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The Mistake Fare
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No. 001Hall of Legends

ORD → CDG

Multiple carriersBusiness ClassRound-tripMarch 4, 2021
$249$4,00094% off

“On a Thursday in March, a business class mistake fare erupted across dozens of European and African routes out of Chicago. Paris, London, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Marrakech — all $249 round-trip in a lie-flat seat. The fare was so aggressively mispriced that experienced deal hunters initially dismissed it as a display error. It was not a display error. It was a pricing system experiencing what can only be described as an existential crisis about the value of premium cabin travel. Going's flight experts received the alert. Slack channels caught fire. The fares were honored.”

Spotted March 4, 2021
No. 002Hall of Legends

BOS → SJU

JetBlueEconomyRound-tripApril 14, 2020
$23$50095% off

“Twenty-three dollars. Round-trip. Boston to Puerto Rico. Including Christmas and New Year's Eve. In the spring of 2020, when the world was reeling and airlines were hemorrhaging cash, JetBlue's pricing system produced a fare so low it appeared to be a rounding error on a rounding error. For the cost of a mediocre sandwich at Logan Airport, you could secure round-trip passage to a Caribbean island. The fare was available from August through January, covering every major holiday. JetBlue honored it. The sandwich remained overpriced.”

Spotted April 14, 2020
No. 003Gold

LAX → SLC

Delta Air LinesEconomyRound-tripAugust 17, 2021
$20$25092% off

“On a single Tuesday in August, Delta's pricing system decided that the 590-mile journey from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City was worth approximately the same as a large pizza. Twenty dollars. Nonstop. The fare was part of a broader domestic meltdown that affected multiple routes, but LAX to SLC achieved a kind of mathematical purity — a price so low it cost more to park at the airport for the duration of the trip than it did to take the trip. The fares were available through early December, excluding Thanksgiving, which the pricing system apparently still respected.”

Spotted August 17, 2021
No. 004Gold

MSP → BNA

Sun CountryEconomyRound-tripAugust 17, 2021
$29$40093% off

“Minneapolis to Nashville for $29 round-trip. The fare appeared on the same fateful Tuesday that produced several other domestic pricing anomalies, suggesting a cascading failure somewhere in the revenue management ecosystem. Twenty-nine dollars would not cover a decent dinner on Broadway in Nashville. It would not cover the Uber from BNA to downtown. But it would, briefly and magnificently, cover a round-trip flight between two major American cities. Going's flight experts sent the alert before the sun set over the Mississippi.”

Spotted August 17, 2021
No. 005Silver

ATL → PIT

Spirit AirlinesEconomyRound-tripAugust 17, 2021
$29$30090% off

“Spirit Airlines, a carrier whose entire business model is built on the premise that air travel should cost approximately nothing, briefly achieved its own philosophical ideal. Atlanta to Pittsburgh, round-trip, for the price of a Spirit Airlines carry-on bag. The irony was not lost on anyone. The fare was part of the great domestic mistake fare cascade of August 17, 2021 — a date that deal hunters now refer to with the reverence usually reserved for religious holidays. Spirit honored every ticket, which may have been the most surprising part of all.”

Spotted August 17, 2021
No. 006Gold

DCA → KEF

IcelandairEconomyRound-tripMarch 11, 2022
$129$80084% off

“Icelandair's pricing system offered the nation's capital a round-trip to Reykjavik for $129 — less than the cost of a parking ticket in Georgetown. The fare was spotted in the early morning hours by Going's flight experts and spread through D.C.'s professional class like a memo from a particularly generous lobbyist. By noon, congressional staffers, think tank analysts, and at least one reportedly enthusiastic diplomat had booked tickets. Iceland in October is dark, cold, and illuminated by the Northern Lights. It costs more to see a mediocre show at the Kennedy Center.”

Spotted March 11, 2022
No. 007Silver

DEN → KEF

IcelandairEconomyRound-tripMarch 11, 2022
$149$80081% off

“Part of the same Iceland fare event that blessed Washington, D.C., Denver received its own variant at $149 — twenty dollars more, presumably because Icelandair's algorithm assigned some marginal value to the additional 1,500 miles. Denver residents, already accustomed to extreme weather and dramatic landscapes, were perhaps the demographic least likely to be intimidated by Iceland in October. The fare was booked aggressively. Several passengers later reported that the most disorienting part of the trip was returning to Denver and finding it colder than Reykjavik.”

