I thought a contract was a contract.
I think there is some kind of stipulation that if something appears absurdly incorrect to a reasonable person the contract doesn't have to be honored, such as a car dealership ad that offers a brand new car for 200 dollars. If you are so dumb as to think you are getting a hotel room for a night in Japan for 2 dollars you probably deserve to sleep on the street.
"I thought a contract was a contract. "
Go ahead, take the vacation time, fly over to Japan and demand that Hilton let you have the room for $2/night. I'm sure they will be very understanding.
"I thought a contract was a contract."
Actually it's not.
Not when there's a mistake.
If the newspaper prints a car dealer ad and drops a zero, making a new car $2000 instead of $20000, does the dealership HAVE to sell cars at that price, and maybe force itself out of business? Of course not. A mistake was made. It happens. Common sense tells you you can't book a Hilton room in the most expensive city in the world for $3.48. The claimant is an idiot...and a self-righteous one at that.