，并担心稍后联系配偶或他们的老板。消息像野火一样传播开来。博主博客；巨魔咬牙切齿。
2. 兴奋——购买的机票、收到的确认电子邮件以及与其他 FT 用户分享的旅行日期。许多人感到非常幸运，他们考虑购买强力球彩票。关于看什么、做什么以及住在哪里的讨论出现在其他话题中。廷巴克图目的地论坛突然活跃起来。Travel Photography 论坛获得了三个新主题，标题为“Which camera is best 4 Timbuktu?????????” 经验丰富的 FTer 坐下来享受阅读讨论线程。
3. 压力阶段 1 – 对电子机票交付的担忧导致新手每隔几秒钟疯狂地检查他们的电子邮件收件箱，不断地监控他们的 iPhone 以获取 Gmail 通知。经验丰富的英国《金融时报》老手已经高枕无忧了，他们已经从网站上获取了 PDF 收据。善良的老手一步一步地指导新手，结果他们的帖子被埋在好几页的微动中，16 分钟后重新提出了问题。乐于助人的“线程监视器”成员发表安慰或嘲讽的评论，将重复的问题指向已经给出的答案。
4. 幼儿园——嫉妒、自以为是的巨魔在交易后几个小时出现（他们的时机是因为没有及时注意到线程）并开始对黑客攻击、欺诈和各种非法和不道德行为进行武断显然已经接踵而至，几乎可以肯定地预测，任何预订机票的人都会关闭他们的飞行常客账户，被禁止飞行，并被送往关塔那摩。如果幸运的是他们没有，他们希望他们有！
5. 强烈反对——资深 FTers 自鸣得意地反驳，根据记忆列出一连串类似的错误票价，这些错误票价得到了尊重，并没有导致交通罚单。真正的精英会背诵 49 CFR 41712 § 399.88(a)。有些人暗示他们享受过非公开的错误票价；真正的忍者只是喜欢思考它们。
6. 压力阶段 2 – 新手打电话给航空公司更正他们名字上的字母，要求出口排座位作为一次性例外，因为他们几乎是白银，并担心他们是否会得到退还的 7.93 美元航空公司多收了他们的税。退伍军人愤怒地斥责他们打电话给他们或者是这样的吝啬鬼。新手在问一个简单的问题时给出完整的传记，旅行的原因和饮食需求；三名退伍军人同时用单音节回答或完全忽略这个问题。
7. 过早的欢欣鼓舞——来自航空公司 Twitter 帐户的重新确认被安全地 PDF 化了，休假请求被提交了，配偶终于被告知了，酒店预订完成了，开始向朋友和同事吹牛了。新手和专家都非常兴奋。
8. 压力阶段 3 – 票价不兑现的谣言、巨魔帖子反流、关于航空公司和票务机构的讨论线索接踵而至。关于该航空公司将损失多少钱的预测范围从-300 万美元到 7 万亿美元不等，但估计的依据很少。一些人认为这将是该航空公司的公关妙招，大幅增加收入，而另一些人则确信他们将陷入破产。纸上谈兵律师和房地产律师突然成为合同法、运输法和广告法方面的专家，他们使用诸如“共同错误”之类的术语，并附有诸如“渥太华高等法院 Goofus 诉 Gallant”之类的有助于提升权威的内容。谣言在这个阶段像马唐一样冒出来。许多FTer开始过度担心旅行是否会成行。新手对他们的旅行作出不可退款和财务承诺。有些人这样做是希望在他们决定取消时迫使航空公司为他们付款。经验丰富的 FTer 会制作混合饮料（也许还有三明治）并且很有耐心。
9a. 大规模取消——新手在恐惧中颤抖。退伍军人提交 DOT 投诉。一些预订不受影响，因此猜测少数幸运儿一定是在从 Kayak 点击并使用 Edelweiss Air 航班的美联航代码共享后，在隐身模式下使用 Diners Club 卡预订的。
9aa。DOT 炸弹——DOT 决定对“within, to or from”这些词提出一些克林顿式的定义，并允许取消保留。巨魔出现说我告诉过你，忘记了关塔那摩。
9ab。X 标记 DOT – DOT 宣布票价将被兑现。（然而，因为瑞士航空公司的注册地在津巴布韦，而且在律师身上的花费是机票面值的 3 倍，所以他们是免税的。有些人发誓再也不会在瑞士航空公司上订错了，其他人发誓完全相反，要惩罚瑞士航空公司。所有 LX 乘客都是当他们在两者之间摇摆不定时，因为没有在 SQ 上预订而踢自己。）
9b. 确认——该航空公司宣布他们将兑现票价，同时大力拍拍自己的背，因为他们太好了。
10. 喜庆——每个人都喜气洋洋。一些巨魔出现哀叹航空公司必须遵守广告价格并面临草率的缺点的悲惨状况，但大多数人撤退到他们的洞穴并为下一次错误票价准备新的旧鸭翼。
11. 现实核查——获得准确的信息——通常在错误票价公布后一两周进行。有关司机、可更改性、退款（“我在我曾祖母的婚礼上预订了！我必须取消……” ）、理想的座位分配、在通布图可以做的事情等的详细信息都已建立并添加到 Wiki 中。新手对 GDSes、NOGO、CheckMyTrip、代码共享协议、VirtuallyThere、合资企业、沙特航空、联合机票、芬兰航空等的了解比他们想知道的还要多。航空公司和 GDS 内奸通过第三方发布了精彩但略微令人毛骨悚然的帖子，提供了重要信息。PM飞了。
12. 第一次成功——第一人称飞行，张贴始发机场的售票柜台和卫生间的图表，详细说明哪些代理人对他很友好，哪些人骂了他，给出代理人需要输入的 GDS 命令以恢复机票，解释说如何在他们不想给的情况下得到司机（“穿着晚礼服大摇大摆地走到司机柜台，同时牵着皮带牵着贵宾犬……”），以及如何预订龙虾热锅。仍然紧张的新手发文，问第一个传单刚刚回答的问题。一些唱反调的喷子站出来指出第一个传单的语法和标点符号错误。大多数人衷心感谢第一个飞行员。
13. 圆满成功——旅行报告论坛变得非常活跃。
