PE Sale - What am I missing?

[BD1959]

Hi All,

QF are currently advertising a MEL-LHR PE 27-Sep to 25-Nov sale at $2251*. The only condition I can find on the page is that Australia Departures must be Sunday - Thursday, all good so far.


Scan through the entire validity period and the cheapest MEL-LHR is $1789.


which - by my calculation - means I need a return leg advertised at $462 and as you can guess ....


Incidentally, similar sale fare is advertised from BNE (mostly via MEL on outbound) with precisely the same no-event.

OK, I know fares sell-out, but I'd have thought that once ALL available sale items are gone, you couldn't continue to advertise something you cannot provide, so .....

Am I missing something on my search or is Qantas being - just a teeny-weeny bit - disingenuous with this "sale"?

Regards,

BD

 

[JohnK]

I noticed the same thing with the recent HKG and BKK economy sales. There was a 2 week period end November beginning December listed and I could not find any of the advertised airfares.

I guess seats sell out quick or not many seats released at that price?

 

[Mattg]

I saw the same thing a few hours ago - advertised as $2,264 for SYD-LHR return in Premium Economy, but no such fares available. The lowest I could find during the designated travel period was $3,885.

I believe that this is either a typo, or very poor form from Qantas.

 

[Red Roo]

There seemed to be a technical glitch which has since been rectified. You can now see current availability as advertised.

 

[Mattg]

The real price now still seems to be $3,885. But it's now advertised as $5,725.

 

[eminere]

Yeah I don't see the $2251 price either. Bummer, would've jumped on it.

 

[avstand]

Agoda seems to have had the same glitch. (I can't link due to my low post count, but there is a current thread in the Velocity forum titled "scam in Agoda land"...)

 

[BD1959]

There seemed to be a technical glitch which has since been rectified. You can now see current availability as advertised.

Looks like the "glitch" is manifesting itself in the other direction. An example is MEL-SFO which is headlined at $5231 across the year, but can be found at $4598.

Regards,

BD