Originally Posted by Guy Betsy

These are called published fares and CX only files these at certain places (where they are accessible on OTAs).. namely ex-USA, Canada, Germany, Japan, Switzerland. Everywhere else, CX maintains control over how it is displayed. In Asia, only some of the local OTAs have access to CX fares, and the rest are available through that country's local travel agencies, and of course through CX's website.

SQ also does something similar though they have relaxed a bit more than CX.

So when the fares look ridiculous high, its because the fare does not exist on OTAs in that country so it uses full fares in B, Y, and J class. All other fare classes can only be booked through cathaypacific.com.