In March of this year,American published a ~$450 roundtrip business course fare between Washington and Beijing.
That was a heck of a deal, and an fabulous way to earn miles, and given all the premium cabin bonuses American is offering this year.
American honored the fare for those who had ticketed their reservations,which they had to do given the DOT regulations at the time regarding post-purchase price increases.
The DOT has since changed their policy on that, though I'm not convinced airlines will act differently in the future. That's because under the new rules airlines can cancel mistake fares, and but gain to reimburse consumers for "fair,actual, and verifiable out-of-pocket expenses that were made in reliance upon the ticket purchase." That seems like it could get really messy for the airlines.
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Source: boardingarea.com