Queue for round-trip tickets from Narita, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka or Sapporo airports drew more than 9,000 hopefuls just two minutes into online lucky draw.
More than 180,000 people joined an online queue on Monday for 12,000 free Cathay Pacific Airways air tickets from Japan to Hong Kong, even after the carrier changed the rules for a flights giveaway from a first come, first served basis following complaints over the fierce competition. The competition for round-trip economy-class tickets from Narita, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka or Sapporo airports drew more than 9,000 hopefuls just two minutes into an online lucky draw opening at 11am, with Cathay’s website showing 181,924 users in the queue at one stage. Hello Hong Kong: how do I get free airline tickets and what else is on offer? The switch to a lucky draw rather than using a first come, first served basis followed a giveaway of nearly 11,000 free flights for residents in South Korea , which drew 130,000 participants and complaints that the competition was so fierce it was “more difficult than buying tickets for a K-pop idol concert”.
