China Southern to honour $1.30 flight tickets sold during glitch

Chinese carrier China Southern Airlines said on Thursday it would honor the sale of tickets priced as cheaply as $1.30 during a two-hour technical glitch on its mobile phone app and some ticket-booking platforms late on Wednesday. Consumers began reporting on Chinese social media at around 8 p.m. (1200 GMT) on Wednesday that many flights to and from the southwest metropolis of Chengdu were available at 10, 20 or 30 yuan ($1.37-$4.12) on China Southern's app. One screenshot circulating online showed a ticket from Chengdu to Beijing priced at only 10 yuan, compared to the normal minimum price of 400 to 500 yuan.