Originally Posted by
percysmith
CX has been accused of scalping also:
"On June 21, Gaussen paid $2675.78 for a one-way business-class ticket on an August 26 Cathay Pacific flight from Phuket to Sydney via Hong Kong. Then in early July, the airline suddenly cancelled his ticket by email. A few days later, he saw Cathay Pacific advertising his same business-class seat on the same flight for $9900.
After a barrage of complaints, Cathay finally backed down and on Monday the airline reissued his ticket for the original paid price of $2675.78. "They've done the decent thing now, however none of this angst was necessary," he says, adding other airlines are in on the act too."
https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/...0200723-p55eoe
Caveat 21:21: no flight from Phuket to Hong Kong on 26 Aug?
most likely HKT-BKK-HKG-SYD. Or maybe just BKK-HKG-SYD n he bought the HKT-BKK separately.