Qantas mistakenly sells 300 heavily discounted first class fares

The airline has vowed to rebook the customers, who scored cheap tickets to the US for less than $5,000 return, on to business class flights

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Qantas has promised to refund or rebook the flights of hundreds of customers, after the airline mistakenly sold first class flights at majorly reduced prices.

On 22 August, some first class fares on flights between Australia and the US were published online up to 85% lower than usual for first class.