Qantas accidentally sells first-class tickets for 85% off, report says

Qantas accidentally sold first-class airfares to hundreds of customers at a steep discount, a bargain that turned out to be too good to be true, according to media reports.

The Australian airline on Monday told Bloomberg News that it sold 300 first-class tickets from the U.S. to Australia for 85% off their usual price — an unheard of bargain. Qantas said the deal was not a genuine offer and that the blunder was due to a coding flaw in its booking system that lasted for several hours on August 22. It has since been fixed, the airline said, according to the report. 

Qantas did not immediately respond to CBS MoneyWatch's request for comment.