Spotted March 11, 2022
No. 008Hall of Legends

EWR → LHR

Norse AtlanticEconomyRound-tripAugust 8, 2023
$252$1,00075% off

“Norse Atlantic Airways — a carrier that most travelers associated with 'wait, they still exist?' — produced a nonstop Newark to London Heathrow fare that Going flagged as a mistake within minutes of publication. $252 round-trip. Nonstop. To Heathrow, not Gatwick, not Stansted, not some airstrip in Kent. The fare was available from September 2023 through April 2024, covering Thanksgiving. It represented, per mile, one of the most efficient uses of money in the history of transatlantic commercial aviation. Norse honored every booking. The airline ceased operations five months later, unrelated but poetic.”

Spotted August 8, 2023
No. 009Gold

AUS → SYD

QantasEconomyRound-tripApril 2, 2020
$360$1,20070% off

“In April 2020, a mistake fare to Australia erupted across dozens of U.S. departure cities, and Austin was among them. $360 round-trip to Sydney on Qantas — with no bag fees — for travel September through February, including Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve. The fare was discovered the day after April Fools', which created a brief crisis of faith among deal hunters who had been burned before. It was real. Qantas, an airline whose safety record suggests an institutional commitment to doing things properly, honored every ticket. The 20-hour flight cost less than most Austinites spend on a weekend at South by Southwest.”

Spotted April 2, 2020
No. 010Hall of Legends

DTW → DPS

Multiple carriersFirst ClassRound-tripJune 11, 2022
$3364$15,00078% off

“First class to Bali. From Detroit. For three thousand dollars. The normal price — fifteen thousand — exists in a category of spending typically associated with minor home renovations and used cars. The mistake fare reduced it to something merely extravagant rather than architecturally significant. Detroit, a city whose relationship with luxury has historically been complicated, suddenly had access to lie-flat beds, multi-course meals, and private suites for a journey to the Indonesian archipelago. Going's elite members received the alert. The fares were booked for January through March 2023 — Michigan's cruelest months — which was, of course, the entire point.”

Spotted June 11, 2022
No. 011Silver

MIA → STX

Spirit AirlinesEconomyRound-tripDecember 2, 2020
$70$55087% off

“In early December 2020, a Caribbean mistake fare swept through multiple departure cities, and Miami — a city already functionally in the Caribbean — was offered passage to St. Croix for $70 round-trip. The existential absurdity of flying from one tropical location to another tropical location for the cost of a decent brunch was not lost on South Floridians, who booked the fare anyway. The deal was available January through June 2021, a period during which Miami's weather is, by most objective standards, already perfect. The heart wants what the heart wants.”

Spotted December 2, 2020
No. 012Gold

ATL → GRU

LATAMEconomyRound-tripMarch 7, 2025
$287$1,00071% off

“Atlanta to São Paulo for $287 round-trip. The fare appeared on a Friday morning in March 2025 and was flagged by Going within minutes. Delta's fortress hub rarely produces transatlantic-distance fares this low — the 4,600-mile journey to Brazil typically commands four figures — but LATAM's pricing system briefly disagreed with the consensus view on what intercontinental travel should cost. The fare represented a 71% discount and was, per mile, cheaper than most domestic flights half the distance. Going's flight experts flagged the fare immediately. LATAM's revenue team presumably had a long weekend.”

Spotted March 7, 2025
No. 013Gold

EWR → LHR

British AirwaysBusiness ClassRound-tripApril 14, 2022
$916$4,00077% off

“British Airways — an airline that has historically treated its business class pricing with the solemnity of a Buckingham Palace budget — offered Newark to London Heathrow for $916 round-trip in Club World. The fare included a lie-flat seat, lounge access, and the quiet dignity of not having to explain to your seatmate that you paid less than they did for economy. Going's elite members received the alert in April 2022, and the fares were available for immediate departure. The fare lasted long enough for several thousand bookings, which in business class mistake fare terms constitutes a geological epoch.”

Spotted April 14, 2022
No. 014Silver

BOS → DEL

Air IndiaEconomyRound-tripOctober 20, 2025
$458$1,20062% off

“Air India, freshly acquired by the Tata Group and undergoing what the business press politely calls a 'transformation,' produced a Boston to New Delhi fare that suggested the transformation may have temporarily included the revenue management department. $458 round-trip for a journey of 7,500 miles. Going's flight experts flagged it as a mistake fare within minutes. The fare was discovered on a Monday, which Air India's pricing team presumably wishes had been a holiday. At $0.03 per mile, the fare was, mathematically speaking, among the most efficient ways to travel between two continents.”

