[Avodah] Shayala of Onaah

[Lisa Liel]

How could it be a mekach taut?  From the point of view of the buyer, it 
looked like a sale.  In fact, someone posted about it to Facebook, and 
if I hadn't gotten there too late, I'd have gotten some of the cheap 
tickets.  From the point of view of the reseller (because this was on 
Expedia's site and not El Al's), it's hard to say.  If they made the 
mistake, as an shaliach of El Al, presumably their shlichut was invalid, 
and they had no right to sell those tickets.  So possibly it was even 
geneiva on their part.  If there's any cause of action here, it seems to 
be that El Al should be able to demand the difference from Expedia.  
People who bought the tickets should be free and clear.  And in fact, 
while El Al announced that they're going to honor the tickets, they 
didn't say anything about taking the loss themselves.

Lisa


On 8/8/2012 8:39 AM, Micha Berger wrote:
> Shouldn't we be asking in addition to the question of onaah on the airline
> tickets, about whether the sale was a meqach ta'us?
>
> Tir'u baTov!
> -Micha
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