
ANA said Wednesday that airfares were listed incorrectly on its Vietnam website due to an erroneous currency conversion. — Photo by Marcus Ng on Unsplash
One quick-witted opportunist bagged US$250,000 (RM1.18mil) worth of airline tickets for just US$17,000 (RM75,403) after fares on an All Nippon Airways website were listed ultra cheaply due to a currency conversion error.
Herman Yip, 32, snapped up 25 tickets for a small fraction of their usual cost, including a round-trip in first class all the way from Jakarta to Aruba, via Tokyo and New York, for only US$890 (RM3,947). Some business-class flights cost as little as US$300 (RM1,330), he told Bloomberg News.
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