Qantas mistakenly sells first-class flights at a massive discount

• Qantas blamed a coding error for drastically reduced first class fares.
• Around 300 travelers bought tickets with discounts of up to 85% off.
• Qantas said it's rebooking affected customers in business class or offering full refunds.

Australian airline Qantas has blamed a "coding error" for vastly reduced pricing on hundreds of first-class flights sold last week.

Around 300 travelers nabbed the tickets, priced at discounts of up to 85% on the usual fare rate for flights between Australia and the US.

Currently, a first-class journey between Sydney to New York comes in at around $15,000 AUD ($10,000 USD).