Spotted October 20, 2025
No. 015Silver

SMF → SYD

QantasEconomyRound-tripApril 2, 2020
$354$1,20071% off

“Sacramento — California's capital, a city more associated with state government than international intrigue — was among the beneficiaries of the April 2020 Australia mistake fare. $354 round-trip to Sydney on Qantas, no bag fees, available through New Year's Eve. The fare gave Sacramento residents something they rarely receive: a better deal than San Francisco. SFO's version of the same fare was $6 more expensive, a differential that Sacramento deal hunters cited with undisguised satisfaction for months afterward. The rivalry is real. The savings were realer.”

Spotted April 2, 2020
No. 016Silver

DFW → STX

American AirlinesEconomyRound-tripDecember 2, 2020
$88$55084% off

“Part of the December 2020 Caribbean mistake fare event, Dallas was offered a round-trip to St. Croix for $88 — less than the cost of parking at DFW for a long weekend. American Airlines, operating from its home hub, produced a fare that represented an 84% discount on the normal price and was available January through June 2021. The fare was particularly popular among Texans seeking to trade the unpredictable drama of a Texas winter — which can range from 80°F to an ice storm within the same week — for the reliable consistency of the U.S. Virgin Islands.”

Spotted December 2, 2020
No. 017Gold

JFK → STX

JetBlueEconomyRound-tripDecember 2, 2020
$82$55085% off

“New York to St. Croix for $82 round-trip. The fare was part of the December 2020 Caribbean mistake fare cascade that hit half a dozen departure cities simultaneously. For New Yorkers — a population that routinely pays $82 for brunch — the proposition was almost offensively good. JFK to the U.S. Virgin Islands for the price of eggs Benedict and a mediocre mimosa. The fare was available January through June 2021, a period during which New York City was gray, cold, and deeply in need of exactly this kind of news. Going's flight experts sent the alert within minutes. The brunch industry was unaffected.”

Spotted December 2, 2020
No. 018Silver

SFO → LAX

United AirlinesEconomyRound-tripAugust 17, 2021
$20$25092% off

“San Francisco to Los Angeles. Twenty dollars. Round-trip. This is a route that people drive. The 380-mile journey on I-5 takes approximately six hours and costs roughly $60 in gas. The flight takes one hour and cost, briefly, one-third of the gas. The fare was part of the great domestic meltdown of August 17, 2021, and was available through early December. Several passengers reported the surreal experience of spending more on their airport coffee than on the flight itself. United honored every ticket, possibly because the cost of processing the refunds would have exceeded the revenue at stake.”

Spotted August 17, 2021
No. 019Gold

SEA → SYD

QantasEconomyRound-tripApril 2, 2020
$354$1,20071% off

“Seattle, a city whose tech workforce has optimized every aspect of daily life, was offered the ultimate optimization: $354 round-trip to Sydney on Qantas, no bag fees, available through New Year's Eve. The fare was part of the April 2020 Australia mistake fare event that affected cities nationwide. Seattle's version was among the cheapest — $354 for a 15,000-mile round-trip works out to roughly 2.4 cents per mile, a number that would make any frequent flyer's spreadsheet weep with joy. Going's flight experts sent the alert to members in the Pacific Northwest, many of whom cited the fare's proximity to 'mathematically free.'”

Spotted April 2, 2020
No. 020Silver

PHL → STT

Spirit AirlinesEconomyRound-tripDecember 2, 2020
$85$55085% off

“Philadelphia to St. Thomas for $85. The fare emerged from the same December 2020 Caribbean pricing event that blessed New York, Miami, and Dallas, but Philadelphia's version carried a particular resonance. Eighty-five dollars is what Philadelphians spend on a cheesesteak dinner for two, or a single parking ticket on South Broad Street, or approximately one-quarter of an Eagles game ticket in the nosebleeds. For the same price, briefly, you could fly round-trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands. The city of brotherly love booked with the urgency of a fanbase that knows good deals, like good seasons, do not last.”

Spotted December 2, 2020
No. 021Gold

MCO → DPS

Multiple carriersFirst ClassRound-tripJune 11, 2022
$3601$15,00076% off

“First class to Bali from Orlando — the city where families spend $5,000 on a week of theme parks — for $3,601. The juxtaposition was almost too perfect. For less than the cost of a family-of-four's Disney vacation, one could secure a first class suite to the Indonesian archipelago, complete with lie-flat beds, private dining, and the kind of personal attention that makes Space Mountain's FastPass look quaint. The fare was part of the June 2022 first class Bali mistake fare event. Going's flight experts sent the alert. Orlando residents, accustomed to manufactured paradise, had a chance at the real thing.”

Spotted June 11, 2022

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