A Virgin Australia technical glitch (or was it a clever marketing ploy?) has meant that Christmas has come early for some lucky travellers who managed to score some super-cheap flights to Asia and Europe.
There are few things as sweet as bagging a ridiculously cheap airfare to some exotic part of the world. Most of the time, this is the result of some epic sale campaign. But sometimes – rarely – an airline glitch results in prices that simply should not be.
Like what happened for a few hours early Tuesday morning, when Virgin Australia – through some kind of technical glitch – ended up pricing some of its international fares at rock-bottom prices.
We’re talking flights from Melbourne to Beijing return for $266, and Sydney to London return for $764!
The glitch was first noticed by airfare monitoring service, Scott’s Cheap Flights, who managed to take some sneaky screenshots of the uber-awesome airfares.
Source: www.businessinsider.com.au
Source: www.businessinsider.com.au
Speaking of yesterday’s technical pricing glitch (or was it a clever marketing plot? Hmm…), Virgin Australia had this to say to Business Insider:
“Unfortunately due to a technical glitch, some fares seen on the I Want That Flight website this morning were a bit too good to be true. We are working to have this rectified and apologise for any confusion this may have caused.”
Virgin Australia spokesperson, speaking to Business Insider.
Although the fares were obviously a mistake and unintended for public sale, Virgin Australia has confirmed it will be honouring all of the tickets that were booked during the glitch.
Good on ya’ Virgin Australia!
Here’s the full list of mistake fares that Scott’s Cheap Flights published yesterday morning (all return flights), taken from Business Insider:
London (LON):
Adelaide (ADL) – $776
Brisbane (BNE) – $757
Darwin (DRW) – $929
Melbourne (MEL) – $743
Perth (PER) – $746
Sydney (SYD) – $764
Manchester (MAN):
Brisbane (BNE) – $709
Melbourne (MEL) – $705
Sydney (SYD) – $716
Rome (FCO):
Adelaide (ADL) – $783
Brisbane (BNE) – $782
Melbourne (MEL) – $679
Perth (PER) – $771
Sydney (SYD) – $783
Bangkok (BKK):
Adelaide (ADL) – $405
Brisbane (BNE) – $361
Hobart (HBA) – $478
Melbourne (MEL) – $349
Sydney (SYD) – $366
Beijing (PEK):
Adelaide (ADL) – $322
Brisbane (BNE) – $278
Darwin (DRW) – $257
Hobart (HBA) – $395
Melbourne (MEL) – $266
Perth (PER) – $285
Sydney (SYD) – $283
Colombo (CMB):
Adelaide (ADL) – $363
Brisbane (BNE) – $358
Darwin (DRW) – $329
Hobart (HBA) – $423
Melbourne (MEL) – $348
Perth (PER) – $317
Sydney (SYD) – $358
Shanghai (PVG):
Adelaide (ADL) – $276
Brisbane (BNE) – $278
Darwin (DRW) – $448
Hobart (HBA) – $395
Melbourne (MEL) – $266
Perth (PER) – $285
Sydney (SYD) – $283
Tokyo (TYO):
Adelaide (ADL) – $612
Brisbane (BNE) – $594
Melbourne (MEL) – $583
Perth (PER) – $561
Sydney (SYD) – $599
Source: Business Insider.
