Virgin Australia Sells Super Cheap Fares by Mistake
8th Nov 2016
According to the fare monitoring service Scott's Cheap Flights, codeshare partner carriers Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines were selling some ludicrously low fares on Tuesday morning.
If you were lucky and fast enough and happened to chance by I Want That Flight website, you had the opportunity to buy a ticket from Melbourne to London for $743, from Sydney to Rome for $783 or from Perth to Tokyo for $561.
Needless to say, the sale has quickly been corrected. Don't worry, though, if you already bought a ticket while it was open it seems that Virgin Australia will honor your purchase. Good for them!
Here's what a spokesperson for Virgin Australia said about this:
"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."
Here is the full list of mistake fares:
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
Fares for European destinations were for February and March next year, Asian destinations for February to May, while Bangkok and Tokyo fares were for February to September, Scott's reported.