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A passenger was asked to pay $ 775 million (!) For a seat with legroom
The puzzling price was due to a glitch in the booking system of the Australian airline Quantes, but the company did not know who they fell for: an Australian stand-up comedian who made delicacies from the embarrassing mistake.
"Wait, did you choose to buy a spacious seat or the whole plane?"
Asked one commenter on Twitter
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Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 14:04 Updated: 14:40
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Paying more for legroom is that okay?
But millions of dollars ???
(Photo: Sivan Faraj)
Is this the all-time high record price for an airplane seat with legroom?
Frequent passenger Dave O'Neill, who booked a plane ticket on Australian airline Qantas on a domestic flight between Melbourne and Perth, tried to upgrade his seat - and asked for a seat with more legroom.
O'Neill was soon surprised to find out that the ordering system on the company's website demanded an amount of about Australian billion dollars (about 775 million US dollars).
And all this, for the right to stretch his legs comfortably in a flight that lasts about four hours.
O'Neill, a Melbourne-based stand-up comedian, posted a screenshot of the surprising quote, as it appeared on the airline's website, under the "Manage My Booking" tab.
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The tweet posted by O'Neill about the price that Qantas demanded of him
"Maybe they want to close their minus?"
In response, a company representative calmly replied on Quantum's official Twitter channel: "Hmmm ... it does look a little above the regular price."
The representative later offered to check the matter in a private message.
The quote was most likely due to a glitch in the computerized booking system, but O'Neill, as well as his Twitter followers, did not pass up the opportunity to mock the airline and cracked a series of jokes about the case.
One user suggested that this is the airline's way to close the big minus.
Another user wrote "I'm sorry sir. Did you accidentally click on the option to purchase the plane instead of the spacious seat? Oh, it seems you chose to buy the whole plane. How many and how many times. Would you like to do it in cash or by credit card?"
"At this price, you can buy 20-10 such planes," commented another user.
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"Hmmm ... it does look a little above the regular price."
Qantas (Photo: Official Website, Qantas)
From a billion to only $ 70
A spokesman for Quantum made it clear that in the end, O'Neill was charged only 70 Australian dollars (55 US dollars) for the flight.
Including upgrading the seat of course.
"Although we know that customers do appreciate additional legroom, the price shown in this case, originated in error," the airline spokesman responded.
"We are investigating what caused the incorrect amount to be displayed."
The incident occurred on the same day that the long-awaited "travel bubble" opened between Australia and New Zealand - allowing many to move freely between the countries, following a prolonged period of closure following the Corona plague.
Ahead of the opening of the agreement between the countries, one of the local flight booking sites reported a 1,570 per cent increase in searches for flights from Australia to New Zealand.
Thanks to these agreements, more than 630 employees of the Australian airlines Qantas and Jetstar have returned to work, and already in the first days of the agreement, tens of thousands of flight ticket reservations were registered.
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