Cathay Pacific blunder offers huge discounts on first class tickets

Airline promises to honour the sales – ‘We do not want to go back on our promise’

It was the New Year’s Eve travel sale that appeared to be too good to be true: business and first class flights from Vietnam to New York for as as little as $675 (£536) rather than the standard $16,000.

It turned out to be a ticketing blunder, but airline Cathay Pacific on Wednesday promised to honour the sale. “Happy 2019 all, and to those who bought our good – VERY good surprise ‘special’ on New Year’s Day,” the Hong Kong based airline tweeted. “Yes – we made a mistake but we look forward to welcoming you on board with your ticket issued. Hope this will make your 2019 ‘special’ too!”

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