Meet the guy who scored RM1.18mil of tickets for RM75,403 after airline error

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.